Comments on: Fried Baccala’ and Baccala’ with Tomatoes

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Christmas menus « — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 15:33:55 +0000

[...] all of them have this yearly meal in their recipe list. The one I chose to follow is found at Bleeding Espresso. We’ll have some pasta along with the fish and probably a simple vegetable salad. Then we [...]

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:42:02 +0000

To the baccala’ with tomatoes, I would add a nice chopped onion (una bella cipolla) and celery leaves (from the garden – more flavorfull than store bought) foglie di sedano.

Sounds great Elisa!
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By: Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen

Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:48:10 +0000

It is amazing when you are Italian-American and end up with an Italian from Italy – so many of your ethnic traditions are shown to be… American – but they are still traditions! And good ones! Merry Christmas to you and P.

Amazing indeed Jenn — I’ve learned quite a bit since coming here for sure!
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By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:06:56 +0000

Jeezie peazie….that looks so divine! Wish I were there to enjoy it too! Hugs!

One of my favorite meals indeed Pam! Wish you were here too!
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By: anne

anne — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:17:42 +0000

Looks good Michelle …. I would give this a go … No fish here .. but then I am not Italian ,,, My hubby asks me sometimes if I am British ??

Hahaha you must be able to find some cod…it comes from cold water

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:38:38 +0000

Hi Michelle!

Thanks so much for your congratulations and best wishes on the birth of my grandson, Leo! We are so excited to be going to see him soon.:-)

I was introduced to baccala by my Calabrain husband’s family — on Christmas Eve my mother-in-law made cod “stoccafisso” cooked in tomato sauce and served over linguine, along with fried baccala, fried shrimp, stuffed lobster tails, stuffed and fried calamari, and anchovies inside the savory zeppoles. It was all wonderful! I’ve been making all the dishes the last 17 years, except for the stoccafisso because my children liked a calamari tomato sauce better. It’s such a wonderful tradition!

Buon Natale!

Hugs, Pat

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Mmmm sounds great to me…I *love* calamari What a feast you put on!

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:40:30 +0000

Man, that looks good – I haven’t had baccala for quite some time. I think I’ve been inspired!

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Do it Marc! You’ll thank yourself later

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Sparkle and Glitter » Sparkle Roundup! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:04:02 +0000

[...] and Coop have both made delicious-sounding food posts with recipes I really must try soon – “What’s Cooking Wednesday” and “Easy Mint Chocolate [...]

By: Jeni Hill Ertmer

Jeni Hill Ertmer — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:17:34 +0000

Ah, Michelle, I love all your posts but this one, well it really came through in spades for me! Half of my ethnic heritage is Swedish and as such, one of our Christmas traditions was to have Lutfisk for our Christmas Eve supper. I remember so well coming home from school to the unmistakable aroma (and boy, it really was an “aroma” too) of the lutfisk soaking out on the back porch off our kitchen. My Grandma always boiled this fish and served it with plain boiled potatos, a white-cream gravy and peas because the tradition was that Christmas Eve dinner was to be bland -in color as well as taste. After we came home from the midnight Christmas Eve church services, the goodies -fancy breads, cheeses, sliced meats, another traditional dish of jellied veal and then, of course the cookies -all kinds of ‘em -were served too. I never learned the actual how-to of fixing lutfisk although unlike my cousins, I loved the stuff. I’d like to know how to actually fix it and have it for a Christmas Eve supper again some time but I’ve never seen dried salt codfish on sale any place here -not since the old general stores that used to exist in this little village went out of business back in the early-to-mid 60s. Great post with lots and lots of memory stuff in it for me.

Thanks so much for sharing these memories Jeni…sounds like you’ve had some great Christmas dinners. If you’re up for a road trip, I know some places around Scranton have baccalà, namely Sabatelle’s in Pittston

By: Austen

Austen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:52:50 +0000

Yes: always seafood on Christmas Eve! (Since I married an Italian!)
Here in northern California we start with cracked Dunganess Crab!
From Wikipedia….
The Dungeness crab is a species of crab that inhabits eelgrass beds and water bottoms from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to Santa Cruz, California.[1] Its binomial name, Cancer magister, simply means “master crab” in Latin.

But then we give up on the “n” fishes, and go to “Hay & Straw” pasta.

Sounds great to me Austen!