More Food Memories

Since the past several posts have been about food, my favorite subject, I just wanted to share something that I remembered after Dom wrote about cavatelli. One day when I was little, my mom and I went to Grandma's so she could teach us how to make cavatelli. I remember walking into the front of the house and calling "Grandma" and from the back of the house where the kitchen was would come "Hallo". She made making the cavatelli look so easy. She would make the dough with flour that was in the sugar canister, Dad said she couldn't read, but she knew how to find what she needed. The flour was turned into this smooth dough that we would roll into small balls and make an imprint with our thumbs. After they were fininshed, Grandma would drop them into boiling water and they would be delicious when they were finished. I have tried this on my own and the dough dissolves in the water and I end up buying some sort of pasta at the store. I can't find cavatelli in Portland so I always buy the dried ones at Rulli's when I'm in Youngstown.

I, too, remember the dried red peppers that my Dad would fry and serve with eggs and Italian bread on Sunday mornings. I wish I knew how to make those peppers, I really love them.

Have a good weekend everyone. Cook something delicious!!