HomAge 2 da HOT Dog!
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Oh yeah, old fashioned WOP, tried and true. Not quite Sicilian, my parents immigrated from Calabria, so the southern end of the "boot". We grew up on Calabrian peasant food recipes. My parents lived though the war years, polenta was a staple, now fancy restaurants sell it for $$$$$ 
mom is all Sicilian both parents love comparing notes with you & Robb hey fyi we have another resident Paisan in here Rertini,my Dad was a Cobbler and ran his own Shoe Repair all his life
I have many fond memories of helping my Aunts make Gnocchi and Biscotti 
its a good thing being Italian 
Oh & my mom used to use Cream of Wheat to make Polenta sometimes.
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Corn dogs are properly dipped in the lil pile of mustard on your paper Corn Dog sleeve 
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I squeeze the mustard on the dog in a zig zag pattern of fine lines, just plain ol' yellow mustard for me, though I do like Ketchup. My son alternates back and forth a bit of both.
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mom is all Sicilian both parents love comparing notes with you & Robb hey fyi we have another resident Paisan in here Rertini,my Dad was a Cobbler and ran his own Shoe Repair all his life
I have many fond memories of helping my Aunts make Gnocchi and Biscotti its a good thing being Italian Oh & my mom used to use Cream of Wheat to make Polenta sometimes.
He worked 7 days a week and up to 16 hour days. I never seen him sick or seen him take a sick-day off work in all his years, it was unbelievable. He was one of those people who just loved to work, that was his favourite thing to do oddly enough. He put me to work with him when I was 5 years old, I got my work ethic from him. I often joke that I was the Italian Michael Jackson, no time for childhood experiences as my dad always put me to work. lol. He was funny as hell, my friends all loved him, God rest his soul. My mom is still around.
My mother's specialty was Ravioli, she was really good at making Gnocchi too. As for sweets she was good at making Pizelle (thin wafer-like cookies made on a special two-sided grill). They made Polenta on special occasions, a slather of the golden stuff on a plate topped with a bay-leaf rabbit sauce -red tomato sauce with rabbit and bay leaves.
I think I am the only Canadian who likes American style grits, almost like Polenta though different.
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My parents came to Canada on a boat in the 50's, they literally had 10 cents in their pockets. My father had 3 jobs right off the boat, he eventually ran his own fruit and vegetable supply company.
He worked 7 days a week and up to 16 hour days. I never seen him sick or seen him take a sick-day off work in all his years, it was unbelievable. He was one of those people who just loved to work, that was his favourite thing to do oddly enough. He put me to work with him when I was 5 years old, I got my work ethic from him. I often joke that I was the Italian Michael Jackson, no time for childhood experiences as my dad always put me to work. lol. He was funny as hell, my friends all loved him, God rest his soul. My mom is still around.
My mother's specialty was Ravioli, she was really good at making Gnocchi too. As for sweets she was good at making Pizelle (thin wafer-like cookies made on a special two-sided grill). They made Polenta on special occasions, a slather of the golden stuff on a plate topped with a bay-leaf rabbit sauce -red tomato sauce with rabbit and bay leaves.
I think I am the only Canadian who likes American style grits, almost like Polenta though different.
He worked 7 days a week and up to 16 hour days. I never seen him sick or seen him take a sick-day off work in all his years, it was unbelievable. He was one of those people who just loved to work, that was his favourite thing to do oddly enough. He put me to work with him when I was 5 years old, I got my work ethic from him. I often joke that I was the Italian Michael Jackson, no time for childhood experiences as my dad always put me to work. lol. He was funny as hell, my friends all loved him, God rest his soul. My mom is still around.
My mother's specialty was Ravioli, she was really good at making Gnocchi too. As for sweets she was good at making Pizelle (thin wafer-like cookies made on a special two-sided grill). They made Polenta on special occasions, a slather of the golden stuff on a plate topped with a bay-leaf rabbit sauce -red tomato sauce with rabbit and bay leaves.
I think I am the only Canadian who likes American style grits, almost like Polenta though different.
Great story. Thanks for sharing.
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I think that the last corn dog that I had was a long time ago at Camden Park in Huntington West Virginia.
https://www.camdenpark.com/
https://www.camdenpark.com/
