I'm a purebred American Mutt - you name it, it's probably in my genes -
The wife is a banana boat guinea - right offa da boat - born and boiught up in Tunis, Tunisia where the educated sicilian ginzo's went for good jobs before the war and got kicked out right after the war.
She's related to half of Italy, and a bunch in France and Germany.
Is there anything better than meataballs, sausages and brijole in gravy, spread on number nine curly pasta. My in laws think I'm a barbarian because I like beer with my pasta instead of guinea red.
The wife is a banana boat guinea - right offa da boat - born and boiught up in Tunis, Tunisia where the educated sicilian ginzo's went for good jobs before the war and got kicked out right after the war.
She's related to half of Italy, and a bunch in France and Germany.
Is there anything better than meataballs, sausages and brijole in gravy, spread on number nine curly pasta. My in laws think I'm a barbarian because I like beer with my pasta instead of guinea red.
BTW - did a study on Italians for college back in the mid 70's - everyone knows that WOP means WithOut Papers, but what about Guinea?
The word "Guinea" came from England - during the great migration from about 1980 to abouit 1910, when metzo giorno (not half a day, but the "other half", meaning southern peasants) left Italy. Large numbers went to the US, Canada and Argentina - but a bunch of them also went to England where they worked mostly sea port cities such as Liverpool for about a third the avarage wage, or about a Guinea a week. The doughboys picked up the term from the tommies during WWI.
Not really relevant to the post, but interesting.
The word "Guinea" came from England - during the great migration from about 1980 to abouit 1910, when metzo giorno (not half a day, but the "other half", meaning southern peasants) left Italy. Large numbers went to the US, Canada and Argentina - but a bunch of them also went to England where they worked mostly sea port cities such as Liverpool for about a third the avarage wage, or about a Guinea a week. The doughboys picked up the term from the tommies during WWI.
Not really relevant to the post, but interesting.
