tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post2691321730875617208..comments2023-10-16T02:40:30.771+02:00Comments on Amid the Olive Trees: Dinner is ServedSarettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-22973834557064528942011-07-21T21:51:52.594+02:002011-07-21T21:51:52.594+02:00Jennifer - kind of like at a restaurant, yeah. Fir...Jennifer - kind of like at a restaurant, yeah. First you have your bowl of pasta, then the bowl gets taken away and you get your plate of meat or fish...<br /><br />You're not a hick! How can you know something if you've never had experience with it before? :-)Sarettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-75405628306281125092011-07-21T20:14:15.684+02:002011-07-21T20:14:15.684+02:00Wow, I've always been amazed (and confused) by...Wow, I've always been amazed (and confused) by this tradition. Mostly because I've only ever eaten a meal all at once! Do they serve everything separately? Like at restaurants?...<br /><br />Did I just sound like a hick? ;-)Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955618432390537572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-30713598005758006992011-07-18T15:54:05.972+02:002011-07-18T15:54:05.972+02:00I insist on sitting down for dinner with the famil...I insist on sitting down for dinner with the family.<br />Its our most important meal of the day, because it is the one that we are all together for. I think the family unit has suffered with the onslaught of the fast food machine.<br /><br />TracyTracy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13801736034558137306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-35637947231060626542011-07-18T14:12:01.824+02:002011-07-18T14:12:01.824+02:00Meal times are still very important to our neighbo...Meal times are still very important to our neighbours, maybe the difference is between the big cities and more rural Italy.LindyLouMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12282788551449445133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-63784175057740986392011-07-18T10:31:14.338+02:002011-07-18T10:31:14.338+02:00I love the tradition of eating together as family!...I love the tradition of eating together as family! It would be a shame to hear that they were letting it slip away. It was quite funny though how you mentioned Italians have a hard time understanding if you are too full to eat anymore. After eating authentic Italian food, I can see why they take such pride in it, it is incredibly delicious!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11314717655168154994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-41323909298002776122011-07-17T16:44:51.751+02:002011-07-17T16:44:51.751+02:00See, this is what I'm working so hard to bring...See, this is what I'm working so hard to bring back! Don't lose family dinners Italy!!!!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14986724719477426199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-36071391729226501402011-07-17T14:58:21.361+02:002011-07-17T14:58:21.361+02:00Ms Bibi - it is sad! Eating together is such a con...Ms Bibi - it is sad! Eating together is such a convivial activity!Sarettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703580880701048113.post-4109443068739786992011-07-16T22:09:21.844+02:002011-07-16T22:09:21.844+02:00Great post!
My husband is Italian and is used to ...Great post!<br /><br />My husband is Italian and is used to family dinners like that. He has beautiful memories of the whole family sometimes 20-30 people getting together for planned and impromtu dinners at his nonna's and later at his mom's. Unfortunately, all that ended with his mom's passing and it seems like nobody has time to get together and keep the tradition going....very sad.Bibi @ Bibi's Culinary Journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13654717185386201959noreply@blogger.com