One of my favorite YouTube channels is Pasta Grannies. I've learned so much about making homemade (from scratch) pasta and I'm amazed at the infinite varieties of shapes, dough bases and sauces.
But Pasta Grannies surprised me (and apparently several others) this past week with a video of a sexy fisherman, Guido and his son Pietro making Spaghetti ai' Frutti di Mar'.*(Spaghetti with seafood).
This was the meal I had hoped to eat while we were in California. Alas, it did not come to pass. Yes we ate some seafood but nothing like this spectacular meal.
We cannot get anything like fresh seafood in New Mexico. Yes, the markets will call it fresh, but really even it it were jetted in from the nearest coast on ice, it is no longer fresh when it gets here. The seafood menu in most restaurants here has basically five options: shrimp, shrimp, shrimp, salmon, and tilapia (which is technically not seafood).
So here are Guido and Pietro. Even if you don't cook, do enjoy the video:
*an interesting aside: Guido uses a colloquial "un spaghetto ai frutti di mare" - the singular "spaghetto" is unusual, but really cool. There is another colloquial phrase, "ci facciamo due spaghetti" - let's make two spaghetti - meaning just two strands of spaghetti - but really, "spaghetti for two".
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I really enjoyed this video, not because I'm a big seafood lover (I'm not) but because I love Cinque Terre! We spent a lovely day there as part of our trip to Italy in 2008. It was October, the off season, so the villages were not as horribly crowded as they are in high season. I had the best pasta I've ever had in my entire life at Cinque Terre -- I can't remember which village it was now (maybe Monterosso?) -- but my gawd, it was delicious. I will always remember that meal!
I'm lovin' Guido's great beard. Woof.
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