Lost in Basilicata: Our CRAZY Search for a Rare Italian Cheese
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
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We weren't expecting to make this video, but sometimes you get lost in Basilicata and you're glad you brought a camera...
The southern Italian region of Basilicata is often overlooked, including by us. But when we happened to be passing through and decided to pick up some cheese, we were unexpectedly caught up in an adventure that forced us to finally pay attention to this incredible place!
A HUGE thank-you to everyone we met along the way. The people of Basilicata truly impressed us and we're very grateful for your welcoming spirit 🙏 Extra big thanks to Alessandro from Podolico del Casone. Check out their website here: podolicodelcas...
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We hope you guys enjoy our little adventure in Basilicata! What region should we visit next?
Molise...if it exists...😂
Is this cheese anything like hard, sharp Provalone, which to me always has a slight hint of smokiness. What does Cacciocavallo taste like and how would you use it other than as an appetizer?
Basilicata reminds me of the village of my Nonna & Nonno. Near Avellino.
Trentino - Alto Adige
Piemonte - The wine, cheese and the other foods from the region are my vision of heaven.
Guys, this was better than watching a Netflix movie!! Loved your adventure and Eva's tenacity to search and ultimately find the Caciocavallo Podolico! Thank you for this unbelievable journey, what a joy it was to watch.
We're thrilled you liked it!
Ok. I read your comment at the start of the video and said to myself "really?...Netflix?". Now i have to agree, this was an amazing adventure!
My great grandma was born in Potenza in Basilicata! When I was little, I remember her dried pasta she kept in shoe boxes. When we would go out to eat and she would have ice cream, she would say "I never had this" (as a child). This is the best channel I must say again.
Mine Too!!! Love Potenza!!
The Podolica cows are one of the Italian heritage breeds particularly adapted to hot climates and marginal pastures. They were selected to sustain themselves from what was left after the wheat harvest or the shrubs growing on the less fertile soils around the field. The very sustainable mindset of the time was "Let's get something from nothing". They were particularly prized as working animals and can be seen in many old photos pulling brightly decorated carts or plows. Unfortunately for the breed, the introduction of mechanized agriculture and high-yielding breeds of milking cows made them obsolete in the farm economy.
However, their milk is very unique due to the amount of pasture they get, and especially the shrubs they are able to digest. It is what makes the cheese so aromatic, and full of Beta-Carotene and omega-3 fatty acids.
Great job in showcasing the unique region and its heritage agriculture, I always enjoy your farm related videos!
Guys: One of the best parts of your channel, besides the FOOD, is that you highlight beautiful area of the south that are often overlooked and sometimes derided. I’ve had northern Italian friends call southerners “le teste dure,” but as an American proud of his Calabrese heritage, I hope that your channel helps to raise the visibility of this beautiful part of the Italian peninsula! Grazie mille!
Northerners call southerners a lot worse. 😂😂 Its okay, we call them polentoni.
That flower is called "broom" in English. Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, frequently wore it in his hat and got the nickname Geoffrey "Planta Genêt" which is where the name of the English (ish) royal Plantagenet dynasty got its name.
thank you!! i dindn't know!!
We call it scotch broom in Southern California❤️
In the SW, we call it “Spanish broom”. I have one in my front yard. 😊
I love this.
I thought Eva was going to cry when she tasted that first bite of the Holy Grail of Cheese! I thoroughly enjoyed riding along on your adventure...Italy and its people are so beautiful!
Ehm, Basilicata is overlooked for no good reason. It's one of the most stunning regions in Italy, with incredible landscapes of mountains, "canyons" and sea, it holds a National Park and frankly one of the most beautiful towns in the world...yes Matera with its historical centre which has been a UNESCO site since 1993. Basilicata is probably and inexplicably Italy's best kept secret! ...and I'm not from there. It is so untouched that one could even hope it stays that way, but obviously it would deserve more tourism (and its money) to fulfill its potential.
Better not exploite Basilicata. I prefer Like that the real essentiaL of an OLD unexplored region of South.
@@antonellamorgese1084 I agree, but the people end up having less services and commodities when a region is not promoted. The optimum would be to give value to its wilderness and untouched quality and make it the focus of a well organized and controlled tourism, so as to not spoil its beauty with ugly developments but still caring for transportations, roads, health facilities...as I said, services.
and ruin it forever, making it a huge low-quality tourist-trap, like the towns around Lago maggiore, Lago Garda, Lago Como... ???
Just came back from a 2 weeks trip in north Italy, and mostly, everything is a tourist trap or nowhere-style mall. At least for a non-local who doesn't master the language.
@@MottiShneor that's exactly what I said I wish would never happen.
Having clicked through and viewed your music saves, I was surprised. Very impressive. Rare but I recognize and remember still even at my age. 😉
Noticing shared interests, I imagine you could be a service industry veteran?
How beautiful it is to experience this with you. I can almost smell the essence of the flowers and of the cheese! Thank you my friends
è così bello vedere la gioia di eva quando finalmente trova il caciocavallo podolico originale. questo è vero amore per il cibo di qualità!
Basilicata is like Calabria: so underrated, but actually so beautiful!
La calabria e anche più sottovalutata
@@francescocapellupo3496 anche no, la Calabria è molto più turistica
Eva and Harper, I didn’t think that I’d enjoy following someone on their food adventure as much as When Anthony Bourdain was alive. Thank you for taking me with you
❤Solo infinita gioia per la nostra Basilicata,grazie ragazzi♥️♥️♥️👍🥰
Every step with you two, lost or no, is an adventure. ❤
Ha haaa, Pre-gps, I’d tell my sons that when I’m lost and trying to work my way to driving to our destination, “We’re on an adventure😅”. My kids’ reaction? 🙄🙄…..
My grandfather was from Basilicata. From the commune of Montescaglioso. I want to go there when they have the St. Rocco festival, then get my Italian citizenship!
My family is from Basilicata. When I saw that bread I almost cried! Beautiful, beautiful! Thank you for a great video omg, You went to Potenza! Where my grandfather was born. Thank you again
I unfortunately lost my wife a month and a half ago and I'm taking our two boys to Italy for a vacation leaving in a week. I'm also in the process of dual citizenship and will be taking my boys to see Potenza . Thank you again
Oh no, we’re so sorry to hear about your loss ❤️ Un abbraccio, and we hope you enjoy your trip ❤️
@@PastaGrammar Thank you!
@@PastaGrammarEva and Harper... We will be in Potenza next week. Where did you get those shirts? We'd like to find those! God bless. Thank you
By the way Harper, I didn't know that you were a movie maker. Just want to let you know my grandfather was a famous character actor. His name was Jay Novello. His real name was Michael Romano. But he was very well known in movies, radio and then television of course. God bless
What a wonderful "seek and ye shall find" event in your life! Your memory from these two days will stay with you for ever!!! Take care and here's to more food journeys.
Travel to the villages and finding the kindness of the people is as rewording for us as viewers is an adventure - thank you and for your continued adventures.
The Yellow flower, *Ginestra.* In Calabria they weave the fibers from the plant into sheets, towels, tablecloths and clothing. This was brought to Calabria by Jewish women running from the Inquisition who discovered the special uses for ginestra. They gathered the ginestra branches from entire mountain tops. Ginestra is part of the broom family.
The local people used to gather the branches, tie them with string and soak the branches in a large copper pots filled with boiling water. After the hot boiling waters, the branches were then placed in the rushing water of the Amato River for one week. Then after, the local weavers would pronounce the fibers soft enough, the interior fibers would be pulled and woven into a sturdy fabric that was woven into mats, blankets, grain sacks and shopping bags, also clothing. In the 1940s (the war years), the nonne used to weave ginestra into cloth for children's clothing.
Thank you for sharing this! Would love to know if these ginestra cloths can still be found anywhere?
@@dinamanchisi7719 If, when Eva reads this she can tell us.
I discovered Pasta Grammar on UA-cam because I love all things Italian. Love the channel, I'm collecting recipes and binge watching all your past episodes.
I may not be the first to say this, but, the longer you stay in Italy and make videos just ups your game 100% every week. If there was a way for you to stay their on a very very long term basis....did I say very long or maybe forever.... every episode has been a home run but when you got here it is grand slam every week. I do have one bit of advice though, invest a few $ into actual paper maps 🤣 Back in 1973 I was in the US Army and my best friend's family came from Brindisi Montagna. We took a long train ride to Potenza from Naples, we walked the several KM to Brindisi Montagna from Potenza. I spent the best 2 weeks of my life there eating the best food ever with the nicest people. To this day, I still remember....
I am so happy that finally someone talking about my region. I'm from Genzano di Lucania. Greetings fron the Lucani
The Genisteae, known as common broom (Cytisus scoparius), grows in California and is considered an invasive plant. But we like it and let it grow for our bees. It has also been used to make some medicinal tinctures for gout. Glad you found the ultimo cheese.
We actually have both Genista and Cytisus species here in CA - all various types of broom.
What a life you guys are living, just awesome. High quality food, unknown places. And it’s Italy, what more can you wish for?
I like how Eva said “scusatemi” to the farmer driving the tractor. That’s a true sign of respect you don’t hear often anymore. We used to always give a Vui or Vossìa! 😊
Even though I was just a kid, maybe around 9, I spent a summer in Potenza with my Aunt and Uncle. I have never, ever forgotten how good the cacciocavallo cheese was. Thank you for making this video.
As an American kid growing up on Tang ,Space Sticks and peanut butter and jelly, this was of course, amazing. My Uncle, kind of a jokester told me cacciocavallo was made from horse milk. I believed that til just today, LOL!
I LOVED this adventure SO MUCH! What a beautiful country and even more so...beautiful people meeting other beautiful people. Such a blessing to be able to travel and meet such amazing people and find gorgeous Italian products produced by them. Thank you, this was amazing. ❤ Did y'all ever say why you wanted to find this cheese?? 🤣
Glad you enjoyed it! Why WOULDN'T we want to find one of the best cheeses in the world? 😂 😋
Wow, i'm from Basilicata and i absolutely loved this video, i apprecieted a lot the effort to earn the caciocavallo podolico, i love this cheese. But here some informations about Basilicata: potenza Is the political center of Basilicata and the most populated with 70k inhabitants and the 2nd biggest Is Matera, Matera Is One of the oldest cities in the world and one of the most beautiful, Matera was declared the european cultural capital in 2019 and Just another thing if you want to try a good dolce than you should go to Ferrandina and try the sospiri, an unic dolce that Is made Just in Ferrandina
My father in law was born and lived in Guardia Peticara in Basilicata until he immigrated to the USA when he was 21. His five sisters remained in Guardia and we made a pilgrimage to meet the family. They are wonderful warm and loving people and meeting and knowing them has been one of the highlights of our lives. I loved this video.
An epic journey to find an extraordinary cheese, heroic protagonists, compassionate and friendly characters, with a finale of rare cows and even rarer cheese. What a great video, one of your best!
Your mariage is very strong, because mine would be in serious jeopardy with this kind of road-trip! Most of the dialogue would not be UA-cam friendly, so a big BRAVO🎉😅😅😅it was fun to watch!
Cheese mirages, always cheese in paradise. My new mantras.
I absolutely love how adventurous you are. My wife and I are known for doing that too and often called "you guys are nuts" - but thats how to experience a nother culture and immerse yourself. Priceless!
Paradise: Sunday watching pasta grammar
This was so cool! Lost, found, sent on a journey, lost, found, lost, found, bartenders to the rescue, are we lost…no. There are the cows. THE cows, and there is the cheese. Your faces smelling and tasting it…..priceless!
OMG. When you said Potenza, my jaw dropped. That’s where my great grandparents came from.
There is a video, from 2 years ago, about how caciocavallo podolico is made on the Insider Food channel, entitled “How one of Italy’s rarest, most expensive cheeses is made”
23:04 Eva's hand says it all. Well worth the quest. Thank you for taking us along.
Oh Lordy 😂 Never one dull moment with you two!! Thank you for this amazing video Eva and Harper. The scenery was magnificent. The adventure was funny and I admire how food (not just any food but Fabulous food) motivates you both! I envy you and the pure joy of your living life to the fullest. ❤❤❤
Senise is famous for its "cruschi" peppers, called cric and croc. They are excellent with cod (stockfish) alla Aviglianese (Avigliano Lucania)
If You gotta get lost, get lost in a beautiful paradise, with cheese! Bravissimo! ❤
What a delightful adventure! Its a beautiful thing that the farmer is keeping the caft of that cheese alive. That's true love.
I actually got a little tear my eye at the end when you guys finally got to taste the cheese! 😂😂 So glad you persevered on that little adventure. The Italian countryside is very lovely. ❤
I love it when Eva cooks, but I think this was my favorite PG video ever.
Y’all entertain me every night. I find nothing on tv so I watch UA-cam and I follow funny, interesting and amazing people like y’all! Keep bringing on the great Italian dishes!
The amount of times I call out to the video, which way to turn, where to ask!! 😂😂😂 The love that you have for each other to share this quest, this adventure, is not for the faint of heart. 💜 It is so beautiful!!
This episode brought tears to my eyes.
Brilliant just brilliant I had a tear in my eye when you finally found your holy grail,thank you for your precious time.kindest regards tam🏴❤️🏴❤️
Fantastic treasure hunt! And so true that Google maps, etc...often have you driving in circles or in the opposite direction in the Italian countryside. Maybe it is on purpose so that people spend more time together and enjoy the journey...amazing things can happen when you cannot use your phone. Grazie mille for another wonderful slice of ur life.
I'm just over here sniffing my basil and tomatoes. 😅 Wish I could smell that flower!
This was great to see. My family came from Basilicata, not far from Potenza. You don't see much about this region except for Matera. I swear I could smell the cheese through my screen! Thanks guys.
My kind of holidays. To get lost and find what otherwise might be missed, the real beauty of the country and people living there. I really like all of your videos, even if not commenting every time. You are both amazing and I wish to be able to experience all the things you do.
You’re quickly becoming our favorite UA-cam couple! Hilarious! So relatable and we totally agree with southern Italian hospitality!!! Thoroughly Enjoyed Buon Appetito ❤️
I loved the old men pushing you to speak more Italian, then you actually did at the panettone shop. Learning a new language isn't easy and takes lots of patience!
One of the oldest continuous inhabited settlements in the world definitely is more than Instagram and James bond famous. It's a definite must see, like all of southern Italy.
Thanks for visiting my ancestral region. I hope to one day visit. Both sets of my grandparents came from Basilicata. My mom’s from San Fele, a mountain town 45 minutes from Naples in the Potenza region and my dad’s further south in San Constantino Albanese bordering the national forest.
I loved this episode so much! My paternal grandmother was from Basilicata, province of Potenza. Potenza looks absolutely charming! Thank you so much for sharing your adventure with us. I love your road trips and hope you can show more of them. xo
For most of this video, it was reminding me of “Lost In La Mancha”, but it just goes to show you: If you tilt at enough windmills, eventually you’re bound to slay a giant.
This adventure couldn't have been more southern Italian 😂 I love it!❤
Have to say that caciocavallo is undoubtedly my favorite cheese. We always bring it back with us!!!
My family , on my mother's side, came to the US from Basilicata. Vietro di Potenza. Way up in the mountains. A very poor and rural part of Italy but a very strong and resilient people.
also called LUCANIA, BASILICATA means good people , caciocavallo podolico and summertime panettone , Matera and much more..
What is summertime panettone? That sounds gooooood. [Edit: haha -- I just got to that part of the video. And I must admit, good panettone knows no season.]
My family is from MaricoNuovo Potenza, Basilicata, Italy...love that you are videoing in the area.
My family is from Basilicata. It’s an underrated part of Italy. The food is second to none 👌
I could not possibly love you two more than I do now.
N'duja, n'duja! Beautiful!
My parents are from LA Bascilicata, Ripacandida provincia di Potenza. Whenever we have family come visit from there they always bring that cheese for us to split and share. Yes so good!!!
...almost like "Basilicata coast to coast" ;-) As usual you guys are the best
My parents are from Muro Lucano, Provincia di Potenza, Beautiful area, beautiful food and most importantly beautiful people.
Basillicata is where my grandparents come from. I still have family there.
Yes! I spent two weeks in Basilicata, attending a conference in Maratea. It is a beautiful town on the cliffs on the sea. I also visited Matera before the movies made it famous (Passion of the Christ" was also filmed there). The town was delightful, the sea was gorgeous, and the food was the best I had had in Italy to that point. Thank you for the memories!
Man, I'd not even *fake* complain about adventuring with such a vivacious, beautiful partner to get panettone, etc. I know the dry, angsty delivery is part of your schtick, but it deflates me to see it because I wish I were there, smelling the yellow flowers, meeting people in out-of-the-way places, and laughing with Eva. *sigh* Peace, and thanks for the travel with you both!
My family were farmers in Basilicata.
Dear Harper, Basilicata is also home to the Italian Space Agency. Your can see it from the road.
My grandparents on my father's side are from Salandra, Basilicata, so I am one-half Salandrese. A special region with good people and really interesting and good food. I so enjoyed this video! We've visited this area and had a wonderful time. FYI: The Passion of the Christ was filmed in Matera. There is a book called Christ Stopped at Eboli. It's the story of Carlo Levi who was sent to this region as punishment for being against Mussolini and fascism.
I once drove from Bari to Amalfi but instead of going along the coast, like most people do, I drove across "the boot" through the mountains of Basilicata. Not only do they have great cheese but the wines are among the best in Italy. Aglianico di Vulture is known as the "Barolo of the South". AND THE PEOPLE are every bit as friendly as mentioned here.
Yeah the Bond movie, The Hunt For the Cheese! and did you see the look on those cows faces when she said 'it's not the right cows'? Unkind!
Basilicata has even some nice wines actually.
If this could be a series of "find a mythic thing (while exploring Italy)", that would be brilliant! Also, nice hat. RSN.
My family is from Basilicata. OMG! i remember this cheese. Very rare to find in USA unless someone can sneak it into the country...Well when my relatives went home they would bring this cheese back. I have found it a couple of times in US, but very hard to find. It is like aged provolone cheese on the outside with butter on the inside. I loved it, but have not had it in I imagine 30 years@
The cheese you were looking for is not the one I recall, but I think mine had Burre in the name .
My family is from Muro Lucano, Potenza, Basilicata. The town is quite famous and is the birthplace of the painter Joseph Stella. My visit there has me wanting to return. I know the cheese you were in search of. Beside being a world traveler, I’m an armchair traveler, too. I rely on Google Maps when I have cellular service. While watching your video, I searched for ‘caciocavallo podolico’ and found quite a few locations near Sinese, Acerenza, Potenza and Muro Lucano where you could have made a purchase. Congratulations on your find! It looked mouthwateringly delicious. Buon appetito!
What a great adventure! Eva looked so happy when you cut the cheese. Like kid at Christmas. Beautiful, and Grazie.
My family is from Ruoti. Still there! It’s lovely to see the Basilicata region. Hopefully I’ll see my family’s roots one day.
This is fascinating to see new regions in Italy. Also, seeing Eva’s eyes glistening with joy while eating that cheese is wonderful ❤
The suspense! Could be a feature film
This is exactly how I feel when I need to go grocery shopping in this small town I’m in.
Watching the italian news or italian talkshows are a good way to learn and listen to the Italian language as they tend to speak straight Italian (usually zero dialect) and somewhat at a good pace, not to fast
Omg Eva I can't believe you took Harper in the middle of July trough the roads of Basilicata! I hoped you saw Maratea!
This video needs to go viral! I swear it is the best one you guys have done. I watched the first time by myself & then made my husband watch it. He also thought it was fantastic! Love the passion & sence of adventure.
Nailed it. Truly wonderful people in Basilicata. But please, 101F, that’s almost chilly for an Arizonan.
My dad was born in Valsinni - a small village in Basilicata. He came to the United States when he was 17 in 1922. I grew up in New Jersey believing that it was a suburb of Italy!! I remember eating cacciocavallo but not sure it was the same as the one you found. On my next trip to Valsinni I will ask around and see if I can find it. Thank you for the wonderful tour of Basilicata!
I feel like that little farm just ran out of all their Podolico Cheese!! This was a great video, I love hunting down the real deal and this was it!! Now you know where to get it!! My kind of road trip! Cheers to you both!! Super fun to watch this!!
This Caciocavallo Podolico cheese is now on my bucket list.
This is my favourite episode of Pasta Grammar every - and Christmas in July is a thing Harper - you should know. I have to try this cheese someday!
Harper you must really love Ava so she can find her favorites ❤
Yall are gorgeous! My best friend is from Padua and I’m blessed to get to eat real Italian cookin whenever I want. I’ll never forget when I first tasted authentic carbonara. I love how real yall are. I wish America was more like Italy. Relaxed, everyone helps everyone, good fresh food that’s affordable and available to people less well off. Every time my friend goes home she swears she’s not gonna come back. Don’t know why yall do but I love seein Eva try our food! I love that yall just went on an adventure in a sketchy car and shared it with us. This is the content I love and relate to! Country af! 😅
What a fun adventure. Gotta love rabbit trails.
My great grandfather was from there, he migrated to Argentina as a child with his parents. IDK why there isn't more people showing this region, it looks beautiful.
So Basilicata has the best cheese AND the best panettone? Who knew? Great video, great adventure!
Spanish Broom in California - grows all over the desert. It’s beautiful!