Comments on: What’s Cooking Wednesday: Calabrian Zeppole for St Joseph’s Day

By: The new black « Diabetogenic

The new black « Diabetogenic — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:44:37 +0000

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By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:23:14 +0000

Hope you enjoyed the zeppole! Paolo’s aunt brought us some over so I didn’t fry any up myself….

By: Liana Sofia Tumino

Liana Sofia Tumino — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:41:39 +0000

ah yes, I know some Calabrese from Cosenza area that insist on the addition of potatoes and they are just as yummy…you basically just add a cooked riced potato to the dough and proceed the same way. Another great post Michelle even though I am reading it a year later….We all have such fond memories of our nonna’s …we should really create a national nonna day in honor of these special woman that shaped all of our lives and created such wonderful memories (in our minds and mouths) You can bet I will be making Zeppole this christmas eve just 1 day away!!

By: Angela ten Lohuis (Miotto/Barbieri)

Angela ten Lohuis (Miotto/Barbieri) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 02:19:20 +0000

I have just made these with my 100%Calabrese mother in Townsville NQ, Australia, and I can guarantee you, that the potatoes have been neglected in your recipe.

Thanks for your comment, Angela; recipes vary not only from town to town in Calabria (and the rest of Italy) but also family to family. Here in this area (Badolato/Isca sull’Ionio in the province of Catanzaro– where most if not all of the long-time residents are also 100% Calabrese ), I assure you there are no potatoes in the dough. Please feel free to share your recipe, of course, as I’m sure it’s delicious also

By: Irene

Irene — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:46:58 +0000

Anchovies with sugar?That’s interesting!

They think I’m a little crazy here

By: JennDZ_The Leftover Queen

JennDZ_The Leftover Queen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:27:48 +0000

I told you last year that you made my day, because I kept seeing all these recipes for zeppole, and they were filled with cream and I remember eating them as a child stuffed with anchovies….so again, I thank you Michelle! It makes me smile everytime now that the mystery is solved!

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Ah Jenn I remember that comment well; so happy to have solved the mystery

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:58:36 +0000

I am loving all the recipes on your blog, Michelle! I found the stuffed baby eggplant recipe I was looking for and now these Zeppoles!
My husband and his family were from a town on the sole of the foot of Calabria called Gioisa Ionica. They seem to put boiled riced potatoes in a lot of their stuffed foods, including the dough of their zeppoles, and use some semolina flour in their recipe too. They never sweeten theirs, it’s always plain or with anchovy in the middle, and they were long and twisted.
They were always served on Christmas Eve as an appetizer.
Thanks!
Pat in NY

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Pat, I’ve seen those zeppole elsewhere on the internet; I showed them to P and he said he’d never seen them–amazing how things change from just a few kilometers away! Up here I don’t think they use as much potatoes in things, or at least P’s mom doesn’t (and neither did my grandmother, other than gnocchi of course). So interesting!

By: Salena

Salena — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:21:13 +0000

My grandmother used to make these too and my mother still makes them to this day!!!

We also get them when we’re at the San Genarro Feast in Little Italy in NYC. Every September!!

My step-father loves them with raisins.

I like mine plain, with powdered sugar.

OMG, I wish I had one now!!!

YUM.

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Yum is right. Once I get them in my head, it’s hard to get them out without actually indulging….

By: Michelle at Scribbit

Michelle at Scribbit — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:09:50 +0000

Oh those look delicious! I love bread and then to fry it just means heaven.

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Hah! That’s an excellent thought Michelle

By: Marie

Marie — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:10:58 +0000

Anchovies in Zeppole! What a great idea. I never had them like that, mostly the cream puff kind fo us. Yours look wonderful!

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Thanks Marie