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orangecrush

(29,437 posts)
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:31 PM Yesterday

Italian food memories that brought tears


My Mom was 2nd generation Italian in South Philadelphia and grew up in the Great Depression.

I have eaten about a third of these depression era dishes, and they were wonderful beyond words.


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Italian food memories that brought tears (Original Post) orangecrush Yesterday OP
Bookmarking for later. LuckyCharms Yesterday #1
Most welcome orangecrush Yesterday #2
Were your mother's parents off the boat from Italy? LuckyCharms Yesterday #3
Absolutely orangecrush Yesterday #4
Same here...both sets of grandparents. LuckyCharms Yesterday #5
I agree orangecrush Yesterday #6

LuckyCharms

(22,206 posts)
5. Same here...both sets of grandparents.
Mon Feb 9, 2026, 06:40 PM
Yesterday

Mother born 1918, father born 1912.

I remember once speaking to a doc in the hospital when my mother was inpatient.

The doc told be that people born in that era who lived through the great depression were tougher physically than people born more recently, because they had to be tougher.

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