Italian Grandma Makes Fried Whiting (Merluzzo)
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- FRIED WHITING:
3 lbs Whiting Fish
2 cup All Purpose Flour
4 extra Large Eggs
Salt
Black Pepper
Cayenne Pepper, optional
Oil for frying
Lemon Wedges
Rince whiting, pat dry with paper towels. Season on all sides with a dash of black pepper and dash of salt.
Place flour in a shallow bowl and mix in 1/2 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper and ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper.
Place eggs in another shallow bowl and beat in ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper. Mix well.
Fill a large frying pan with about ¼ inch frying oil set over medium high heat.
When oil is ready, coat fish in flour, shake off excess, then dip in egg wash and gently place in hot oil. Fry 3-5 minutes on both sides. Do not overcrowd the fish in pan and add more oil if necessary.
Serve warm or at room temperature with lemon wedges
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FAQ:
Who is this lady?
Gina Petitti was born in 1935 in Faeto, Italy. It is in the province of Foggia in the Puglia region of southeast Italy. Her family ran a farm in Italy and she met her husband, Vito, in the same town. In 1970 Gina, Vito, and her 4 children immigrated to America. Gina’s husband passed away in 2012, but she is surrounded by a large family, which includes 9 grandchildren, and lives 5 minutes away from her eldest daughter in New Jersey. Gina enjoys making food for her family in the same old fashion ways as she was taught by her mother and grandmother in Italy, and also new things she has subsequently learned from family and friends in America. She also enjoys gardening, and being an active member of her local Church.
Where does Gina get her recipes?
Most of these recipes are from what she learned growing up in Italy, but some of them have evolved over time. She has also learned new recipes from friends and family in America. She is always eager to try new things.
Why is no one helping her in the video?
Grandma Gina doesn’t want help! Usually, it’s because we will slow her down or not do it “her way.” For the videos we only show her, but when the camera cuts we jump in and help form the cookies or prep for the next step.
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Who is behind the camera and behind the scenes?
Grandma Gina’s retired son-in-law, Nick, does the filming, editing, production, and channel management. Her daughter, Maria, helps with food preparation, kitchen setup and fan support. Also, Grandma Gina usually has one or two grand-kids in the kitchen to help.
Does Gina read the comments?
We print out and show her how much love she gets from all her viewers, and she is very thankful and hopes you enjoy her cooking! Your comments bring her lots of joy, laughter, and inspiration to make more videos to share with you.
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It is So IMPORTANT to have the fish very clean!! This is a great tutorial to use!
Love when she sings over her food that’s an extra ingredient of love ❤ 🇮🇹 ✨🫶🏼
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So happy you’re back! I missed your wonderful joy of cooking and your loving spirit for family and friends. Best always, Sandra
I ♥️ Gina She makes cooking easy.She reminds me of My Nonna Elvira.Gina is real and a kind lady,She’s a wonderful cook and explores everything clearly. In our family she is like our second Nonna and consider as one of family. Our Italian family considers her as one of us. Grazie for giving her to everyone who loves to cook like her.
Brava Gina!
🇮🇹🌹giovanna🌷🥰
I cannot think of a better Christmas present that a video from our beloved Gina!!!! Merry Christmas to you and your family, and to all your subscribers!!!
Mele Kalikimaka to you too from Hawaii🌴🌺✝️🎉🎺🎊
My mom still makes Merluzzo exactly the same way! We love it. No pin bones to contend with and super tasty when they are fresh..
Thank you Gina
Feast of the Seven Fishes coming up, gotta have a fried fish course!
I would love to eat this fish all the time! Your family has been blessed with a great chef ❤❤❤( and singer)😊
Do you cook smelts the same way?
I cook that fish the same way Gina l love youre cooking I was born in the Lazio region
I don’t think you realize just how many people you make happy 😊!!!! Just by being you and sharing yourself with us. THANK YOU and you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year 🥰😍❤️
It’s Grandma Gina, it’s nearly Christmas, everything is good for the duration of this video! God bless you Grandma Gina and Happy Christmas to you and your family xx.
Gina, I have been frying fish for 30 years, I never seen the flour first, egg last method, I sure am gonna try it, they look fantastic, Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Never seen it done that way either. But I sure will try next time I fry fish..
Look, no flour in the oil. love this way of frying fish 🐟
You can learn something NEW everyday. 🌺🌴🙏🏾✝️🎺✅
@@JESUSISLORDforever888Especially when we listen to our elders...
Grandma Gina! I truly love your instruction. We learn so much and our meals turn out tasty. God bless you wonderful woman!
Can we all just admit that Gina is everyone's favorite Nonna that taught us how to really cook real Italian dishes. I've been watching her for years and because of her I make the family favorites when it comes to pasta dishes. I'm not Italian but have been told by Italian neighbors that my sauces are the real deal!
Mama Gina: My Italian mother passed away from cancer when I was pregnant with my oldest child, my daughter Ava. Ava always missed having a maternal grandmother, and always wanted to hear stories about my mother. When Ava discovered your videos, she felt like she had found the grandmother she never knew. Coincidentally, my mother's name was Gloria Gina! Ava and I watch your videos together, and recently, Ava bought your cookbook for me. Thank you for singing while you cook, like my mother used to, and thanks for sharing your wonderful recipes.
Oh I have been waiting to see you Nona Gina! It is always so good to see you❤.Wishing you and your wonderful family a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year full of love❤
Joy❤Health ❤Peace❤You are beautiful inside and out 🥰🥰
THUMBS UP TO PRECIOUS GINA👍👍👍👍
Merry chrismas Happy new year to you and all youre family love all youre cooking best regards to you Gina
growing up here in Michigan we've slways had lots of fish. The only fish ive ever had to buy was cod. salmon, lake trout, bluegills,bass, perch and my favorite, walleye..frying fish always reminds me of family and fishing all summer and winter on the ice. Love you Gina. Merry Christmas ❤
My God that fish looks so good
Gina you like to make people happy, you make us happy. We all learn how to cook from scratch. Thank you for being our teacher.
My mom use to make writings all the time. I use to love them when I was kid. You bring back good memories for me. ❤ you grandma Gina. 😅 My mouth is watering.
Congratulations on 1M subscribers!! 🥰 Merry Christmas and prayers for many blessings in the year ahead full of happiness and joy.
Watching your grandma brings me back to the beautiful times with mine (spanish version) she passed away in 2020 and will never see her again so enjoy that woman please she is Beautiful❤
You are the best!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS Grandma and Family❤
Wishing you all a Blessed 2024 ✨ 🎉
Thank you Grandma Gina! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Gracie di cuore !!
I love watching your videos so much. I love learning how to make some of the recipes my grandparents never got to teach me. You bring back so many lost memories. My grandmother, Natale, was born on Christmas. ❤️
Buon Natale!! 🎄
So happy to see you this morning , busy as a little bee 🐝 as usual, many thanks for sharing!!
❤️Tina ❤️ 🙏🏻
Yay 😃 Grandma Gina is back! Watching her videos are so relaxing and educational. I love how she sings to her food. That is pure love! I do believe that is the extra ingredient for Gina’s recipes 😃! Her happy and cheerful personality always makes it a joy to watch🩷.
Just to tell you my wife and I love your videos and we enjoy the way it is presented... dont change a thing! My wife is Sicilian and I will certainly cook this for us... Bravo !!
That looks delicious Nonna Gina❤️ thank you for sharing with us, I know it’s not easy but you do am amazing job!!!I am excited for the next one,
As always, wishing you excellent health and a beautiful Christmas with your family and friends! Don’t forget…….WE LOVE YOU IN CANADA🇨🇦
I'm Black American and grew up eating fried whiting I honestly never heard of anyone else eating this fish and assumed it was just a black thing. It's not the best fish being that it's small, takes a bit to clean and typically has a lot of small bones. What a delightful surprise to see this video, Gina you are amazing one of my favorite channels!
Oh, my God, I'm so happy to see you again, grandma Gina!😘💖💜💖 I have tears in my eyes!
Love you so much, you are amazing !
All my best wishes for you, and all your family, and may God bless you in every moment! 😘😍🌺💜
Merry Christmas !🎄😘🎄
Nonna you cook very much like i do all the best to you
What a terrific video! I feel like I got my Christmas early! Reminds me of the fresh fish we had in Apulia so often! We look forward to your videos every month! Never enough Nonna Gina for me! Ha ha ha! Buon Natale right back to you and I hope your holidays with the family are wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to do these videos and thank you for your children and grandchildren for working out the logistics! Y'all do a fantastic job!😀
I was just working on my Christmas Card for you, so it made the perfect timing!
We live in Upper Michigan around where Lake Huron and Lake Michigan come together, and Lake Superior is just about an hour away. We get a lot of wonderful freshwater fish ... so this is very useful! Grazie encore!
Howdy Grandma Gina!! Always a pleasure to see you and to learn your delicious recipes.. wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas from South Texas 😊
Thank you for this video. Merry Christmas to you and your family.❤ God bless you!
Bless u Grandma....your joy is a blessing to us all..Amen
Good morning my sweet Gina,
I remember doing these exact steps with my beloved grandma. Keep posting your wonderful, delicious recipes. You are truly a giant breath of fresh air in this world today. I always say this, but often I wish I could be in the kitchen with you.
Lots of love,
Maribeth from Loveland, Colorado♥️♥️
God bless you Gina !!! A wonderful cook and a joy for your family!
Every family should have a Nonna Gina. What a phenomenal lady she is. Imagine having your partner say their mother is coming for Christmas and it’s Gina instead of a cranky, judgemental old lump for the couch who does nothing to contribute and insists on controlling the thermostat and TV. God Bless you Gina.
Buon Natale Gina!! I love that you sang Tu Sciendi della Stella. My family always played that on the piano for Christmas. God bless you for good health in the new year . 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️❤️🙋🏻♀️
You make me so happy when you sing! It brings me back to my childhood. My nonno would play the accordion & my nonna would always sing. Thank you for always putting a smile on my face! 😘 BUON NATALE!!🎄
I love you Gina.....You remind me of my grand mom which I miss so much.....God Bless you......❤
God Bless You Gina And Your Whole Family!! HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. ❤😊🎉
Merry Christmas Grandma Gina to you and your family. That fish sure looks good. Makes me want to go out to the fish market for some white fish now.😊
You've done it again Gina. Lovely fish dish. Merry Christmas to you & your family. We love you. 🇮🇹
Merry Christmas Grandma 🕯🙏🏼☃️🎄 the food is always delicious. Thank you for sharing. Much love❤
God Bless you Gina! Happy Holidays to you and your family! MERRY CHRISTAMS!
You are my Nona!!! I love you Gina and make your recipes all the time off the Internet
What a lovely example of a real woman 💕💕💘
Nothing more tasty than fried fish with a splash of fresh lemon juice! We serve boiled greens with it sprinkled with S/P olive oil and lemon juice. Bon appétit!
Just in time for Vigilia! I wish my Mamma were here to hear You sing “Tu scendi dalle stelle!” That was Mamma Stella’s favorite song for Natale! Grazie, bella Nonna Gina! Buon Natale! ❤
❤❤we love You too Nonna! We wish You and your family a Holy Christmas and a Holy New Year 🎉
My Grandmather made this on every Christmas Eve , hers was Delicious....
It's with such love that the food is carefully prepared and cooked for others. In return each bite of a meal is savored knowing all the love that is put into it. 💕
Merry Christmas ! Seeing you today is a gift ♥️🎄
Perfect 😍. Thank you Gina ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family ❤
God bless you Nonna Gina! Merry Christmas!!🎄🎄⛄⛄🎅🤶🙋♂️
And we love you, Nonna !
God bless you.
I love this video! Those fish look delicious. My father-in-law was Italian and years ago he shared with us his family tradition of the feast of seven fishes. My mother-in-law's name was Marie. I miss them both so much. Your video brings back vivid memories of them, their warmth, their love of Christmas...thank you for reminding me of the joy in an Italian home at Christmas. May you and all your family enjoy a beautiful holiday season and best for you and yours in the year to come. 💞
We used to have these when we were kids. I will have to try it again. Thank you.
How I love listening to you❤❤❤ God bless you for many more years ❤❤
Merry Christmas and happiness all over the world! Same to you!!!
Hi Gina, Now there is only one word to say, YUM, ( love the song it makes everything taste better 😅) Happy Christmas to you all 🥰❤️, All the best Brian 😃
I love fried whiting 🤩
È sempre tutto meraviglioso con i video di Nonna Gina! Cucina, canto e gioia! Pace e Dio ti benedica Gina. Mi fai sorridere ogni volta! Everything is always wonderful with Grandma Gina's videos! Cooking, singing and joy! Peace and God bless you Gina. You make me smile every time! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Gina and family!!🎄🎅
Thank you Grandma Gina... We love you too Merry Christmas to you and your family too ❤️💐
This brings me back to my Christmas Eve's at my aunts house. The feast of the seven fishes. Including these smelts.
Hi Gina! Looking good my friend. That fish look's delicious. All crispy. I would like some chips with that. I can taste that fish. Thank's for doing this for us, that's why we love you. God bless you and your family. ❤❤
I bought your cookbook for a Christmas present to myself. I can't wait to try out some of your recipes. This video will be good for Christmas Eve, for the Feast of Seven Fishes. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. God bless you Gina and your family. XOXOXO.
Merluzzo!!!! A family favourite my Mother always made and we keep up the tradition, especially at Christmas. Please put Merluzzo in the title for others to find. Love Nonna Gina! Thank you again and Buon Natale de Canada!
God bless you Gina. You are wonderful.
I just love this woman, she is amazing
Omg it’s been years I haven’t had merluzze my parents came from Peschici so eating fish from the Adriatic Sea was there main meal. Thanks for the memories ❤❤❤
Thank you, Gina. You're as lovely as ever ❤
Happy holidays grandma gina it's so good to see you again
Great to see you and hear you again, Grandma Gina! The fish looks delicious. can't wait to make it! God bless you, and Merry Christmas to you and your family!
I never knew that!!!! Thank goodness.
Buongiorno Signora Gina un grande saluto dall'italia, da Foggia, e un grande abbraccio, voi ci rappresentate al meglio e mi ricordate mia nonna. Tanta salute e tante belle cose!
I could almost smell this video! I’m so hungry for fish now. Bravo 👏🏻 Looks sooo good!!! Buon Natale signora! ❤🙏🏻🎄
I know this lady from 4 and half years now, she is amazing and I love her ❤
Comfoet food for me. God bless you grandma
BRAVO!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I will never forget the video that you did when you were cooking with your sisters that we're visiting you. That was very heartwarming.
Hi Gina!! So nice to see you. Thank you for sharing another delicious dish. MERRY CHRISTMAS ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the song Grandma Gina, the fish looks delicious. Now I am craving it. I wish we had a good fish market around the grocery stores just don't have a great selection. You and your family have a Merry Christmas ❤
Gina you brought tears to my eyes remembering my dear mother singing that song every Christmas. Thank you for the joy you bring with every one of your videos
I just discovered this channel. I love Gina, she’s great! My new go to for any Italian recipe!❤
God Bless you too Grandma Gina! and have a Blessed Merry Christmas! 🙏❤🎄
Simple and tasty. God bless you grandma
I love Nonna Gina. I made her stuffed peppers yesterday and her pasta e fagiola tonight. I have her book and haven't been notified of new videos. So I came to see how she was doing. God Bless Gina and her singing! Happy New Year. Rosie
I have always loved smoked whiting. Never had it fried but this looks delicious. Merry Christmas Nonna to you and your family! I love when you sing.
Beautiful!❤ Nonna Gina, you make the Whiting Fish just like my mama did when I was a little girl. And you clean the fish so well, just like my mama did too.👍 My dad loved eating Whiting Fish, so do I 😋You're the Best! ❤ Wishing you Nonna Gina and your Family a Blessed Buon Natale! 🌲Merry Christmas!
I love Grandma Gina..she reminds me of my own Grandmother..❤ Just watching her makes me feel comfortable..like my own grandmother..I LOVE YOU GRANDMA GINA❤
❤ happy Christmas and God bless you 🙏
Lovely, tasty dish ever. Thanks Dear Grandma Gina . We wish You and Your loved ones merry Christmas and happy new years ahead, greetings from Türkiye😘🤗🤞🙏!
The best! Grazie Gina!🎅🎁🎄♥️God bless you and the family!
I enjoy watching you and much more your singing. I’m gonna try it that way, love how the bones come of easy. Happy Holidays G❤❤
I love Nonna Gina's cooking. 💛 Wishing you a very happy Christmas and thank you for your lovely recipes. 🙂💙💛💜
Grazie 1000 per questa bella ricetta, dei baci dalla Francia da un francese/italiano e felice natale (con le ferratelle ;) e tutti quanti di buono a mangiare ! Viva la tavola e la GrandNona !
Thanks for sharing this picture of fish Nana Gina ❤❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽 love it when you are so happy and when you are singing!!! Bless you and your family Merry Christmas 🎄
We call them smelts, net them out of the streams of Great Lakes up here in 🇨🇦
Great fried, lil oily and very filling. Those are larger for sure! 😊
Hello neighbor! Same here in Alaska. I wish it was May when we scoop the smelt up in our nets! I will think of Gina this spring 🌱
She reminds me of my "mimo" mom. Precious. I just bought some Smelts today because I miss my mom's "mimos" cooking. She would sing when we were little kids. It looks delicious. I can't wait to fry them up. I don't care if the house smells up of fried fish. What is Xmas for. God Bless you! Merry Xmas to you! You brought back memories. T.Y.!