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re: Boiled Eggs in Spaghetti
Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:05 pm to Martini
Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:05 pm to Martini
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t's an old time thing. Growing up I ate every Sunday at my Italian friends. They each had 9 kids and their moms put hard boiled eggs in the red gravy with the meatballs to stretch the protein.
Martini, exactly the same here, including the same number of kids.
The mother used whatever we brought in for the sketty, squirrel, rabbit, or deer.
Some would be extremely surprised to know who one of the childruns were.
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Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:16 pm to Ole Geauxt
Never had it in pasketti....only shrimp stew....and boiled crawfish. Loved it both times so I'd probably like it in a red gravy too.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 8:44 pm to SouthboundTiger
Boiled eggs in gumbo and/or meatball stew is GOAT.
Posted on 4/18/17 at 11:51 pm to cgrand
Maternal grandparents were from Napoli and have been there to visit family. Never seen eggs in pasta, but definitely have seen them rolled in braciole, which is cooked in the sugo that is put on pasta.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 6:29 am to Prosecuted Collins
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Same with gumbo. Eggs (raw) added to the gumbo leftovers to stretch the pot.
Who stretches a pot of gumbo? There should be enough in the pot to feed anybody that walks in the door. And with raw eggs? This sounds disgusting..
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Prairie Cajun
From where? Liar.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:19 am to SouthboundTiger
Sicilian thing...my MawMaw always had egg in her Sunday red gravy, along with potato and any other left over meat...chicken thigh, roast beef etc....I keep the tradition alive.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 7:56 am to cuyahoga tiger
I don't know if it's a Sicily or Naples thing but then again I can't trace my family back to the old country.
But I know the reason it was done around me was because the families were large, as was mine (6kids) and most of my friends were from large families. Try feeding a lot of kids on an Exxon, Sears, Policeman, State, Teacher, Salesman salary in a time when most spouses were housewives and homes were one paycheck. You add eggs because they were $.79 a dozen versus $2.00 lb ground meat.
But having all those kids meant you didn't have to pay for a lawn service, pool service, housekeeper, Jiffy Lube and you didn't eat 5 nights a week at Chik Fil A, Panera Bread or Olive Garden.
The kids (me included) cut grass (which I still do today), changed oil and spark plugs in cars, washed dishes and did laundry while bagging groceries at the A&P, doing homework and playing sports. Not one sport travel ball either-we played all three sports and maybe swimming and golf (which we walked carrying our own bags)
And all of us, girls included could change a tire.
So go ahead and turn your noise up at eggs in a red gravy, call me gramps and grind your own prime, dry aged, ribeye and sous vide your meatballs.
But having said all that-I did not mention my father who always told me he walked 4 mile to school and back, barefoot and in the snow. Apparently according to him it snowed all year as well.
But I know the reason it was done around me was because the families were large, as was mine (6kids) and most of my friends were from large families. Try feeding a lot of kids on an Exxon, Sears, Policeman, State, Teacher, Salesman salary in a time when most spouses were housewives and homes were one paycheck. You add eggs because they were $.79 a dozen versus $2.00 lb ground meat.
But having all those kids meant you didn't have to pay for a lawn service, pool service, housekeeper, Jiffy Lube and you didn't eat 5 nights a week at Chik Fil A, Panera Bread or Olive Garden.
The kids (me included) cut grass (which I still do today), changed oil and spark plugs in cars, washed dishes and did laundry while bagging groceries at the A&P, doing homework and playing sports. Not one sport travel ball either-we played all three sports and maybe swimming and golf (which we walked carrying our own bags)
And all of us, girls included could change a tire.
So go ahead and turn your noise up at eggs in a red gravy, call me gramps and grind your own prime, dry aged, ribeye and sous vide your meatballs.
But having said all that-I did not mention my father who always told me he walked 4 mile to school and back, barefoot and in the snow. Apparently according to him it snowed all year as well.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 8:25 am to cuyahoga tiger
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Sunday red gravy, along with potato and any other left over meat...chicken thigh, roast beef etc....I keep the tradition alive.
This is great. It's interesting how dishes evolved from more humble times, when people did what they could with what they had.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 9:45 am to Cali-to-Death Valley
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Maternal grandparents were from Napoli and have been there to visit family. Never seen eggs in pasta, but definitely have seen them rolled in braciole, which is cooked in the sugo that is put on pasta.
There is a neapolitan dish my Nonna used to make occassionally called Uova in Purgatorio ("Eggs in Purgatory") which is basically eggs poached in marinara. She used to serve them on slices of toasted Ciabatta.
That stuff was amazing. Have heard some people putting it over pasta, though traditionally I think the eggs and marinara are served alone.
Posted on 4/19/17 at 10:17 am to SouthboundTiger
Never heard of it, but it sounds pretty good.
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