The following paragraph was copied from Ciraran's Blog"Another reason I think is because the Italian culture for men puts their mother as #1. Peppe and I often joked about this. He would tell me that his mum comes first, then his family and then women. (And he, like most Italian guys love their women!) So even if Italian guys move out and get married, their wife will still only be their 2nd most important woman. I guess the reason why mothers are valued so much is because they make absolutely amazing food."
The salad was prepared by Mrs. Guanciale for Andrew this past week. Andrew said it was so beautiful he had to take a photo of the plate. It is great that he takes time to have lunch with his mother, many men should take advantage of doing so while their mothers are still alive.
I use to visit my mother on Sunday nights at 7pm and watch 60 Minutes with her for years. A good friend of mine, a banker during his beginning career in the bank's Heath Office almost everyday stopped at his mother's for lunch.
In Italy, it is a little more than just having lunch. Fellows of all ages still take their laundry to mother because she does it just right, if they work out of town they go home every weekend and many live with mom through their 30s.
Read here comments about the drop in the Italian birth rate.
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A beautiful salad, fit for any mammoni!!
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