[Ep.1] ITALIAN FOOD SHOPPING ● Italians' Struggles in America | Inevitaly
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2020
- Alfredo sauce? Chicken on pizza? Fake Parmesan cheese? Mozzarella from Wisconsin? When it comes to grocery shopping in the US, these are just some of the food monstrosities Italians have to deal with (and also one of the reasons why our mammas and nonnas need to ship food all the way from Italy) Buon appetito...kinda!
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In this new mini-series, Marco sarcastically unveils what it means to be an "Italian abroad" ("Italiano all'estero") living in America, and reveals a few survival tips for all the 'Mama's boys' out there. Of course with a pinch of Italian sass and attitude ;) Enjoy!
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I'm 6th generation Italian American and went to Italy when I was 16. best time of my life
🤣🤣🤣 love the passion of us Italian abroad on what is a struggle about food abroad 😆
Send to Marco a "pacco da giù"!
Siiii magari!
LOL I love how your English accent has gotten noticeably more Californian
On the east coast we have grocery stores with nothing but good Italian food. Very affordable too!
SOuth Philly REPRESENT
Someone sure does miss his food😂
Me all the while listening to him sprout delicious Italian food names.. Damn now I'm hungry!!
My son visited Italia last summer to stay with our former exchange student. He said he ate as much as possible😄
Love you guys. We do not see enough of you! Abbracci fortissimi!
I'm not from italy but I feel this. guess growing up with a neapolitan grandmother will do that to you.
I can understand your struggle. I stayed in Rome last summer and it was food heaven.. porkroast on ciabatta, suppli, pizza ... ahhhhh
Fantastic
Keep your videos coming!! So good to see u again!
Move tonorthern nj. Lots of Italian sourced food in local in local Italian mkts. Includes cheese
Thank goodness you are back
I'm movint to California this September for University! I'm stressing because I've never been there but I am so excited as well!! It's so far away from my family but I know that my mum is definetely going to send me a bunch of italian pasta, sugo and cheese so that relieves me a little bit
Yes! I loved the mozzarella I bought at one popular nation-wide grocery! The lasagne were cooked, but the layers of mozzarella were croccanti…
Bentornato!!!
I am an American who took her 1st trip to Italy 11 yrs ago
I nearly starved when I got home the "Italian" food in the U.S is over salted, overly processed, oily imitations of the good, fresh food in Italy
This video made me smile so much. My husband does most of the cooking in my household, and he's a mega Chinese-American foodie living in Switzerland. Grocery shopping for the Asian ingredients we want here has been such a struggle. We've literally brought back bottles of sake and mirin from Paris that are about 1/5 the price. This very relatable for expats and foodies.
Oh hi Jessica!! :) I hear the expat pain. When I feel really homesick, I order boxes filled with Italian goodies too. And I'm sure finding the right Asian ingredients in Europe may be extra tough
Love your new series Marco! Have you shopped in a Kroger's in SF? Many of their stores now carry Murray's Cheeses -- Murray's is a big importer in NYC. I get my pecorino and parmigiano in a Kroger's here in Colorado; some of their branches carry many other imported cheeses. I am 71 and am happy American stores have gradually carried more international products over the years. I have been to Italy 6 times so far; my partner and I are going to Bologna next year for a month. And I've seen many changes there -- in 1976 it was almost impossible to get more than 1 or 2 ice cubes in a drink; now they're more generous. I was surprised having lunch in Portofino in 2006 that they brought grated pecorino to put on linguine with clams -- I know many Italians still think cheese on seafood dishes is a travesty! And portion sizes have definitely gotten bigger in Italian restaurants -- I think a bad influence of us overweight American tourists who expect too much!
Come to the annual Italian Festival in Sacramento this year!
OMG, when is that?
What most Americans think is Italian food is crap. Olive Garden? Chef Boy-ar-dee? They're merda, Several years ago, several friends and I went to local Italian restaurant, I was the last to order. I ordered the surf 'n' turf. Everyone looked at me and said, "You're the only Italian here in our group and you ordered steak and lobster". I replied that my old Italia great-grandmother, grandmother and aunts would smack me upside the head if I ordered this crap. I guess growing up around people born in Italy made me spoiled me from ordering "Italian" food in a restaurant.
I'm a 2nd generation Italian-American (my nonna was from Calabria region). I finally got to visit Italy several years ago and I remember thinking before I had to leave, what was I ever going to eat again when I got back home? I tried to figure out how to smuggle home some getato! LOL
Ciao, Bello! I'm so happy to see your videos show up in my feed again! Il mio fidanzato viene da Dolceacqua. Come Alan, sto imparando l'italiano. Come va per lui? We are in Florida, where it is even harder to find the things my Ligurian loves ( you know how they feel about the pesto) :) So I have traveled to Italy, ma solo per visitare la famiglia e per essere una persona di grande curiosità per il villaggio!
when my nonna traveled back to Italy she would always bring back some salami and those baci candies now i've been seeing those candies here in the US more. Also love this series and your videos!
You live in Northern California, in SF...there are plenty of farms and wineries nearby you can find excellent cheeses!
M not authentic Italian cheese tho
Yes, I have to agree California cheese can be quite good (and craaaazy expensive!)
@@inevitaly Yes! Very expensive unfortunately! Everything is expensive here :( lol
@@MissAngela007 True, because it's not Italy, but very fresh and good nonetheless. Better than middle America options lol
Io sono completamente d'accordo con te, Marco. Il parmiggiano qui mi fa piangere, davvero: senza nessun altro sapore che latte. Almeno qui a New York, si può trovare prodotti italiani particolari, come il cotechino e il guanciale (La carbonara con bacon e crema...mi lascia senza parole!) Se vuoi, e se hai un PO Box, potrei spedirti alcune cose dal Little Italy nel Bronx. Comunque, grazie del video. Mando un grande saluto anche ad Alan.
Grazie mille Emiel, eh si, sulla East Coast siete un po' piu' viziati :) Ti ringrazio per il pensiero. Un PO Box ancora non ce l'ho (ahah non sono cosi' celebre ancora) ma potrebbe essere una buona idea. Marco in a PO Box :))
@@inevitaly 😄😄😄. Sì, sì! Dai!
Oh, t h a t' s right, *@Emiel Abalahin,* DO just show the rest of us all up - with yer italiano perfettissimo ({; D ...!
The problem is that you're on the horrible West coast. We have everything from Italy in NY and Philadelphia. Love your videos. Favorite Gay vlogger.
I LOVE YOU♡ You're awesome and funny
Ciao Marco, sono di Palermo e vivo a San Diago, in California. I miei problemi sono che molte persone mi chiedono se sono italiano mafaia.
Ure baaaack yeeey!
In Boston I can get mortadella with pistachios, prosciutto di Parma, blood oranges, fontina, fontinella, parmigiano reggiano, pecoorinao romano, finocchiona (so delicious). And the desserts...casata, cannoli, zeppoli with custard and cherries (Sicilian), sopressata sweet and hot, capicola..
This was absolutely spot on and hysterical😂
It's difficult to even bring foods back from Europe. So many stupid laws and regulations around food in the US. No fresh meats, even cured meats are sometimes "impounded". Some cheeses you can get by the inspectors (sniffer dog) and others you can't.....sometimes I've had cheese taken that the year before, and 2 year before that, I brought in. Cheese must be pasteurized in the US. So, if they catch you with unpasteurized cheese, in the trash bin it goes. It's so sad. :(
At one time SF had a huge Italian population. I haven't lived there since 1994, but there's got to be some shops that have authentic Italian foods someplace. Try the North Beach area, or the north end of the Embarcadero.
Good luck my friend!! Good, authentic food can be hard to find. I have Spanish heritage and I've found a wonderful store through the internet that ships authentic Spanish foods. It's not cheap, but cheaper than flying to Spain to get it. Maybe there's something like that available for Italian foods for those really hard to get items.
ooo binge release.
Haha trying to compensate for my long break ;-)
If you can afford to live in California the land of awesome taco & burritos, then you can afford to move back East to New York or Boston or Philadelphia where you can still get authentic Italian food imported from Italy everyday!
I'm second generation Italian in America. Truth be known, I've never left Italy. It's getting easier to buy Italian products in USA. Still not the same as buying it in Italy.
Thank you!! Marco... Kraft, Alfredo sauce, & Olive Garden are NOT Italian foods. I have been vindicated. 😂 Long time fan of your channel. {{Hugs}}
You need to come to Chicago... especially my house! Just got back from Italy in October. At least we know we do it right!
We make our own Limoncello and Nicola... I have no idea how the name changed to Nugile in America or how Firenze became Florence or Veniza became Venice.
City names are according to fairly old Language translations. FIrenze is actually further from the Latin "Florentia" than "Florence is. Many of the names we use in English are actually the ones that came with Norman French. Naples, Rome, FLorence, TUrin, Milan thos are all the French names for the cities (but Frenchies use the appropriate accent). German ones are a trip: Neapel, Rom, FLorenz, Mailand, Venedig for example. Spanish ones are closer but stil different a lot of the time: Napoles (Napoli) being a good example. As someone who lived in Napoli for 4 years it's been a hoot to see the differnt names around the world, and seeing how close or far they are from the original Greek "Neapolis"
East coast of US - you can get all that! I know, I'm 100%, first gen Italian. Philadelphia and NY!
I grew up with my sicilian nana who was an Italian imagrant and talked about her journey to the u.s. when she was younger and my dad's family is calabrian so I understand alot of these struggles especially stereotypes
Come to the east coast!!
Cheese! I miss cheese too!! Tomini, Stracchino.... ugh...
Oh God. The idea of squacquerone and crescentine fritte just makes me want to weep. So many many happy afternoons in the hills around Emilia-Romagna eating salumi and crescentine with friends!
nothing like fresh Mozzarella di Bufala in a classic AUTHENTIC Insalata Caprese
Marco, try being German here. It's even harder to find good products to make dishes from.
ma Giovanni rana che fa la pasta Alfredo sarebbe da denuncia 😱 qui siamo fortunati: abbiamo addirittura un supermercato (che costa un rene ma quella è una altra storia) di prodotti italiani. E si chiama Super Marco 😂
Era commento a video precedente ma è partito in automatico il secondo
Super Marco ❤️ LOL...Almeno non è Super Mario. E si...Giovanni Rana traditore della patria 😂 Un abbraccio Silvia
MARCO! Where have you beeeeen? So handsome. My best to Alan too, so cute!
E tanto benvenuto al ritorno dall'CZcams, carissimo mio! How was that, for an 'English person'/a Brit who actually "speaks" virtually NO Italiano whatever ({; D ...?! Tbh, i'd somehow managed to altogether 'miss' your last video - of a month ago - am afraid; had no idea, prior to moments ago, that it even existed ({: \ ...! Am so sincerely glad to see you're 'back' ({: D ...!! And needless to say, you are of course only too right, re everything you say about finding even "decent, authentic" cuccina*italiana outside of Italia/Europa; 'gli Stati' i'm afraid really are something of the proverbial 'culinary wasteland' it's true - and, yes: when one can/does actch 'snag a find', it certainly does come at quite the astronomical cost(s) for certain: CAMPARI ({: | ...!!! Again, so glad you've returned to us - your YT fans! ~con molto amore [ ...sorry; i know: my "Italian" s u c k s ... quoique mon français, c'est en vrai assez bon/pas trop mal...! // my french is actually rather good tho' ({; > ...! ]
Probably not the best time to start shipping wise, but your country needs you and your new country needs the presence of real Italian food... 🤔 I can smell a delicatessen... and a thousand Italian sighs. Even online managed from afar. Of course you would absolutely have to try everything. ❤️💜💙💚💛
Sassy Italians? TELL ME ANOTHER SURPRISE! :D
I would love for you to make me an authentic tiramisu, that is my favorite dessert. How does it differ from from the one in Italy?
David Hocking NO WHIP CREAM! We use egg whites, yolks, mascarpone e sugar that’s it for the cream!
You're welcome: czcams.com/video/EPMz5oRhAgM/video.html
Marco mi fa piacere rivedere un tuo video dopo tantissimo tempo , posso chiederti se potessi mettere la traduzione in italiano? cosi noi che studiamo inglese magari impariamo qlcs in più :) grazie e benvenuto
Hai ragione! Purtroppo i sottotitoli ci vogliono ore e ore per crearli :( Ma dovresti riuscire ad attivare quelli automatici (usano Google Translate...quindi non perfetti, ma dovrebbero aiutare)
@@inevitaly posso consigliarti una cosa? ci sono youtubers che danno la possibilità ai followers di fare loro la traduzione.. pensaci.. almeno qualcuno si esercita e tu nn li metti perdendoci ore :) grazie della risposta, cmq bentornato sei mancato
Marco! Siiiii io sono a San Diego... ho finalmente trovato un negozietto che ha lo stracchino, e la pasta Rummo! (For a million dollars, but hey!).
Haaa un buon aperitivo !
Dove sei dull west coast?
Io sono originalmente di Bologna e Parigi ma già da qui per 22 anni! ❤️
Mmmm buono lo stracchino! Io vivo a San Francisco ma qui proprio non lo trovo :(
Marco in a BOX Marco se venite mai a San Diego fammelo sapere! ❤️
Hey Marco. I live in SF too. Have u been to the Italian deli on Valencia and, I think, 22nd st.? If so, what do ya think??
LUCCA Ravioli!!! Unfortunately that awesome deli closed a few months ago. My heard was broken
Marco in a BOX whaaaat!!!??? Ohhh nooooo!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 that was my favourite spot in the neighborhood! Did the other SF location close as well??
Marco in a BOX I have an idea for a mini video series that maybe u should do. You can go around to restaurants/deli’s/stores in SF that claim to be authentic and rate them. Show us what you find that’s really authentic or not. Side note- Have you ever met “the last Italian of North Beach?” He owned a restaurant there but sold it a few years ago. He still eats there every day though lol. He’s supposed to be the last Italian born resident of NB. He’s been written about by SFGate a few times. U can interview him for a video 😊
I’m 3rd generation so I’m fully Americanized. I feel my great grandparents rolling over in their graves just from me saying that 😂😉 Mi dispiace nonna e nonno
@@inevitaly Che peccato/Que LAstima/Je pleurs. Such tragedies when such places close
Non farai più video in italiano?
You gotta go East if you want good Italian food. My family is Calabrese, and there are good Import stores you need to use to get the good stuff.
Oh yes, I found an online grocery store based in NJ that delivers to the West Coast!! :D
I came back to New Zealand on holiday from Italy in the early 80's and, in a moment of pure insanity, decided to invite a friend to dinner and make Pesto. What a day from hell, must have driven about 100kms in search of ingredients. Couldn't find basil, or pine nuts or even, WAIT FOR IT, olive oil. Went to every food shop (and eventually thanks to someone's genius suggestion), garden shop in my city. Eventually bought 20 ish basil seedlings and used those. Had to buy olive oil from a pharmacy (and a pharmacist who thought l was insane) and settled for almonds which l ground by hand. Luckily pasta was available and l had bought parmesan with me. Thank God! Put in an unbelievable amount of effort for a relatively simple dish. When my Kiwi friend arrived, took one look at the meal looked horrified and exclaimed " WHAT? GREEN SPAGHETTI! " He's lucky l was too exhausted to actually murder him.
Wait...olive oil from a pharmacy? :D
@@inevitaly Absolutely. It wasn't actually eaten here then but it was used in a lot of lotions and potions etc. by pharmacists. Seems unbelievable now.
There are better choices on the east coast.
Eatily in NYC and old school on Columbus Ave or in Philadelphia.
Cute grey hairs ;)
Ahah yes, I'm getting older :P
Some of those "foods" made my stomach knot up. I love the US, but would move back to Italia in a heartbeat if I wasn't too old. Any young Italian dudes here that like old and poor, home sick dudes, and are good at corralling luggage?
Caro Marco e Alan
Potrei essere in ritardo su questa risposta. Comunque non sono sicuro che tu sia la principi così è un'azienda che e biologica chiamato Ozark alimenti naturale ( Ozark Natural Foods). Acquisti in compagnia per dieci dollari e diventi proprietario gamma di cibo è abbastanza buona. Magari andrà tutto bene baci
ok ora prova in italiano
@@eviljoy8426 mi scusi intendevi in inglese? Marco ha capito il mio messaggio grazie
Nonnas? Surely Marco means none.
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Sei pazzo. Barilla è la migliore pasta
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(cough cough) Bullshit (cough cough) It's definitely the most marketed with the most PR, but after living in Italy for 4 years and using both here in the states, It's DeCecco for me. My local hardcore Italian deli/store has DeCecco but no Barilla to be found, becuse it has become like the 900 lb US Gorilla of pasta brands. That definitely turns people off.
Sorry for saying that but... If you miss so many Italian products might as well go back to Italy...
AdiMercury u missed the point or ur disrespectful. Most likely ur disrespectful!
Haha, please don't fight over me :) @AdiMercury has a point LOL! But I wasn't being serious (it's called satire...or sarcasm! You should try it ;-))
Oh, c'mon! He never said he hates USA. It's just that when you live far from your native country (for whatever reason) no matter how much you love the place where you're currently living, sometimes you're going to miss the things you were used to and that's normal. Don't take it personal!