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.
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 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.
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.
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! ❤️
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.
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!
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.
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
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!
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 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 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
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.
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
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 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!
@@Barbrutto 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 ;)
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.
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.
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?
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!
6:13 Tiramisu! Yes! I have the best in Venice. I gasped and inhaled the cocoa powder then coughed for an hour. So be prepared for the yummyness and do NOT gasp. I gasped at seeing the building entrance in Venice, I cried 🤯 😭😭 it's all mind blowing beautiful!
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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
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 am sad because due to the various regional lockdowns, you cannot travel through Italy and make many more food videos. Furthermore, I would have been very happy to host you for a lunch or dinner here in Romagna! Anyway, keep going with this awesome series of videos. Ps. I've hated the plasmon as a kid! :D
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.
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 flour is from Manitoba Canada. I will have to try tiramisu with pavesini. Eva, you have to get Harper Italian nutella, apparently it's better in Italy. I wish I had tried it when I was in Italy but I only found out it's processed differently much later. Now I have to get plasmon cookies. Last time I had them in the house was 10 years ago. Now I need to go shopping and get frizelle, pavesini, and plasmon 😋
@@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
Found your site a couple of days ago and I'm delighted, but nothing makes me smile harder than watching the absolute joy shine in Ava's eyes as she shows you around the grocery store. Rarely have I seen someone's eyes smile as brightly as hers are over that red mask. I know I've already used it, but it sums my reaction up perfectly: she's a delight, and I'm delighted for you both.
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.
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 absolutely love going to supermarkets in others countries. I could spend hours roaming the aisles and looking for things that are different from home and/or that are typical for the region or country I stay in. I would definitely watch loads of others videos from you guys on this topic.
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.
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.
In Hungary and surrounding countries there is an egg based small pasta similar to Pastina called Tarhonya. Its considered a normal side dish though ... not baby pasta :D:D:D
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! 😁
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.
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!!!
The Biscotto dei Bambini, looks like the teething cookies my grandmother gave the babies in the family when they began teething! (I used to steal them on the hush, hush as a kid!)
@@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.
Dear Eva, ti avrei seguito fino in capo al mondo per quanto ti stimo,... poi ho sentito che preferisci i Pavesini nel tiramisù...nel TIRAMISU'?!?!?!?ma daiiiiiiii 😂
@@PastaGrammar Ma brava!, adesso mi dirai che nella carbonara ci vuole la panna e che la pizza si può fare col cheddar 😢 Bravi ragazzi, siete fantastici!!
Every visitor to Italy should have an Eva. I love grocery shopping in Italy. It's a much more intimate experience than anything in America, even in NYC. The smells can be divine, especially near to the meat and cheese counters. As a single traveler, it took me a long time to figure out the etti and how to order deli offerings in quarter-pound sizes. But once I did, I was in heaven. This video was fun. Hope to see more like this.
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!
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 :)
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.
Sounds like a beautiful place and time ..
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.
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! ❤️
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?
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!!!
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 ! ♥️
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
❤
Mah, come ho già scritto nel video precedente, gli occhi hanno cominciato a sbrilluccicarle al primo espresso.
Till he started hating on her cookie....
I’m from the UK & Italy Is a place where my heart longs to visit. Such a beautiful country 🇮🇹❤️
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.
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!
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
😂😂😂😂
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.
Guys if a television network picks you guys up to produce a series,,, I am watching every episode!
❤️❤️❤️❤️
She’s so much in her element. I love this. ❤️
Her face looks 10 years younger. I guess she's relaxed and happy to be home.
She's eating better.
@@JohnMiller-oz7gv ahahaha
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".
By far one of the BEST episodes... taking time to EXPLAIN things AND cook simple dishes with it is what sets you guys apart!!!
Eva has her "home" face. It is like breathing again! Love to see it. Amazing video guys! Lotsoflove
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.
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 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 grew up in an Italian neighborhood Brioschi was in every kitchen. I even have some in my kitchen now. 😁
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
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
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.
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
8:26 Whooaa, that cashier had Eva’s hair!
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
@@Mrs.Jekyll Grazi!
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 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!
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
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
@@Barbrutto 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 ;)
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.
I love pastina. My nonna would make it for me when I was feeling under the weather now it's my comfort food
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.
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?
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!
I love that Harper is now seeing Italy through Eva's eyes./
It’s so cool to learn about my mother’s family’s culinary heritage! Thanks for teaching me about Calabrese regional cuisine!
Eva looks so happy to there in Italy. I hope they have a really good time.
6:13 Tiramisu! Yes! I have the best in Venice. I gasped and inhaled the cocoa powder then coughed for an hour. So be prepared for the yummyness and do NOT gasp. I gasped at seeing the building entrance in Venice, I cried 🤯 😭😭 it's all mind blowing beautiful!
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.
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!
Eva looks so happy in these episodes being home, Harper better enjoy Italy while he can.
You have the BEST UA-cam series IN THE WORLD. You two deserve an OSCAR!
This makes me want to fly there immediately and take Mia mamma back to Cosenza. Love everything you guys do. 💕🇨🇦🇮🇹
More, MOARRR!!! I want to see ALL the Italian foods in that Italian kitchen! Keep ‘em coming 👏🏼🇮🇹🍝🍕☕️🍷🥖🫒🥫🍇🌶🥩🍽👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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!
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!
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.
When I travel/live in a new country, I spend a lot of time in the markets to try to understand how people there approach food. It is very instructive.
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
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. 💖
My mouth is watering just looking at the deli!!
How much I love Italians!!! How much I enjoy this girl and her passion!!! Grazie!
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I am sad because due to the various regional lockdowns, you cannot travel through Italy and make many more food videos. Furthermore, I would have been very happy to host you for a lunch or dinner here in Romagna!
Anyway, keep going with this awesome series of videos.
Ps. I've hated the plasmon as a kid! :D
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
Can’t wait to visit Italy
N'duja is similar to "sobresada" in Spain. It is generally eaten at breakfast on some bread !
lol brioschi... it was always in our house when I was young.... over 70 years ago!!!!!
You've just gotta love someone who is so proud and precious about their country,and where they come from 👏👏👏👏👏😎
I'm so homesick now. I miss Calabria so much! Thank you for making this great video 💚🤍❤️
I love this video so much! I want to know about all of it! Thank you for taking us with you
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 flour is from Manitoba Canada. I will have to try tiramisu with pavesini. Eva, you have to get Harper Italian nutella, apparently it's better in Italy. I wish I had tried it when I was in Italy but I only found out it's processed differently much later. Now I have to get plasmon cookies. Last time I had them in the house was 10 years ago. Now I need to go shopping and get frizelle, pavesini, and plasmon 😋
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 😂
So fun taking this trip along with you.🤌 Grazie Mille!🇮🇹😊🇺🇲
Be safe an enjoy!💖
that was soo interesting... my mom used to make pastine when we had a cold
Getting a good inside look at the Italian Life Style, and Foods.
The tomato section looked really good, like a farmer's market.
Found your site a couple of days ago and I'm delighted, but nothing makes me smile harder than watching the absolute joy shine in Ava's eyes as she shows you around the grocery store. Rarely have I seen someone's eyes smile as brightly as hers are over that red mask. I know I've already used it, but it sums my reaction up perfectly: she's a delight, and I'm delighted for you both.
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?
I haven't been in Italy in year and I needed to see an Italian supermarket! Thank you!
My first job was in an Italian bakery. We made frizelle every day.
I loved this show brought back memories of my time in Italy. My heart hurt of missing Italy.
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 absolutely love going to supermarkets in others countries. I could spend hours roaming the aisles and looking for things that are different from home and/or that are typical for the region or country I stay in. I would definitely watch loads of others videos from you guys on this topic.
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.
The bells ringing in the background as you guys ate the nacatole almost transported me to a different time and place.. @14:05
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
In Hungary and surrounding countries there is an egg based small pasta similar to Pastina called Tarhonya. Its considered a normal side dish though ... not baby pasta :D:D:D
We call that ‘Tarhana’ in Turkey 🤌🏻
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! 😁
I did not want this video to end. Thank you for showing the grocery store. It would be nice to see Eva cooking with her mom.
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.
Guys happy to see Harper enjoying Italy and the genuine italian products and Eva your face radiates pure joy
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 ...
Love your channel - can't wait to get back to Italy for a visit. My family is from La Ciociaria. Ciao.
The Biscotto dei Bambini, looks like the teething cookies my grandmother gave the babies in the family when they began teething! (I used to steal them on the hush, hush as a kid!)
Fantastic video from the dynamic duo! Keep up the GREAT WORK, Ciao🙏😷🤙❤️🤓
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.
STTTAHHHPPPPP OMG I love AVA!!!!! I love her accent and I love her expressions. !!
Eva is very special. She wear her heart ❤️ on her sleeve. So charming, genuine and sweet. Not all Italian women are like her.
Not all women in general...
Amazing!!! We love you both.
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Dear Eva,
ti avrei seguito fino in capo al mondo per quanto ti stimo,... poi ho sentito che preferisci i Pavesini nel tiramisù...nel TIRAMISU'?!?!?!?ma daiiiiiiii 😂
Provare x credere, sono veramente una buona alternativa😉
Mia moglie lo fa in entrambi i modi, non sono così male, ovviamente sono più dolci dei Savoiardi.
@@antoniob.9396 sono convinto che siano buoni, ma non si dovrebbe dire 😊
Ho chiesto scusaaaaaaa 😂😂😂😂😂
@@PastaGrammar Ma brava!, adesso mi dirai che nella carbonara ci vuole la panna e che la pizza si può fare col cheddar 😢
Bravi ragazzi, siete fantastici!!
Every visitor to Italy should have an Eva. I love grocery shopping in Italy. It's a much more intimate experience than anything in America, even in NYC. The smells can be divine, especially near to the meat and cheese counters. As a single traveler, it took me a long time to figure out the etti and how to order deli offerings in quarter-pound sizes. But once I did, I was in heaven. This video was fun. Hope to see more like this.