One of the most fun things to do when traveling is visiting a local supermarket. Its one of the most interesting and authentic things you can do in another country.
Couldn't agree more ! This also works well when traveling across different regions of the US. I visited Beverly Hills and went straight to the supermarket. Same in Las Vegas. Same in St. Augustine Florida. Best way to immerse yourself in a different culture.
I was actually shocked at how good frozen food meals were in London when I visited there! Their frozen baked macaroni and cheese meal from Tesco was outrageously good, for example. I never thought that frozen foods could be so good LOL.
There was a Serbian man who worked in a Plasmon factory in Italy, stole the recipe for it and came back to Serbia, opened a factory called Bambi, made a signature cookie named Plazma and the rest is history, he made himself a fortune. The way we describe Plazma is the same way that Eva described Plasmon. It's the best, you eat it everywhere, anytime, babies, toddlers, kids, adults, when you're travelling, when you're sick, when you don't know what else to eat and you just need a little something. Love your channel! ❤️
My son and his longtime girlfriend took a trip to Italy two years ago. My wife felt that with the beauty and romance of Italy he would pop the question and give her a ring. When they returned not engaged his girlfriend said our son went there for the pizza.
It's so refreshing to see southern Italy in such an authentic way. I truly believe that our country's biggest strength is how diverse and articulate every region's vast array of traditions are, especially in the kitchen! Can't wait to see more from your journey! Un abbraccio dalla Puglia, have fun and stay safe!
The wines of southern Italy are magnificent. The hills and mountains of the South produce great minerality and the sun and the producers do the rest. Cheers!
I savoiardi si inzuppano meglio. Ma poi vuoi mettere quando ti rimane un savoioardo per ripulire la ciotola dalla crema? È perfetto! Il pavesino si spezza XD
Che poi non esiste il team pavesini. La ricetta autentica è con i savoiardi, fine. Poi uno può farlo come vuole, con il pan di spagna, con i biscotti, con il cacao, con le fragole ecc...però sono varianti, non ricette autentiche.
I think he knew exactly what he was doing at 2:55 when he said 'pancetta, oh so basically bacon' 😅😅 one of the fastest ways to start a fight with an Italian
As a Greek, i am happy that we share so many common stuff with Southern Italy even in the supermarkets haha WOuld like to visit Napoli one day and have a proper Napoletana with spaghetti
If Harper is smart his Anniversary gift to Eva is a month long vacation in Italy every year. It is a double win. Eva is happy and he gets the special foods you only get locally. Not to forget he experiences land, people and culture. It is a no brainer.
This is probably the best travel ad for Italy I've ever seen. The local corner stores there are like high-end imported food boutiques anywhere else. Good lord I want to travel again!
Yeah but food from central and northern Italy is completely different. I've never had half of these things! The nduja looks really good though. ps Greek food is so tasty!
At one time parts of southern Italy were Greek colonies, so many similarities. There is also an area in Calabria where the local language is Greek. Really interesting! Linda
Because Calabria and other southern regions were Greek colonies in classic age and in medieval times they were under the eastern Roman empire, check out for example the history of kroton, nowadays Crotone, or the history of other southern cities like Syracuse, Taranto or Reggio Calabria. A big hug for a Greek brother
Hi! In Majorca (Spain) we have a type of sausage very similar to the 'nduja. Its called sobrassada and it's also made of pork minced meat with paprika and other spices. We use it either in sweet or savory dishes in the traditional majorcan cuisine, or just spread it on some bread, it's delicius!. I find it very interesting, since we're from two different countries yet we have things so similar
Wow! This is what Wikipedia says about it: El origen de su nombre se encuentra en Sicilia, donde se practicaba una técnica conocida como soppressa, que significa "picado", aplicado a la carne para embutir. De esta zona, pasó a la península ibérica gracias al comercio marítimo, y de Valencia se expandió hasta Mallorca, donde ve su mayor desarrollo a partir del siglo XVI. - Thank you for sharing this!
@@Skerdy hamburgers i believe can be really good as long you make it good like homemade buns or buns bought in a bakery Home made Patty and sauce and vegetables with good fries and dipping saucd
Eva looks like she is in HEAVEN - it must be so great to be back home & get all the authentic foods wow!!!!! The cheeses and Nduja look amaaaazing. I love this vlog. hope you guys have a wonderful time over in paradise!
I recently found your Lasagna video and thoroughly enjoyed watching it. My two best friends growing up were Italian and I would stay at their houses very often and your videos brought back so many wonderful memories of having enjoyed so many authentic Italian meals with their families. Their parents were first-generation Italians here in America and I enjoyed listening to their grandparents speak about how things were in Italy, it was like having a living history book tell you all the stories of their native country. Listening to Eva speak reminds me so much of those wonderful meals and stories. Every spring several families would gather and make homemade Italian sausage, everyone would work and help, and when they were done they would divide it all up amongst those who helped prepare the sausage. Once I watched one video I was hooked and binge-watched several others as well as subscribed. Thank you so much for making these wonderful videos, you two have wonderful chemistry and it has been a blessing to see two happy people sharing their passion for good food. I'm a native Louisiana Cajun and our culture loves to cook, I really appreciate the effort you have put into your foods and have inspired me to try and replicate some of the amazing foods my childhood friends and their families shared with me. I look forward to seeing more wonderful videos. Bon Compleanno!
I love this! I sent this to my mom, who was born in Cosenza! I remember going to Calabria and trying ricotta as spuntino served by relatives... and I was... shocked. I tried to have ricotta back in Canada and it was just watery. FYI there IS nduja in North America, but you have to follow the Italians! Not sure about USA but in Canada, we have quite a few Montreal stores that have it, because we have a large Italian community. HOWEVER, as a Canadian... I'm going to have to say "Manitoba" is not American, it's a province in the prairies of Canada. FYI.
I agree. We are certainly spoiled in Montreal. You can buy friselle, many of those pastas if not all. Couldn't tell you about Nduja. I brought it home with me from Italy, but as for the Manitoba flour... All it refers to is a strong flour with high protein, not necessarily from Manitoba anymore, but it kept the name.
I am sure that that is durum wheat flour. We grow that in North Dakota and Minnesota, which border Manitoba and are quite similar in climate,etc. Makes excellent pasta.
@@voxveritas333 It actually not the same thing. It makes more glutin whichto the dough "give it more strength", as Italian says. It used for bakery (bread and sweeats, some savoury too). It came from American continent with industry standarts for the food (controversial glutin topic) and influenced as well the selection on grains raised here. I have discovered yhr last thing from one nice documentary shoot by a passionate chef interested into food ingridients origins. She went back in history and track "grani antichi" (old grain variaties). And grew to found back some old tradion taste. Unlikely can't catch the name of movie now.
I live for Italy. Been to Rome, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Genova and Florence. My favorite part is going to local markets and grocery stores. Big fan of you two, can’t wait to see more from this trip of yours.
You guys, I am an archaeologist, and I have been working the past several years over in Bova Marina. We weren't been able to go last summer and can't go this summer either (due to COVID), but these videos from Dasa are helping me get my fix of Calabria, even if remotely only. I miss that Sheep Milk Ricotta!!!!!! We get ours at the Thursday farmers market when we are in Bova Marina... Soooooo good, and you cannot get it here in the USA to save your life.
I'd be in heaven being in that store. I'd probably stand for 5 minutes just breathing in the delicious smells, then I'd probably buy a sample of everything in the case to try. We do have an Italian Deli here, but nothing like in Italy of course. Eva are you going to show some traditional recipes you grew up with while there? Blessings to you and your families. 😊🇺🇸🇮🇹
And that store is small, try to imagine the huge variety of the bigger supermarkets of the bigger city! Anyway, in every city or small town here in Italy, there's a shop like that full of regional traditional foods and ingredient... You can't go wrong!
I can only imagine how happy Eva is being back home, enjoying all of the wonderful foods, sights, smells and her family and friends. I hope you're both having an absolutely wonderful time! I look forward to seeing you next Sunday! Ciao!
Please do more shopping around Italy. I just loved this. It is my dream to be in Calabria where my maternal grandmother immigrated from. Her last name was Cimino, which I believe is a common Calabrian name. Would also love to see a family dinner and for Ava to cook with her Mom if that is possible.
Funny story: according to legend, a Yugoslav worker returned home after spending some time working in Plasmon biscuit factory in Italy and brought the recipe with him. He managed to persuade the local leadership that it was something worth pursuing, so, having adjusted the recipe a little bit (some of the more expensive or harder to come by ingredients were substituted), they set up a biscuit factory with him as the manager. The Yugoslav version was called Plazma and was for a while heavily advertised as healthy for children, similarly how Plasmon is usually found with baby food in Italy even today. It remains extremely popular in Serbia, eaten either on its own, with milk or as an ingredient for easy cakes (either ground or whole, soaked in milk or fruit juice). Compared to Plasmon (which I had an opportunity to taste a few years ago), the Serbian version is sweeter and works better as non-baby food (although my personal take on Plazma is similar to the one Harper gave on Plasmon, seriously overrated; it's an opinion better kept to oneself in Serbia). BTW, Plazma can sometimes be found outside of Serbia, although in those cases it may be under the name 'Lane' (possibly due to some copyright issues; 'lane' means deer calf in Serbian and the factory that produces it is called Bambi, so I guess it has something to do with that).
@@02brufolo in my childhood we often eat these ricotta on top of a fresh baked slice of corn bread....SPECTACULAR! @Pasta Grammar you should taste it until you are in Eva hometown ;)
We grew up with Brioschi! In Michigan, no less. The little crooked pieces that made fizzies and brought instant releif ! We would put them on the tongue for fun.
A southern Italian town complete with a statue outside the shop. Oh what happy memories of shopping in the local store and even seeing bottles of 90% alcohol on the shelf next to the wine. I wasn't shopping, it was more like being welcomed into a home, very warm people to an absolute stranger. I was very sad to leave after quite a few months. Harper, how's your Italian coming along or are you starting to learn the local language?
Whenever I travel anywhere, one of the first things I do is go to the supermarket. I believe you can tell a lot about a culture based on its supermarkets.
I'm not Calabrian, so I wasn't used to eat 'nduja that much, but when I discovered it, I got in a real world ahahahahahah Now I eat it also by itself and it's absolutely amazing, one of my favourite ingredients!
I love how excited Eva is to show off all the amazing food in Italy. Also I wish America had that type of Craftsmanship when it comes to different foods for a reasonable price like they are in Italy.they exist here but most people will never taste them because they're too expensive.
I have Sicilian and lucanian ancestry so i know a lot from southern italy, but everidays I'm finding out new dishes from towns only 30km away. Italy is a continent in time's terms so cultural aspects like food, languages and costumes reflect that long span of time.
As a conclusion I would say ... to know the real taste, the real aroma of things, everyone should have eaten certain products directly there, on the spot in Italy.
This market in Dasà looks exactly in Little Italy markets in Philadelphia PA. I missed shopping there with my Sicilian grandmom. Your video makes me happy and remember my good memories at Italian markets. 💖
I went to Naples in 2004. I stayed with friends for 2 weeks an we went to the grocery shop every other day. I loved wandering around and picking up all kinds of things I had never tried. The best 2 weeks I ever spent😋😋😋
YES THE FRESSILI MY MOM DRESSED THESE WITH WATER ORAGANO ,SALT ,OIL, GOOD RED WINE VIN, . MOM ALSO TOOK STALE BREAD ( PANE COTTO) SAUTE GARLIC AND ONIONS TO JUST BROWN ON THE EDGES ADD OREGANO THEN JUST ADD WATER > IN THIS BROTH YOU ADD THE CHUNKS OF BREAD STIR ONE OR TWICE , OFF THE HEAT > ALOT OF PECCORINO > PUT A COVER ON 10 to 15 MIN >EAT
Great video! I'm almost certain we have our own version of those animal cracker wafer'ish cookies in Greece as well haha We also have a similar thing in some regions in Greece where soak dehydrated bread and top it with tomatoes and cucumbers...etc The story behind using dehydrated bread was that it was a way to not let it go to waste during times of poverty (at least in the case of Greece). I'm guessing it may have been the same story in Calabria too.
Luckily for me, I can get many things Eva talks about from an Italian market in Paris. I married a Frenchman 35 years ago and have been living in France for 30 years. Shopping was the biggest change. I only go to the supermarket for paper products mostly. Because, I buy from local butchers, fruit and vegetable shops, my Italian and Lebanese shops. But, my favorite is the outdoor market with almost everything you could wish for.
I was thrilled to see they had pringles behind him, too! I was wondering what kind of potato chips they had over there. I'm also dying to know if they sell Jell-o.
@@brockreynolds870 In Italy we also have Lay's chips but we do not have Jell-o or at least I've never seen it (not really sure what it is, I'm imagining like sweet fruit gelatin?).
@@brockreynolds870 there is no jell-O in Italy. There are a lot of types of chips, both from Italian brands (PAI and San Carlo for example) and brands that are popular in the US, like Lay's and Pringles.
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a mainly Italian neighborhood in the 50s and 60s and the Italian delis were the best. They had dozens of dried meats and cheeses hanging from the ceiling and the best Italian bread in the world. Everyone spoke Italian and everyone spoke to each other. There was an abundance of homemade foods, antipasto, and the feeling of warmth and love for food, friends and family. I was fortunate to have grown up in a time and an age where men grew food in their gardens and even though they could not speak more than a few words of English, they loved America and wanted to share their love of fresh food by offering their amazing garden harvest to their neighbors. I will never forget them and the once great life and world that I came from.
It was so much fun to see the grocery store in Italy! And the options available for flour is just making me jelly 😂 i wish Indonesia could have that much options when it comes to flour! It's like a baker's heaven!
Candele, that's what it's called ... lol. My mother talks about a dish my great grandmother used to make all the time with this. It was her favorite, but she could never remember the name of the pasta and she can't find it in stores here (her grandmother used to make it fresh). It's been driving her crazy for years. Now I can tell her what it's called. lol
Eva take Harper to a big grocery shop, so he can see how they are in Italy. I would like also to see some traditional plates that you're family makes for him. It will be such a great video!
It may not be easy to find a really huge grocery. Dasà has a population of 1,100, the nearest city is Vibo Valentia and Calabria so far is in the yellow tier, so they can move around the region at least for next week, but Vibo in turn has 31,000 inhabitants, it's not a metropoli. Besides, in Italy we don't have superhuge groceries. We still like to buy from local shops and open air markets, and we don't particularly like driving to a grocery, so even the largest supermarkets are urban and quite compact.
Alice Twain in the North of Italy there are very big supermarkets. Maybe they're not the size of the biggest American ones, but they're massive anyway.
We use pastina to make 'minestrina' if we fancy something light in the evening. Here near Rome we can buy freshly made sheeps' cheese ricotta...so tasty! Nothing like the pre-packaged stuff you buy in supermarkets. As an 'appetiser ' we offer sheeps' ricotta with a dob of home-made blackberry jam. So yummy! Linda
When I lived in Louisiana, I went to New Orleans with a friend from work, who was also Italian. She took me to Central Grocery, and told me there’s a test to see if I was really Italian. But she didn’t tell me what it was. I walked in, and the first thing I said was “oh my god! It smells great in here!” She told me that was the test. I passed! 😁
Such a cute couple. Eva is as adorable as ever. The way she smiles with her eyes, that hair, and that charming accent lights up the entire video series. Keep ‘em coming!
@Stadia IT I know my friend we make it also! I have a lot of Italian friends and in summer we are full of Italian tourists in my place and they share the same passion about coffee with us😊🙏 the only difference is that we drinking coffee until 10 pm😂
espresso is not the only type of coffee that we have in Italy it’s just the most popular type. We have *cappuccino, macchiato, ginseng, mocaccino...* all of them are different we even have coffee with barley
My boyfriend is a proud Spaniard and your 'nduja reminds me very much of something we eat all the time when we visit his family. It's also pork, it's also slightly spicy and spreadable, it's called sobrasada. It's from Majorque. His family eat it on bread as a snack. Apparently Catalans use it as tapas. Funny to see the similarities between Spain and Italy!
It's so exciting to see you in Italy. It's exciting to see products we have in Malta or look for when we travel to Italy/ Sicily. And... I still eat Plasmon ... and I'm in my 20s.
@@OKuusava Yes, you figured out my point exactly. How perceptive of you. Completely accurate. Absolutely. If only all humanity could be as elevated in their understanding of each other as you are. Yeah. Sure. Right.
Now I want to go to our Italian markets on Calgary, now I know what to look for ;) Harper: you are on Eva's home turf I have a feeling- Eva will be much more forgiving than you were with her ame less processed food!
I found that food in general tasted better in Italy. The tomatoes tasted of sunshine they are grown in the sun in the rich natural soil not in styrofoam and they ripen on the vine. We don't have enough of the good weather where I live but even my dad's tomatoes taste like sunshine compared to grocery store tomatoes so I go to the farm market in the summer. My mom used to add water to her homemade fresse as we call them then rubbed with garlic then oregano and olive oil but I preferred just rubbed with garlic the oregano and extra olive oil to soften them. My mom said that my grandfather loved Nduja when she was growing up in Carolei, Cosenza, Italia. Loved this video in Italy reminds me of my time visiting family in Italy
Just arrived in UK 5 years ago after 9 years in Italy,I threw the suitcase and I start looking for home town pictures .If I could go back I'm ready to go walking till there. Ii miei migliori anni de la mia vita.Mi manchi tantissimo Italia mia. 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹.😢😢😢
Watching you go through the grocery store reminds me of when we would shop in the grocery stores in Germany and Austria. So many delicious breads, buns, sausage meats, cheeses just to name a few. I wish we could go to Europe again. Cannot find the breads and buns that they have there here in Canada. Also had to laugh at the Manitoba flour. I live in Regina, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is our province and the neighbouring province to the east of us is Manitoba. Here in the prairie provinces of Canada we grow a lot of the wheat, barley, oats and other grains. The prairie provinces are Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
No wonder I liked Eva so much. She's Calabrian! Of course! That's my summer. That store, that atmosphere, those foods. My in-laws live near Cosenza so we make at least a trip or two every year. No better food anywhere and amazing hospitality. Enjoy.
Dai non é vero che la pastina é pasta per bambini! 😂 in America amano molto il Chicken Soup, dovresti fargli una minestrina con il brodo di pollo e la pastina tipo la gramigna o le farfalline 🥣🥣🥣
Yes in Italy we use pastina to make e Clear Soup called "pastina" made with chicken stock, we use instead a bigger kind of pastina to make "minestrone" which is a Dark Soup usually made with blended vegetables. But I am from Northern Italy, I don't know whereas these kind of soups are common in Southern Italy... as Eva said several times, our traditions are quite different :) I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!
Re: Nduja and chocolate. The ancient Mexican Aztec civilization combined chocolate with hot chili peppers in drink form and other ways. I've made brownies this way. Pretty good combo. I recently discovered Nduja. I love it. I like a spoonful added to an EVOO based sauce for pasta or added to eggs. I've also added it to the Asian miso soup broth for a nice 'kick'.
Did you guys see anything on the shelves you want to know more about? Every time I go into the store I find something new and yummy! 😂
Where is the Barila pasta?
Cucinate i fileja!
"Everything!"
6:59 the Fonzies
Plasmon is my childhood 😭
One of the most fun things to do when traveling is visiting a local supermarket. Its one of the most interesting and authentic things you can do in another country.
Couldn't agree more ! This also works well when traveling across different regions of the US. I visited Beverly Hills and went straight to the supermarket. Same in Las Vegas. Same in St. Augustine Florida. Best way to immerse yourself in a different culture.
I was actually shocked at how good frozen food meals were in London when I visited there! Their frozen baked macaroni and cheese meal from Tesco was outrageously good, for example. I never thought that frozen foods could be so good LOL.
Especially in Italy - culinary heaven!
A must, no matter where. A glance of what other people eat, sometimes without even knowing.
I’ll keep this in mind!
There was a Serbian man who worked in a Plasmon factory in Italy, stole the recipe for it and came back to Serbia, opened a factory called Bambi, made a signature cookie named Plazma and the rest is history, he made himself a fortune.
The way we describe Plazma is the same way that Eva described Plasmon. It's the best, you eat it everywhere, anytime, babies, toddlers, kids, adults, when you're travelling, when you're sick, when you don't know what else to eat and you just need a little something.
Love your channel! ❤️
My son and his longtime girlfriend took a trip to Italy two years ago. My wife felt that with the beauty and romance of Italy he would pop the question and give her a ring. When they returned not engaged his girlfriend said our son went there for the pizza.
Your son is awesome😂😂
Well... a man has to have priorities... pizza was his and I can't really blame him for it...
Dad? Is that you?
@@grumpyae86 Call your mother
So Italy saved him. Or her.
Eva including PLASMON in this video made her my undiscussed queen. She's so right!
@@lorenzopinto7948 Mai fatto il tiramisù coi Plasmon, è la prima volta che lo sento dire!!
@@lorenzopinto7948 ma pensa!! purtroppo non ho accesso ai Plasmon dove vivo sennò ci proverei
Io sto con Harper, mai piaciuti più di tanto
In Serbia we call it Plazmakeks.
Never tried Plasmon biscuits dipped straight in the Nutella jar?
You will get addicted to it... 🤤
It's so refreshing to see southern Italy in such an authentic way. I truly believe that our country's biggest strength is how diverse and articulate every region's vast array of traditions are, especially in the kitchen! Can't wait to see more from your journey! Un abbraccio dalla Puglia, have fun and stay safe!
The wines of southern Italy are magnificent. The hills and mountains of the South produce great minerality and the sun and the producers do the rest. Cheers!
You’re so right Massimiliano, bravo! Un abbraccio :)
Her face looks 10 years younger. I guess she's relaxed and happy to be home.
She's eating better.
@@JohnMiller-oz7gv ahahaha
Don't mind me, i'm just here to read comments about Eva using Pavesini in tiramisù
#teamsavoiardi
Tutta la vita "savoiardi team"😅😅
I savoiardi si inzuppano meglio. Ma poi vuoi mettere quando ti rimane un savoioardo per ripulire la ciotola dalla crema? È perfetto! Il pavesino si spezza XD
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Forever savoiardi
Che poi non esiste il team pavesini. La ricetta autentica è con i savoiardi, fine. Poi uno può farlo come vuole, con il pan di spagna, con i biscotti, con il cacao, con le fragole ecc...però sono varianti, non ricette autentiche.
I think he knew exactly what he was doing at 2:55 when he said 'pancetta, oh so basically bacon' 😅😅 one of the fastest ways to start a fight with an Italian
Eva che gli fa' vedere i Plasmon...messaggio chiaro: Harper datte da fa'! 😂😂😂 Ciao ragazzi, you look happy there.👍🍕🍷🍝
Già prima con la pastina... 😅😏
Harper non ha afferrato....
A me sembra che potrebbe essere sua madre.
Hahaha già!!! Non ci avevo fatto caso ma siiii.!!!
Datti da fare Harper!!!
As a Greek, i am happy that we share so many common stuff with Southern Italy even in the supermarkets haha
WOuld like to visit Napoli one day and have a proper Napoletana with spaghetti
Welcome to Naples when you'll be here, Aris! But what do you intend with 'Napoletana' :) ?
Exactly being Greek myself grew up in Astoria Nyc myself in a Greek and Italian neighborhood had the real home style food is the best
In Napoli doesn't exist spaghetti alla napoletana...maybe you want spaghetti pomodoro e basilico?
You know as they: una faccia una razza
A woman from Naples with spaghetti on top?
Wow Eva was so excited looking down every aisle she must've missed Italy so much
If Harper is smart his Anniversary gift to Eva is a month long vacation in Italy every year. It is a double win. Eva is happy and he gets the special foods you only get locally. Not to forget he experiences land, people and culture. It is a no brainer.
@@stefan6412 It's not easy to afford a month-long vacation abroad, especially when we are talking on going to Europe.
Guys if a television network picks you guys up to produce a series,,, I am watching every episode!
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The light and happiness in Eva's eyes was wonderful. The excitement of showing her childhood home was contagious. Grazie mille. (Is that right?)
It is :-)
Yes. Sei veramente gentile a scrivere in italiano, grazie
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Mah, come ho già scritto nel video precedente, gli occhi hanno cominciato a sbrilluccicarle al primo espresso.
Till he started hating on her cookie....
Her face lights up just talking about all her favorite foods growing up there. 😀
You can tell she's soooo Happy to be home. Bless her heart ! ♥️
I’m from the UK & Italy Is a place where my heart longs to visit. Such a beautiful country 🇮🇹❤️
This is probably the best travel ad for Italy I've ever seen. The local corner stores there are like high-end imported food boutiques anywhere else. Good lord I want to travel again!
So many similarities with some greek food. Greetings from Greece. Have a great time! Bacci!
Just throw nutmeg in it, lol! J/K.
Yeah but food from central and northern Italy is completely different. I've never had half of these things! The nduja looks really good though. ps Greek food is so tasty!
At one time parts of southern Italy were Greek colonies, so many similarities. There is also an area in Calabria where the local language is Greek. Really interesting! Linda
Because Calabria and other southern regions were Greek colonies in classic age and in medieval times they were under the eastern Roman empire, check out for example the history of kroton, nowadays Crotone, or the history of other southern cities like Syracuse, Taranto or Reggio Calabria.
A big hug for a Greek brother
Magna Graecia! Most of Calabria makes part of Magna Graecia. In some places they even use "Kali mera" instead of "buon giorno".
Hi! In Majorca (Spain) we have a type of sausage very similar to the 'nduja. Its called sobrassada and it's also made of pork minced meat with paprika and other spices. We use it either in sweet or savory dishes in the traditional majorcan cuisine, or just spread it on some bread, it's delicius!. I find it very interesting, since we're from two different countries yet we have things so similar
Spamish dominatio tought us something...or maybe we did teach you something!
Wow! This is what Wikipedia says about it: El origen de su nombre se encuentra en Sicilia, donde se practicaba una técnica conocida como soppressa, que significa "picado", aplicado a la carne para embutir. De esta zona, pasó a la península ibérica gracias al comercio marítimo, y de Valencia se expandió hasta Mallorca, donde ve su mayor desarrollo a partir del siglo XVI. - Thank you for sharing this!
It says it all about Italian cuisine that when Eva says to try something and Harper just goes with it because he just knows its going to be delicious.
Please tell me you didnt leave chef alfredo back in maine alone. God knows what hes doing in your kitchen
Hamburgers?! I don't know... something nasty...
😂😂😂
@@Skerdy hamburgers i believe can be really good as long you make it good like homemade buns or buns bought in a bakery Home made Patty and sauce and vegetables with good fries and dipping saucd
XD
He’s making homemade chef boiardi 😂
I love how passionate she is and she can't hide her feelings. When she doesn't agree with something he says, she makes a quick funny face
being italian born i just about cry when i see these italian episodes
And I cry because I'm not Italian!
@@1ACL My mother always said there are only two kinds of people in the world: Italians, and those who want to be. Lol
@@ms.pirate Grazi!
Eva looks like she is in HEAVEN - it must be so great to be back home & get all the authentic foods wow!!!!! The cheeses and Nduja look amaaaazing. I love this vlog. hope you guys have a wonderful time over in paradise!
I grew up in an Italian neighborhood Brioschi was in every kitchen. I even have some in my kitchen now. 😁
I love that Harper is now seeing Italy through Eva's eyes./
I love pastina. My nonna would make it for me when I was feeling under the weather now it's my comfort food
I recently found your Lasagna video and thoroughly enjoyed watching it. My two best friends growing up were Italian and I would stay at their houses very often and your videos brought back so many wonderful memories of having enjoyed so many authentic Italian meals with their families. Their parents were first-generation Italians here in America and I enjoyed listening to their grandparents speak about how things were in Italy, it was like having a living history book tell you all the stories of their native country.
Listening to Eva speak reminds me so much of those wonderful meals and stories. Every spring several families would gather and make homemade Italian sausage, everyone would work and help, and when they were done they would divide it all up amongst those who helped prepare the sausage. Once I watched one video I was hooked and binge-watched several others as well as subscribed. Thank you so much for making these wonderful videos, you two have wonderful chemistry and it has been a blessing to see two happy people sharing their passion for good food.
I'm a native Louisiana Cajun and our culture loves to cook, I really appreciate the effort you have put into your foods and have inspired me to try and replicate some of the amazing foods my childhood friends and their families shared with me.
I look forward to seeing more wonderful videos.
Bon Compleanno!
I am Italian and I would love to try Cajun food, I'm keeping it in the plans for a US trip.
She’s so much in her element. I love this. ❤️
I love this! I sent this to my mom, who was born in Cosenza! I remember going to Calabria and trying ricotta as spuntino served by relatives... and I was... shocked. I tried to have ricotta back in Canada and it was just watery.
FYI there IS nduja in North America, but you have to follow the Italians! Not sure about USA but in Canada, we have quite a few Montreal stores that have it, because we have a large Italian community.
HOWEVER, as a Canadian... I'm going to have to say "Manitoba" is not American, it's a province in the prairies of Canada. FYI.
I agree. We are certainly spoiled in Montreal. You can buy friselle, many of those pastas if not all. Couldn't tell you about Nduja. I brought it home with me from Italy, but as for the Manitoba flour... All it refers to is a strong flour with high protein, not necessarily from Manitoba anymore, but it kept the name.
I am sure that that is durum wheat flour. We grow that in North Dakota and Minnesota, which border Manitoba and are quite similar in climate,etc. Makes excellent pasta.
@@voxveritas333 It actually not the same thing. It makes more glutin whichto the dough "give it more strength", as Italian says. It used for bakery (bread and sweeats, some savoury too).
It came from American continent with industry standarts for the food (controversial glutin topic) and influenced as well the selection on grains raised here. I have discovered yhr last thing from one nice documentary shoot by a passionate chef interested into food ingridients origins. She went back in history and track "grani antichi" (old grain variaties). And grew to found back some old tradion taste. Unlikely can't catch the name of movie now.
@@voxveritas333 Durum wheta flour is "farina di grano duro" ;)
I live for Italy. Been to Rome, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Genova and Florence. My favorite part is going to local markets and grocery stores. Big fan of you two, can’t wait to see more from this trip of yours.
How did you find Genoa? That's where I live
Come to Verona! You won't be disappointed!
@@Ardoxsho Loved it. Beautiful city
@@messalina2984 I am delighted. The response is quite polarized, depending on what you get to see. It's not your typical tourist destination.
@@tommasoscala2352 It was in my plans for 2020 but we all know how that ended
Eva has her "home" face. It is like breathing again! Love to see it. Amazing video guys! Lotsoflove
You guys, I am an archaeologist, and I have been working the past several years over in Bova Marina. We weren't been able to go last summer and can't go this summer either (due to COVID), but these videos from Dasa are helping me get my fix of Calabria, even if remotely only. I miss that Sheep Milk Ricotta!!!!!! We get ours at the Thursday farmers market when we are in Bova Marina... Soooooo good, and you cannot get it here in the USA to save your life.
By far one of the BEST episodes... taking time to EXPLAIN things AND cook simple dishes with it is what sets you guys apart!!!
I'd be in heaven being in that store. I'd probably stand for 5 minutes just breathing in the delicious smells, then I'd probably buy a sample of everything in the case to try. We do have an Italian Deli here, but nothing like in Italy of course. Eva are you going to show some traditional recipes you grew up with while there? Blessings to you and your families. 😊🇺🇸🇮🇹
And that store is small, try to imagine the huge variety of the bigger supermarkets of the bigger city! Anyway, in every city or small town here in Italy, there's a shop like that full of regional traditional foods and ingredient... You can't go wrong!
I can only imagine how happy Eva is being back home, enjoying all of the wonderful foods, sights, smells and her family and friends. I hope you're both having an absolutely wonderful time! I look forward to seeing you next Sunday!
Ciao!
Please do more shopping around Italy. I just loved this. It is my dream to be in Calabria where my maternal grandmother immigrated from. Her last name was Cimino, which I believe is a common Calabrian name. Would also love to see a family dinner and for Ava to cook with her Mom if that is possible.
Cimino was a famous director, Michael Cimino.
Funny story: according to legend, a Yugoslav worker returned home after spending some time working in Plasmon biscuit factory in Italy and brought the recipe with him. He managed to persuade the local leadership that it was something worth pursuing, so, having adjusted the recipe a little bit (some of the more expensive or harder to come by ingredients were substituted), they set up a biscuit factory with him as the manager. The Yugoslav version was called Plazma and was for a while heavily advertised as healthy for children, similarly how Plasmon is usually found with baby food in Italy even today. It remains extremely popular in Serbia, eaten either on its own, with milk or as an ingredient for easy cakes (either ground or whole, soaked in milk or fruit juice). Compared to Plasmon (which I had an opportunity to taste a few years ago), the Serbian version is sweeter and works better as non-baby food (although my personal take on Plazma is similar to the one Harper gave on Plasmon, seriously overrated; it's an opinion better kept to oneself in Serbia). BTW, Plazma can sometimes be found outside of Serbia, although in those cases it may be under the name 'Lane' (possibly due to some copyright issues; 'lane' means deer calf in Serbian and the factory that produces it is called Bambi, so I guess it has something to do with that).
Sheep ricotta is one of the most delicious things... When I go in father hometown (near Rosarno) it's the first thing that I want to eat ❤️
That’s true, it’s the best cheese you can find...... greetings from Palmi, Calabria
in the morning on the toasted bread topped with marmalade
@@02brufolo in my childhood we often eat these ricotta on top of a fresh baked slice of corn bread....SPECTACULAR! @Pasta Grammar you should taste it until you are in Eva hometown ;)
My dad always had Brioschi in the house.
Me: What us Brioschi?
Dad: Italian Alka Seltzer.
We grew up with Brioschi! In Michigan, no less. The little crooked pieces that made fizzies and brought instant releif ! We would put them on the tongue for fun.
@@wintercomesearly the original pop-rocks 😆
@@tony_25or6to4 yessss!
It’s also Jewish for because I ate too much
A southern Italian town complete with a statue outside the shop. Oh what happy memories of shopping in the local store and even seeing bottles of 90% alcohol on the shelf next to the wine. I wasn't shopping, it was more like being welcomed into a home, very warm people to an absolute stranger. I was very sad to leave after quite a few months. Harper, how's your Italian coming along or are you starting to learn the local language?
Whenever I travel anywhere, one of the first things I do is go to the supermarket. I believe you can tell a lot about a culture based on its supermarkets.
I'm not Calabrian, so I wasn't used to eat 'nduja that much, but when I discovered it, I got in a real world ahahahahahah
Now I eat it also by itself and it's absolutely amazing, one of my favourite ingredients!
Can’t wait to visit Italy
My first job was in an Italian bakery. We made frizelle every day.
You've just gotta love someone who is so proud and precious about their country,and where they come from 👏👏👏👏👏😎
Eva looks so happy in these episodes being home, Harper better enjoy Italy while he can.
I love how excited Eva is to show off all the amazing food in Italy. Also I wish America had that type of Craftsmanship when it comes to different foods for a reasonable price like they are in Italy.they exist here but most people will never taste them because they're too expensive.
This makes me want to fly there immediately and take Mia mamma back to Cosenza. Love everything you guys do. 💕🇨🇦🇮🇹
I have Sicilian and lucanian ancestry so i know a lot from southern italy, but everidays I'm finding out new dishes from towns only 30km away. Italy is a continent in time's terms so cultural aspects like food, languages and costumes reflect that long span of time.
Conclusion: everyone should marry an italian.
As a conclusion I would say ... to know the real taste, the real aroma of things, everyone should have eaten certain products directly there, on the spot in Italy.
I mean where do I find a french or Italian woman
@@MrSea123456 in Italy or France. Learn the language and go!
Could be true. My Irish decent father divorced my Irish decent mother and married an Italian woman. He was with her until he passed.
@@briandoile5011 I know that, but how difficult is learning the languages? I am Vietnamese
This market in Dasà looks exactly in Little Italy markets in Philadelphia PA. I missed shopping there with my Sicilian grandmom. Your video makes me happy and remember my good memories at Italian markets. 💖
lol brioschi... it was always in our house when I was young.... over 70 years ago!!!!!
Eva looks so happy to there in Italy. I hope they have a really good time.
The tomato section looked really good, like a farmer's market.
I went to Naples in 2004. I stayed with friends for 2 weeks an we went to the grocery shop every other day. I loved wandering around and picking up all kinds of things I had never tried. The best 2 weeks I ever spent😋😋😋
It’s so cool to learn about my mother’s family’s culinary heritage! Thanks for teaching me about Calabrese regional cuisine!
YES THE FRESSILI MY MOM DRESSED THESE WITH WATER ORAGANO ,SALT ,OIL, GOOD RED WINE VIN, .
MOM ALSO TOOK STALE BREAD ( PANE COTTO) SAUTE GARLIC AND ONIONS TO JUST BROWN ON THE EDGES ADD OREGANO THEN JUST ADD WATER > IN THIS BROTH YOU ADD THE CHUNKS OF BREAD STIR ONE OR TWICE , OFF THE HEAT > ALOT OF PECCORINO > PUT A COVER ON 10 to 15 MIN >EAT
Great video! I'm almost certain we have our own version of those animal cracker wafer'ish cookies in Greece as well haha
We also have a similar thing in some regions in Greece where soak dehydrated bread and top it with tomatoes and cucumbers...etc
The story behind using dehydrated bread was that it was a way to not let it go to waste during times of poverty (at least in the case of Greece). I'm guessing it may have been the same story in Calabria too.
How much I love Italians!!! How much I enjoy this girl and her passion!!! Grazie!
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My mouth is watering just looking at the deli!!
Getting a good inside look at the Italian Life Style, and Foods.
N'duja is similar to "sobresada" in Spain. It is generally eaten at breakfast on some bread !
Luckily for me, I can get many things Eva talks about from an Italian market in Paris.
I married a Frenchman 35 years ago and have been living in France for 30 years.
Shopping was the biggest change. I only go to the supermarket for paper products mostly. Because, I buy from local butchers, fruit and vegetable shops, my Italian and Lebanese shops.
But, my favorite is the outdoor market with almost everything you could wish for.
6:59 Behind you Harper. Grab the Fonzies, grab the Fonzieeees!
Eva make him try the Fonzies “perche se non ti lecchi le dita godi solo a metà”
I was thrilled to see they had pringles behind him, too! I was wondering what kind of potato chips they had over there. I'm also dying to know if they sell Jell-o.
@@brockreynolds870 In Italy we also have Lay's chips but we do not have Jell-o or at least I've never seen it (not really sure what it is, I'm imagining like sweet fruit gelatin?).
@@norma8686 Yes, it's sweet fruit gelatin.
@@brockreynolds870 we have the german Haribo. But I'm not an expert of jelly candies.
@@brockreynolds870 there is no jell-O in Italy. There are a lot of types of chips, both from Italian brands (PAI and San Carlo for example) and brands that are popular in the US, like Lay's and Pringles.
I grew up in Brooklyn, New York in a mainly Italian neighborhood in the 50s and 60s and the Italian delis were the best. They had dozens of dried meats and cheeses hanging from the ceiling and the best Italian bread in the world. Everyone spoke Italian and everyone spoke to each other. There was an abundance of homemade foods, antipasto, and the feeling of warmth and love for food, friends and family. I was fortunate to have grown up in a time and an age where men grew food in their gardens and even though they could not speak more than a few words of English, they loved America and wanted to share their love of fresh food by offering their amazing garden harvest to their neighbors. I will never forget them and the once great life and world that I came from.
It was so much fun to see the grocery store in Italy! And the options available for flour is just making me jelly 😂 i wish Indonesia could have that much options when it comes to flour! It's like a baker's heaven!
You have the BEST UA-cam series IN THE WORLD. You two deserve an OSCAR!
Candele, that's what it's called ... lol. My mother talks about a dish my great grandmother used to make all the time with this. It was her favorite, but she could never remember the name of the pasta and she can't find it in stores here (her grandmother used to make it fresh). It's been driving her crazy for years. Now I can tell her what it's called. lol
Candele means candles, but I think 'ziti' it's more widespread as a name
8:26 Whooaa, that cashier had Eva’s hair!
Eva take Harper to a big grocery shop, so he can see how they are in Italy. I would like also to see some traditional plates that you're family makes for him. It will be such a great video!
It may not be easy to find a really huge grocery. Dasà has a population of 1,100, the nearest city is Vibo Valentia and Calabria so far is in the yellow tier, so they can move around the region at least for next week, but Vibo in turn has 31,000 inhabitants, it's not a metropoli. Besides, in Italy we don't have superhuge groceries. We still like to buy from local shops and open air markets, and we don't particularly like driving to a grocery, so even the largest supermarkets are urban and quite compact.
Alice Twain in the North of Italy there are very big supermarkets. Maybe they're not the size of the biggest American ones, but they're massive anyway.
@@Lidalgirl you mean like the Esselunga some 300 meters from my home?
We use pastina to make 'minestrina' if we fancy something light in the evening.
Here near Rome we can buy freshly made sheeps' cheese ricotta...so tasty! Nothing like the pre-packaged stuff you buy in supermarkets. As an 'appetiser ' we offer sheeps' ricotta with a dob of home-made blackberry jam. So yummy! Linda
When I lived in Louisiana, I went to New Orleans with a friend from work, who was also Italian. She took me to Central Grocery, and told me there’s a test to see if I was really Italian. But she didn’t tell me what it was. I walked in, and the first thing I said was “oh my god! It smells great in here!” She told me that was the test. I passed! 😁
Such a cute couple. Eva is as adorable as ever. The way she smiles with her eyes, that hair, and that charming accent lights up the entire video series. Keep ‘em coming!
that was soo interesting... my mom used to make pastine when we had a cold
Grazie anche di far vedere i Pavesini e i Plasmon (ricordo il ritornello "plasmon!" sul Carosello di pubblicita' anni 70), che ricordi!!
"Expresso is the only coffee that exists in the world" aiutooo 😂
Italy has the best coffee. In French cafés, it's usually like kerosene - too dark roasted.
Easily the best coffe👌 In greece we make it cold also, Fredo espresso 😜
@Stadia IT I know my friend we make it also! I have a lot of Italian friends and in summer we are full of Italian tourists in my place and they share the same passion about coffee with us😊🙏 the only difference is that we drinking coffee until 10 pm😂
espresso is not the only type of coffee that we have in Italy it’s just the most popular type. We have *cappuccino, macchiato, ginseng, mocaccino...* all of them are different we even have coffee with barley
@@OKuusava kinda, not really. I don’t know to be honest but they are all differentnm
My boyfriend is a proud Spaniard and your 'nduja reminds me very much of something we eat all the time when we visit his family. It's also pork, it's also slightly spicy and spreadable, it's called sobrasada. It's from Majorque. His family eat it on bread as a snack. Apparently Catalans use it as tapas.
Funny to see the similarities between Spain and Italy!
I'm so homesick now. I miss Calabria so much! Thank you for making this great video 💚🤍❤️
You are so much fun! Eva's face speaks like a true Italian!!! 😂🤣😍
She's like a kid in a candy shop, too cute.
Amazing!!! We love you both.
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It's so exciting to see you in Italy. It's exciting to see products we have in Malta or look for when we travel to Italy/ Sicily. And... I still eat Plasmon ... and I'm in my 20s.
Manitoba is in Canada (and a very big wheat growing area).
I'm an Italian who's never been to Italy. It's amazing how much I miss somewhere I've never been.
that's and oximoron
@@OKuusava Your response is the reason people think of finns the way they do.
@@WuWeiJack wtf
@@OKuusava Yes, you figured out my point exactly. How perceptive of you. Completely accurate. Absolutely. If only all humanity could be as elevated in their understanding of each other as you are. Yeah. Sure. Right.
@@OKuusava My apologies. I didn't realize I was communicating with an encephalitis victim.
More, MOARRR!!! I want to see ALL the Italian foods in that Italian kitchen! Keep ‘em coming 👏🏼🇮🇹🍝🍕☕️🍷🥖🫒🥫🍇🌶🥩🍽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Now I want to go to our Italian markets on Calgary, now I know what to look for ;)
Harper: you are on Eva's home turf
I have a feeling- Eva will be much more forgiving than you were with her ame less processed food!
I found that food in general tasted better in Italy. The tomatoes tasted of sunshine they are grown in the sun in the rich natural soil not in styrofoam and they ripen on the vine. We don't have enough of the good weather where I live but even my dad's tomatoes taste like sunshine compared to grocery store tomatoes so I go to the farm market in the summer. My mom used to add water to her homemade fresse as we call them then rubbed with garlic then oregano and olive oil but I preferred just rubbed with garlic the oregano and extra olive oil to soften them. My mom said that my grandfather loved Nduja when she was growing up in Carolei, Cosenza, Italia. Loved this video in Italy reminds me of my time visiting family in Italy
Btw I would love to try the freselle with the tomatoes. I have seen them at the Italian grocer but never tried them. Next time I will buy them
Just arrived in UK 5 years ago after 9 years in Italy,I threw the suitcase and I start looking for home town pictures .If I could go back I'm ready to go walking till there.
Ii miei migliori anni de la mia vita.Mi manchi tantissimo Italia mia. 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹.😢😢😢
Where are you from?. I'm just curious.
Love your channel - can't wait to get back to Italy for a visit. My family is from La Ciociaria. Ciao.
Watching you go through the grocery store reminds me of when we would shop in the grocery stores in Germany and Austria. So many delicious breads, buns, sausage meats, cheeses just to name a few. I wish we could go to Europe again. Cannot find the breads and buns that they have there here in Canada. Also had to laugh at the Manitoba flour. I live in Regina, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is our province and the neighbouring province to the east of us is Manitoba. Here in the prairie provinces of Canada we grow a lot of the wheat, barley, oats and other grains. The prairie provinces are Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Yeah, Plasmon is more of an emotional simple reminder of childhood but so funny Eva mentioned it bc Italians do go crazy for them.
You can find a lot of these products in NY in Italian Pork Stores. They import a lot of the food.
Same with Federal Hill in Providence , RI ( they stopped here on their road trip )
@@sonogabri1 😞
No wonder I liked Eva so much. She's Calabrian! Of course!
That's my summer. That store, that atmosphere, those foods. My in-laws live near Cosenza so we make at least a trip or two every year. No better food anywhere and amazing hospitality. Enjoy.
Dai non é vero che la pastina é pasta per bambini! 😂 in America amano molto il Chicken Soup, dovresti fargli una minestrina con il brodo di pollo e la pastina tipo la gramigna o le farfalline 🥣🥣🥣
E vero io lo uso in una minestrina
Yes in Italy we use pastina to make e Clear Soup called "pastina" made with chicken stock, we use instead a bigger kind of pastina to make "minestrone" which is a Dark Soup usually made with blended vegetables. But I am from Northern Italy, I don't know whereas these kind of soups are common in Southern Italy... as Eva said several times, our traditions are quite different :) I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!
Hai ragione!
D'accordo.
Bambini, malati e anziani ...
I love these two. Eva is amazing
Espresso- is the ooonlyyyy coffeeeee that exists in the wooooorld :)
Beautiful Italy. You have stole my heart.
Could you also show how the houses in Calabria look like? Harper, you could also comment what looks strange to you?
Re: Nduja and chocolate.
The ancient Mexican Aztec civilization combined chocolate with hot chili peppers in drink form and other ways. I've made brownies this way. Pretty good combo.
I recently discovered Nduja. I love it. I like a spoonful added to an EVOO based sauce for pasta or added to eggs. I've also added it to the Asian miso soup broth for a nice 'kick'.