Meet 101 year old Concettina, our oldest pasta making Granny yet! | Pasta Grannies
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- Concettina (or Concetta) lives in the small town of Morano Calabro in Calabria. She still makes pasta regularly (she had made some the day before we arrived) and while she showed us her recipe, she told us about her life. I hope you enjoy meeting her as much as we did!
My aunt is 100 and is a Sicilian woman. She lives on her own, cooks and bakes and is our family treasure. We compiled a cookbook in her honor.
why not plan an episode of Pasta Grannies ?
hi Nina, yes if your family and your aunt would like, I would be delighted to film her! Do please email me if you'd like to organise it 😊🌺🌺 best wishes, Vicky
@@pastagrannies let me see! That would be fun
Ooh I don't know her but I hope you get to do the episode 😀 can't wait for it to air.
Wow this would be awesome to watch. Waiting! 😁
She looks great for 101. They both look great for their age. Young at heart.
She doesn't look a day over 95. Bless her.
She looks younger than my great grandma and she's 86
@@itskrill that's not much of a difference is it?
@@rodentofthewoods679 She's over 100, of course there is a difference.
@@xZeroOffical no you just look old like a dried up raisin when you compare 95 and 101 how do you see the difference maybe getting very skinny but for the rest no other physical changes it stops there
"A disastrous life and here I am at 100!" that was powerful and sad at the same time
the pasta recipe it's very interesting, but her stories about such a difficult youth and such struggling life made me emotional.
The same for me as well. I started to cry when I thought of how it must have been for her. They were hard times but here she is today still going strong.
@@Kementiri I'm from Italy and from the southern region too, so I grew up listening to these stories from my grannies and they had the same strength. sometimes I look at myself and my generation and I think that we have it easy and still complain about futile issues. God bless all the nonnas e nonnos
I was surprised at how much she focused on the first 20 years of her life, even though it sounds like the ladder 80 years went mostly well. I guess those scars can really stick around.
@@ugzz Those formative years really stick with you.
She is a very tough woman! I have admirations for her. This episode brings a lump in my throat at the end...
“Be thankful for everything!” What more could be said.
He is my grand grandfather. The kindest person ever❤️
@@lenadiluca May God Bless You✝️🙏🏻✝️ You are soo Blessed to be related to him🌹🇮🇹🌹
💕💕 gracie
@@lenadiluca Wow!!! Congrats on such a wonderful great grandpa! May he stay happy and healthy for many more years! Please give him a hug from me, I wish I still had a great grandpa to hug...
@@lenadiluca It's so lucky to have grandpas like this. I could not met one of my grandfather because he died when i was 4. As noneofya said, give him a big hug from Spain. I hope your grandfather lives many more years keeping that smile :)
"Too much paper" and I cried remembering my grandmother....
@Does it matter same here. She remembers when they had nothing and she never let's anything go to waste.
To be fair that was alot of paper. But yeah i think all grandmas are like that. We had it easy
I know, right? I took care of a 92 year old guy and cooked for him. He got cranky because I heated the oven to bake two potatoes. He made me use the toaster oven to save energy, so like 4 hours later our potatoes were done. But he’s right. The Great Depression lasted 12 years. Now people can’t wear a few layers of cloth over their faces for a couple years or figure out how to survive on less. It’s a shame. Our grandparents were strong and resilient!
@@AP-dn1hq agree except about mandatory masks
@@alecneate76 Your account has been reported.
What an amazing woman and so sharp and spunky for her age. When she spoke of her husband’s injury and losing her mom at a young age you could hear the pain she still carried with her. I’m sure that was a huge burden that she had to carry growing up with no mom and then having a disabled husband. I remember my mom’s stories of the war and all the suffering they endured, especially in southern Italy.
God Bless Concettina and her family.
Caring for a disabled husband and with 7 children!! Basically, she just worked her whole life.
@@AP-dn1hq hats off to this generation of true warriors!
spunky? lol . god bless her anyway
@@daffodilrose1950 am a spunky italian stud haha
Hello 🤗
The agility of those fingers at that age. Astounding! What a strong lady packed into such a tiny body, so inspiring to see
What a harsh life she's had, and yet there she is, 101 and smiling.
The second She started speaking I started crying... I had the amazing fortune of having great grandmother from Calabria that lived to be 105. She was just an incredible person and talked just like that. I wish she could have lived forever...
Nice one , actually I’m really depressed right now, lost a coworker. very devastating , Needed someone to talk to..
God bless her! Che bello, arrivarci così a 100 anni 😍 complimenti!
She is sooooo adorable!
Ciao Vincenzo - She's 102 in May! best wishes, Vicky
My two favourite Italian cooking CZcams channels just rolled into one! 😻
Viva l'Italia!
Tanti auguri Signora!!!
"Too much paper" - this is a person, who knows what is it: war, poverty, need.
Or what we should all be thinking today too- not wasting in general, regardless of our budget.
when she said that, I immediately went to check the comments haha!
@@joelarmstrongmusic me too :D
She is frugal and not a waster. Many people who are not poor are environmentally conscious. We don't need to make landfills larger for no reason.
I'll do the same... lol
She's so tiny but emenates force even at her age.
Years of prayer🙏
Бапка шльот рассылку деду морозу, в падарок фенхель и розы сухие, а также тянучка липучка мамьэнт и аткрывашка пивных хенхкелев. Шльот чэрьэз почту расии, иба так мьэдленее и дарожэ
That's what old italian ladies are all about
my godmother is the same. she is almost 80. we walked for 10 kms. she didnt notice. only after i told her, she complained:)
Yeah, I’m a 6’2” man but I wouldn’t cross her
As an Italian my heart melted when she screamed long live Italy
Чото бапка патсьэла на фенхель
This episode brings me back to my own ancestry...my grandfather ended up on the Russian front as well. He went to jail twice because he crossed the Italian-French border to be with my grandmother, got deported, and the third time they sent him to war. Right when the axis turned on the Russian, he was caught in between. He lost 80% of his lung capacity because of combat gases and saw things he would not tell. He went on to have a happy and relatively long life with my grandma in France afterward, even if his health was not the best. He's my connexion to Italy, it was not pasta granny for me but pasta grandpa!
Wars are disgusting 😟
@@user-vh7or6es8z because people are
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What a lovely comment :)
любви вам всем, будьте здоровы и счастливы
Biagio is my grand grandfather 😍😍😍❤️
hai un bisnonno adorabile
@@lntersteIIa5555 grazie mille❤️❤️
@@lntersteIIa5555 anche sua nipote sembra non scherzare
Ciao.
Sono Livia di Pasta Grannies. Spero farai vedere questi commenti al bis nonno allora.
Io ho mandato il video al signor Natale, i commenti sono un po' più difficili da indicare, se non si è pratici
@@liviadegiovanni8192 si grazie, proprio nonno Natale mi ha girato il link, gli farò di certo vedere tutti i commenti ❤️ credo che la traduzione dal dialetto all'inglese sia stata difficile, ma secondo me siete stati bravissimi 🥰 grazie mille per il vostro lavoro
Seeing her wandering around the kitchen with her apron on, her hands marked by time, she so small yet so full of wisdom, reminded me so much of my grandmothers who have been gone for so many years. I cried watching this video. Memories are important, dear reader. Keep them jealously as the most precious thing in the world. I'll never forget.
“Minestra” in south Italy doesn’t mean “soup”. It means boiled greenery. She keeps listing wild herbs and vegetables, in fact.
And when the man explains how to get that much old, with “piano piano” he doesn’t mean “slowly”, but something like “patiently”, “little by little”, something near to “with endurance and sacrifice”.
Thanks:)
I think they translated just fine. The things you listed mean exactly the same thing 🙄
@@strangerthings88 “Soup” is a kind of broth, mostly liquid. “Minestra” as intended in South Italy is quite never liquid. Nothing to do with.
“Slowly” doesn’t mean “little by little, patiently”. It only means not too fast. The concept is totally different.
I’m from the South of Italy, less than one hundred kilometers from there. Maybe my English is not so good, but the differences between Italian and South Italy languages is quite clear to me.
@@DonatoFaruolo I agree with Donato, I'm also Italian, and love this channel but sometimes the subtitles are off like in this case
Thank you for your explanation! Grazie!
This is the best pasta granny video so far. One that not only celebrates food but a person who's lived through a century worth of human history! This is gold.
Huge respect for these grannies, with or without their pasta!
Concettina I'm so sorry about your husband and your father, God bless you and God bless your friend, may you both live many more years. The pasta looks delicious. Thank you for sharing with us. I love this channel, I never miss an episode.
And her mama dying when she was so young 🥲
@@DK-qj7cr Yes so tragic
Hello Mama
Hello 🤗
Take it slow we get there. Be thankful every day. When a bloke who walked back from the Russian front tells you that. I think I should listen.
With no legs too.
@@joysoyo2416 that was her husband who passed not him....
He didn’t say he walked lol
@@strangerthings88 All I needed to hear was "Russian Front" dude. Worst place ever recorded in war by most accounts.
@@strangerthings88 I assume both of them fought in Russia.
This the epitome of humanity. Humans, who’ve lived a hard but grateful life, sharing their thoughts and their food with everyone. I love it
When she said: "Viva l'Italia", I cried.
Same. There is some spunky fighting spirit in this lady, in spite of all the rotten cards life has dealt her.
Queste persone sono le prime di cui noi italiani dovremmo andarne fieri, e purtroppo sono le ultime che rispecchiano un mondo sano, quello che fu il Belpaese. Morte loro, la cultura italiana sarà finita. W l'Italia
Yes i felt it with her, even though I'm in NY
Lol
Came for pasta. Came away with respect for what must have been a very difficult life. Be grateful for everything, indeed.
She's SO BEAUTIFUL, even now! Not only when she was young. You can't but adore her, those delicate gnarled hands, that fatalistic acceptance, her lovely face (look at that bone structure! 😍 I wish I was an artist, beautiful!), her spirit and quick brain... WOW!
Mrs. Concettina is so beautiful and gracious. A true privilege to seeing her making these delicious recipes and hear her stories, such difficult times, but here she is, radiant and going strong
" Be thankful for everything". Certainly words to live by.
Actually he says "thank you everybody" Lol
Biagio and Concettina are both so precious, incredible they've both stayed in that town and known each other most of their lives. I could chat with them all day if they'd let me.
you can tell when she eats it, she knows she nailed the cooking. "its good" HUMBLE STRONG LADY!!
Just beautiful. Concettina looks so much younger than her 101 years, and is sharp as a tack. They had so little, but were grateful for it. I sure hope the kids today understand that life wasn't always so easy.
"Easy" compared to what? Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
Concettina had a good father and good husband, loving children and grandchildren, and she has her health, mind, and functioning body. They might have been poor, but they had a home and a garden, enough to eat. Not everyone is blessed with that. My now 85 years old mother has Alzheimer's, and she lost the ability to use her hands to knit and sew, which was what she loved most, when she was 65.
Hello 🤗
for someone who is 101 it is amazing how bright here eyes are. you can really tell that she is still all mentally there which is amazing and a sign of phenomenal genetics.
She reminds me of a 101 year old lady I used to visit at an aged care centre before covid. She had a hard life too. She was a holocaust survivor and lost 2 girls (i think both from stillbirth). Unfortunately I wouldn't be surprised if she has passed away. I know its sad but its a part of life. Making 101/102 is fantastic!! Also the man reminds me so much of my grandfather. October will be 7 years without him.
This generation suffered such hardships and still, they had courage. Their vitality for life persevered, for love of family. I have so much respect for this generation. They were resilient hard-working people, there is so much that we can learn from their experiences. All my love to Nonna Concerttina, may her beautiful heart live another 100 years!
So good people! War is terrible for everyone. With love from Russia
God, I'm in tears... It's just like everything they ask her, even the most innocent theme, and in a positive way, the answers of her life are riddled with pain and sorrow. Fuck war and fuck bad people! I wish her all the inner peace in this world. She had suffered soo much T_T
That's what puzzled me. Usually people who grow to such an old age are always positive, despite many negative experiences in their lives. She seems to only remember the negative things, and yet she's still so strong at 101. Makes me doubt the connection between positive outlook and a long life. Or maybe she's just an outlier.
I hope she a displayed a bit more positivity throughout life, like when raising children and such. Otherwise, those poor kids.
She wants to bring his legs to the afterlife :( what an angel that broke my heart :(
These videos are each a treasure.
still making pasta at 101,still going after a difficult life..MAD respect for that level of dedication!! ♥️♥️ Love and respect from the US 🙏
'Be thankful for everything'
Thanks for reminding me, Biagio.
It's simple but powerful words, and forgotten by many people
Not even 2 minutes into the video and I can't stop smiling! This is wonderful, seeing such vibrancy and energy! God bless her!!
RIP Concettina! Thanks for sharing with us.
I wish these videos were longer! I enjoy this channel so much!! Everytime I watch a video I feel as if I were in that kitchen.
Hello Angelisse
She’s Adorable and the “Nonna Knife “ 🔪 so Cute 🥰 . Great Stories!!
These pasta grannies are the kind of women we need in this world. Their stories show that the struggles that are thrown at you in life are always able to be overcome. Such strong grannies
Who else wanted to stay & hear more about life?
@ Christine UK , ma'am, I replied the same thing & I'm 58 yr old Irishman & I love to sit & talk with folks this age, so much they have seen, been through, the knowledge & wisdom , Concettina was about 43 when I was born, unreal, just great as was the recipe. God bless you & yours & you all please stay safe ma'am
I could listen to her stories for a week!!! I remembered my grandmother, that had italian ancestors. I am in Brazil!
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Ty ma'am,God bless you & yours
very inspirational... by the way am italian and i live in the uk
She is like a breath of fresh air ..her spirit, her way of living and the love for her country is all we should learn from her..my respect. lots of love from India 😊
Dear Pasta Grannies crew, thank you for amazing videos. Besides that as a subscriber i would like to see more human stories like this on your channel. I think this makes your channel very authentic and different among all food channels on CZcams. Thanks again from a pasta lover ❤
hi Müge, I am pleased to hear you enjoyed this video. Not everyone wants to talk about their life, and we don't like to push for information. But when our signore want to share, we try to include it in the video. 😊🌺 best wishes, Vicky
@@pastagrannies Thank you ❤
Well, normally I leave a comment regarding the happiness these videos bring me; this one made my life look like gumdrops. Bless this Granny for hanging in there...
I loved "meeting" Concettina. My family is from Calabria and the people there are wonderful and the elders have such faith and strength. I have to remind myself of that when I find myself complaining.
God bless all these women and all of you for bringing them to us.
What a beautiful episode, even in tough times, people’s faith keeps them going.
Hello Kate
Kathy
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I think this is my fave pasta grannies.. they live about an hour east of where my family is from! Bless all of them!
God bless this precious woman
I'm Italian born and grown up in Italy and when Concettina speaks I have to read the subtitles, I love how our country is rich in dialects and cultures
I'm in my late 30's and for any youngsters watching this video, I have a little tip. Cherish your elderly. They have lived, seen, and know things that you can only imagine. When a person of this age wants to tell you something, LISTEN! You might be the last person they ever give that information to.
Beautiful advice. Indeed, they lived more meaningful lives than we do. And there is much to learn from them.
My grandma is 91. She is slowly losing her memory but i'm never tired of hearing her stories ( even if she tells always the same 15 or 20 stories)
Great advice !
I heard a beautiful saying once: “when an elderly person dies a library burns”
Great advice
This series has been such a blessing to me but for the first time, this particular episode made me cry.
Tears in my eyes. They've seen so much.
"Be thankful for everything."
He's so right.
Actually he just said “Thank you everyone” 😂
@@dagliocchibui that's what he said, you're right. but it would have been better not to spoil the magic, I think. anyhow, you gave it away. can't be undone.
@@Ardoxsho anyhoot*
I love her so much. She reminds me so much of the Italian mamma who has meant so much to me and my life. Peppina was also Calabrian. The translations aren’t exact. They kind of soften the things she’s saying. She’s saying life has been very hard and giving stories about it. I want to say that honestly in a time when I’m going through so much it actually gives me hope that she has survived it all even when it has been so difficult and painful. When she spoke of the pain she meant internal. She also has a joyful face. The woman speaking to her speaks with a lot of love and care. I think this series is incredible, so valuable and precious. Italy is home in my heart, and I miss it every day.
This is the first pasta grannies video that's made me cry. Wow! She's a 101 year old spitfire. I love to hear more of both their background and stories. The history they could tell....
Oh so so so sweet! No fast food in her tummy!!
What remarkable stories and people. My father was in the war (USA) for 4 years stationed in France. He would be 105 if he were alive today.
This makes me so happy! Watching from my home in Hawaii. What a gift to hear from these people and see this recipe. I can’t believe Concettina is 101, she looks incredible 😍
Hello Ginny
isnt the dr with the starch solution did some investigation into longevity in hawaii? he noticed in his patients that the old generation had no health issue but the young one did...then he traced it back to carbs:).
It’s amazing see something like that, 101 with this disposition... I’m surviving with 29 😅
"Be thankful for everything". Words to live by
“Be thankful for everything”.
Salute to all our seniors who add such wisdom , value and joy to our lives ....God bless you always and protect you !!! With lotsa love from South Africa
LOVE this!!!! My grandma's family is from Italy, moved to America in 1908, Great Grandma was a Turco Great Grandpa was a Circo and lot's of cousin from the De luca's, Caniglia's and more. Love listening to her, she reminds me of my grandma Nettie, bless her soul, would so love to visit Italy, that was my grandma's dream to go back one day, she never made it. :(
I visited Naples this summer and yes the food was amazing. To cook and bake pasta yourself is so tasty and is even better with your own garden veggies. Great respect to this elderly pair my father died when he was 87 few years back and he said also to me to be grateful for everything 🙂
I can feel her pain ...she has been through so much. God Bless Her, I hope she can forgive and remain as happy as she can for the rest of her days. What a wise and amazing person, and amazing cook!
Aww, I 💕 love this grumpy little nonna! So feisty, and she looks great! Life may not of been kind to her but the world is a better place with her in it! Italy is my favorite country, Viva Italia! ❤️ from 🇨🇦 (I am suddenly very hungry for pasta 🍝)
"Be thankful for everything." Excellent advice.
My paternal grandfather was on the Swedish Norwegian border during the war. I used to love sitting in the kitchen listening to my grandmothers stories. She would have been 103 this year. My favourite time was when her friends came over, we would have coffee and biscuits and I would just love listening to all their memories. 💝💝💕💕
She's 101! She looks no more than 75! Love her :)
Best pasta granny video so far! ❤️
And the ending was so beautiful as well!❤️
A long video, with long lived people. So much to tell us about their pasts. This video has left me feeling somewhat morose, but in a good way. I'm thankful for the information, and these wonderful recipes.
I just love all the old senior cooks, true lady mama's deserving our love and respect being able to still cook. When they are gone we will all swear no one can cook it better than mama, big mama, Nanna, Nonna, me-mamas etc.
She's an energetic woman, God bless her!
This channel is something special. Watching this lovely ladies cooking and telling stories about their lives.. it makes you feel good. Thanks Vicky!
hi Luca, it's my pleasure! best wishes, Vicky
I just want to give this granny a hug! She reminds me so much of my grandmother, who I miss so much. Just watching her hands handling the flour and dough and I'm in tears.
"Be thankful for everything." Thank you for leaving us with those wise words, Biagio.
Such a wonderful women..SHE REMINDS me.of my Husband's Grandmother ( 🙏 RIP)
Her mother died in childbirth and also the baby and she was the only girl and 2nd oldest and she put off marriage to raise all her brothers at the age of 16 and was only able to have 1 child bc she married so late..and her husband waited on her to raise her brothers ..a True LOVE STORY..Sad life but they made it..and didn't waste anything and only bought what she needed..Until I married into the family..she always liked me to take her out bc I introduced her to alot of things and I told her not to.worry if she wanted to buy it bc her son was grown and her grand kids are grown and great grand kids are our responsibility not hers..we bought her 1st diamond ring..nothing fancy.. 1 little diamond ...she never took it off..
My granny lived to 112 and I thank god everyday that she died relying on noone’s help. She walked on her own, and was able to walk miles if she wanted to. God bless her soul
This was a very special video. Well done!
Two very special people. Salt of the earth of Italia 🇮🇹
God bless them 🙏🏻❤️
8:09. This is a great example ! Don't waste things !
There is so much to learn from these beautiful grandmothers.
“Oh no we had more special dishes than laganella for Christmas”
“What did you have then?”
“Spaghetti.”
Spaghetti is the undefeated champion of the world.
It’s unofficial american “safe food” whenever they got stranded in foreign country
@Pughhead: Not just spaghetti, but spaghetti with what she called "stock fish," which sounds from her description like bacala (dried salted cod). This is a special, flavorful, and labor-intensive dish.
@@IlGattonero13 Served traditionally on Christmas Eve (tonight!) Buon Natale a Tutti.
@@myradioon Buone Feste!
i wanna meet these ladies and give them the world, people from her generation and also from a wee bit later generations are our greatest treasures, we should learn from 'em
Ms. Vicky, what a lovely lady & a gentleman, both 101 yrs old, wow, these are folks i like to sit & talk with as they have so much & have knowledge & wisdom, & they have seen things i've never seen, i just love hearing their stories although some are sad. Concettina was already appx. 43 when i was born, i'm 58, unreal. This is a delicious recipe, but i have never heard of it, but i'd eat it., God bless everyone
hi Steve, yes and the world has changed so much in their lifetimes. best wishes, Vicky
@@pastagrannies Ms. Vicky, yes it is very different, for me also as there were no cell phones, computers, etc...when i was in school, technology has passed me by, God bless you & everyone
A hard working lady, she gives always her best and love to her family.
Congratulations from Andi🇩🇪
Be thankful......certainly very thankful to be able to see these precious people cook for us! I love to watch each! 💕
Hello Robin
She’s a feisty little woman.. Huge respect for all the challenges she endured & still standing strong.. Viva Italia! 👍
un bel video, onestamente adoro Lei sensa di la veritá senza paura. Una lezione del historia ed un glimpse al loro vite pieno di tanti emozioni, grazie molto per questo PG :)
her devotion to her husband is so touching
When i see the old Lady with her shaking hands it makes me cry because It remembers me of my dead grandmother, making me some good Food when I was a kid.
Miss Concettina made me "ugly" cry.
I had a really hard life..I was looking for the laughs I usually get with the grannies
But..
I NEEDED Miss Concettina's inspiration❤️
What an amazing and beautiful woman. She reminded me of my mom. My mom used to save plastic wrap and reuse it. This episode was a bit sad and a real eye opener to appreciate all that we have, especially during these trying times. Their lives were hard lived, but they’re still appreciative of what they have. The best episode so far. I love hearing about their lives as well as seeing a bit of their region. Well done!
Hello Angie
Hello 🤗
5 months back for 4 months I was in Calabria.o.m.g such a spectacular place and people.
Wow, just imagine how many pieces of pasta those hands have made over the last nine decades
My granny was died. When I saw her video I just felt like my granny is cooking. I love the way of her cooking and talk. She is really an amazing women. God bless you. Live more years.🥰🥰
What an elegant lady & a beautiful friend.
Bravo! Mama Mia! I love Italy!
💘 love 💘❤💕♥💖💗💘❤💕
Lake di Garda region- find some pasta grannies here, please.
Hello Sandra
She’s so adorable. She’s trying telling US her “Story.” Hardships, family experiences, losses….
Out there on the balcony; talk of her late Husband, seemed to touch her even today! Of course a women who has endured so much, I imagine doesn’t brake easily.
The recipe was just the “icing on the cake.” She herself is the “gift!”