Budget childhood meal. Parsley from the garden, clams from a can. All out of linguine but sauce holding Fusilli was available.
Cost per person: $3.33 It, um,used to be cheaper. But canned protein costs have grown faster than inflation over the last 4 decades.
Every girlfriend I’ve ever had has dreaded the Christmas dinner at my mom’s house because it’s going to evolve all the fishes.
I was raised in a Sicilian kitchen. But I grew up in formally Mexican held territory. So very few of my comfort foods are Italian.
Feast of the Seven Fishes! Lol he hated it. His brother still does that, but we don’t. They’d have ravioli for Christmas, apparently! Since I’m Jewish and don’t celebrate Christmas, we do whatever food he wants for Christmas!
Mexican food is amazing! Wish I didn’t have the cilantro gene though.