I grew up in my Italian American family doing this on Christmas eve. Great memories. Most of those family members are sadly gone now so we started a new tradition. We go out for sushi on Christmas eve. Plenty of fish there and no clean up!
❤I love this one! I’m originally from NYC (FL for 25 years), and the 3 days I have NEVER eaten meat in 67 years is Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas Eve. As the family got smaller, we cut the 7 fishes down to 4-5, but definitely no meat. Ever. Can’t wait for the full episode!
I never had fish growing up. My paternal grandmother, originally from Bari, used to have an open house every Christmas Eve featuring the Feast of the 7 Fishes. The smell of all that cooking fish was so off-putting to my dad that,, when he married my mom, he forbade her from ever making it. He never ordered it in restaurants, either. He'd eat a tuna fish sandwich every now and then, but that was it. I accompanied my mom on her first grocery run after my dad died; she loaded up her cart with -- you guessed -- fish! My brother and I both enjoy fish, but our sister is just like dad -- won't go near it. Ironically, one of my dad's nicknames was Baccala.
its a Christmas eve tradition for Italian Americans I grew up doing it as a Sicilian we did have dairy mixed in with ours such as grated Parmasan Reggiano Cheese or some of the cousins would have butter on the linguine
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I grew up in my Italian American family doing this on Christmas eve. Great memories. Most of those family members are sadly gone now so we started a new tradition. We go out for sushi on Christmas eve. Plenty of fish there and no clean up!
Your Seven Fishes playlist is one of my favorites! This was a great podcast.
❤I love this one! I’m originally from NYC (FL for 25 years), and the 3 days I have NEVER eaten meat in 67 years is Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and Christmas Eve.
As the family got smaller, we cut the 7 fishes down to 4-5, but definitely no meat. Ever.
Can’t wait for the full episode!
Eel. The official fish of the Inquisition.
LOL!
A bit unexpected tbh 👀
@@limeparticleNo one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Great job. Buon Natale .
I remember salt cod being sold in wooden boxes.
Always wanted to know!
I never had fish growing up. My paternal grandmother, originally from Bari, used to have an open house every Christmas Eve featuring the Feast of the 7 Fishes. The smell of all that cooking fish was so off-putting to my dad that,, when he married my mom, he forbade her from ever making it. He never ordered it in restaurants, either. He'd eat a tuna fish sandwich every now and then, but that was it. I accompanied my mom on her first grocery run after my dad died; she loaded up her cart with -- you guessed -- fish! My brother and I both enjoy fish, but our sister is just like dad -- won't go near it. Ironically, one of my dad's nicknames was Baccala.
7 is God's number
Yes Balaka salad please!
Due to inflation each diner will receive seven fish sticks. Generic ones.
I remember the Italian side of my Family always did this. I don’t but have seafood on Xmas Eve.
We're Catholic, but not Italian, so we never did this tradition! I know 7 is Biblically significant. Thank you for doing an episode in this!
I'm a German/Irish atheist and I always do 7 fishes. Any excuse to eat seafood, I'm on it.
I guess I'm lazy, but I just LOVE a good cioppino. All 7 can be covered in 1 great dish!
Bacala is good you have to soak that salt out
Some of these dishes are not fish, but they are seafood.
In the Bible 7 is the the number of completeness
its a Christmas eve tradition for Italian Americans I grew up doing it as a Sicilian we did have dairy mixed in with ours such as grated Parmasan Reggiano Cheese or some of the cousins would have butter on the linguine