Philadelphia Spaghetti From 1932 (as cooked on Catharine Street)

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SPAGHETTI (as cooked on Catharine Street, Philadelphia)
4 oz. raw round steak
¼ lb. bacon
I small onion
I tablespoon olive oil
I clove garlic
½ Ib. mushrooms
I tablespoon chopped parsley
I tablespoon flour
2 cups canned tomatoes
salt and pepper
½ lb. spaghetti
Grind together the onion, garlic, and bacon, and put in a saucepan with the olive oil. When the bacon begins to color, add the sliced mushrooms and the meat cut fine, but not ground. Sift in the flour and let the meat brown in it; then add tomatoes mashed through a coarse sieve, parsley, salt, and pepper, and let simmer gently for ½ hour.
Boil the spaghetti in a large pot of salt water 20 minutes. Do not break the sticks, but let the ends lie in the boiling water, and as soon as they become soft they will curl up and the whole lengths can then be got under water. For slightly softer spaghetti boil 25 minutes. Drain off the water and put in a deep bowl; sprinkle with grated cheese and cover with the sauce. Lift with two forks until well mixed.
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@GlenAndFriendsCooking 2 ай бұрын

Alright - I got the street wrong when I was looking at the map. It happens.

@oreally8605 2 ай бұрын

We don't hold silly things like that against you Glen. Lol. At least I don't lol

@Annie1962 2 ай бұрын

I wanna check google maps now

@M19pickles 2 ай бұрын

To explain for those who don't want to read through all the comments looking for the explanation. Philadelphia's Catharine Street is a long street that crosses the city from one river to the next and contains the Italian neighborhood of the time. The street also either had the Italian market on the street or the market was just off the street (comments were mixed on the issue) so it is possible that visitors may have tried the spaghetti in the market and wanted to make it at home. The cookbook may also have identified the area as a way to say the recipe was authentic Italian spaghetti.

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 2 ай бұрын

When I looked at the map - initially what I saw was the Catharine Street that runs one way for a single block between Shuylkill Ave and Captains way. I missed the much longer part of Catharine Street that ends a block over and a block North at Grays Ferry Ave. Mistakes happen: I wasn't looking for a street that splits and starts and stops.

@KennyP62 2 ай бұрын

When I become perfect I will call you Glen, so don't wait by the phone.

@jimbrennan1181 2 ай бұрын

Catherine Street is not a very short street. It basically runs across the entirety of Philadelphia from the Delaware river to the Schuylkill river, a length of about two and a half miles. The importance of Catharine Street as it pertains to this recipe is that most of it would have been in the Italian neighborhood. It crosses through the Italian Market which runs north and south on 9th street.

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 2 ай бұрын

Yes as I replied to an earlier comment: I may have gotten the street wrong.

@thenewbatman810 2 ай бұрын

@@GlenAndFriendsCookingyou didn't get the street wrong. Catharine street is in the Italian Market, it's just not a short street.

@Prairiepagan316 2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I came to the comments just to find out about this street.

@CamWM 2 ай бұрын

@jimbrennan1181 & @GlenAndFriendsCooking you’re both correct. The other half of Cathrine Street, across the Schuylkill, spans Southwest Philadelphia from Baltimore Avenue to Cobbs Creek.

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 2 ай бұрын

@@CamWM Thanks! When I looked at the map - initially what I saw was the Catharine Street that runs one way for a single block between Shuylkill Ave and Captains way. I missed the much longer part of Catharine Street that ends a block over and a block North at Grays Ferry Ave.

@anthonydolio8118 2 ай бұрын

Since you said to tell you the story, I'll add to the comment I left below. My grandmother lived on the 700 block. On the corner, was a little corner grocery story owned by her son, my uncle Emmet, who was also my Godfather. There is an art museum on the block, and the rest is residential. The neighborhood is Italian American, and we spent every Sunday with my grandparents as well as all the big holidays. We had some type of pasta every Sunday. We called the tomato sauce "gravy." And, after eating the pasta, we had the meat cooked in the grave and a salad. I do not ever remember the gravy being made with bacon. The pork that was used was usually spare ribs, which they first broiled in the oven and then cooked in the sauce for many hours along with meat balls and brociole.

@cindyb8775 Ай бұрын

I love this comment, Anthony. My Italian Family settled in West Virginia. My mother always used english roast and stick pepperoni. That is the only meat. Oh, and she had a tuna fish spaghetti recipe that was great. My family never used pork only just the stick pepperoni and never used bacon or pancetta. She also never used mushrooms, ground beef (only in the form of meatballs) -- never ground beef in the form of browned and drained. I never had hamburger spaghetti until after I was married.

@donnav6219 Ай бұрын

Yes, this is basically a Bolognese sauce brought from the Old World. My great- grand parents lived in the same area.

@Unclejunior152 2 ай бұрын

Southeastern Pennsylvania is the mushroom capital of North America, so fresh mushrooms were readily available in Philadelphia in the 1930's.

@jimbrennan1181 2 ай бұрын

This is also true! Long live Kennet Square!

@ryubot4000 2 ай бұрын

Modern white mushrooms were actually first discovered as a random mutation in a Philadelphia mushroom farm. In the 20s. So not only fresh mushrooms. But the new hotness.

@brucetidwell7715 2 ай бұрын

@@ryubot4000 That's interesting! Do you know what kind of mushrooms they were growing before that?

@Christopher-wm8vc 2 ай бұрын

I grew up right by a mushroom factory in reading and it always smelled like cookies baking

@Unclejunior152 2 ай бұрын

@@Christopher-wm8vc haha yeah. My dad used to roll the windows down when we drove through mushroom country just to mess with us.

@Lds519Mpls 2 ай бұрын

After watching Pasta Grannies, that looks closer to real Italian sauces they cook there. I suspect the bacon subs for pancetta.

@lindalankowski474 2 ай бұрын

I've watched pasta grannies make spaghetti by hand. No machine extrusion there! They were not as thin as today's boxed pasta. It might take 20 minutes to cook the dry version of that...

@ryanmitchell4426 2 ай бұрын

That was my thought as well, nobody outside of Italian neighborhoods would know what Pancetta was or would be able to get it, so they most likely substituted bacon into the recipe.

@jimbrennan1181 2 ай бұрын

Very good point! Pancetta, or more likely guanciale, was probably not available at the time. On the other hand, the word "bacon" could have been used to describe either one as most recipes from that time weren't really that specific.

@jamescampbell2190 Ай бұрын

That occurred to me as well. It’s a lot like a recipe I have for a meat sauce that doesn’t have much for seasonings. The flavor comes from the pancetta as well as ground beef and ground pork and a good amount of wine. Salt, pepper and a grating of nutmeg at the end. Great with rigatoni.

@clete3977 Ай бұрын

In the '70s, mom and dad would take me to Catharine Street to eat at Walt's King Of Crabs. 2nd and Catharine. Red and white gingham table cloths, wooden mallets. Best seafood I've ever had.

@joeprod1 Ай бұрын

Loved Walt’s. Their crabs were better than the ones I’ve had on the Chesapeake. It must have been the garlic.

@Sirrahlala 2 ай бұрын

My family is from Philadelphia and my great grandparents lived on Catherine St. Their house was right at the border of the traditional Italian Market district, though my family is not Italian, lol. The Italian Market area sits right above Washington Ave, which is generally considered the border of the South Philadelphia neighborhood, which has had a large Italian American presence.

@donnav6219 Ай бұрын

My great-grandparents lived on Catherine St several blocks in off of Broad St. That is right in the heart of the Italian Market. My great-grand mom was friend with Anna Giordano of Giordano Brother's Italian Market.

@EastSider48215 2 ай бұрын

A recipe from an old cookbook and a “what was on sale” mashup. This is as close to a perfect Sunday episode as it can get for me.

@raizinboyz Ай бұрын

When I was kid in the 60's, we asked what was on sale....meaning what's for dinner!

@lesliemoiseauthor 2 ай бұрын

"Just smile and nod" is one of my regular refrains!

@timothyjohnston4083 2 ай бұрын

What an odd coincidence ! I was having lunch today with my brother and his wife, and she asked me about my recipe for meat sauce. I don't typically follow one; but I described what I did. And then I see this ! I sent her the link. I like that this sauce looks almost thick enough to stand on. I hate watery sauces; but this one looks delicious.

@GucciDishes 2 ай бұрын

lmao. this is such a shock to see my specific neighborhood mentioned in your video, i've lived on catherine many times. I'm a proud south philadelphian and been a fan of yours since the coke videos :)

@danielnapoli649 2 ай бұрын

As an Italian American, i am intrigued by this recipe because of the bacon. I'm actually going to try it. As to the scarcity of spices : what is readily available today was almost unattainable back then. When I was young boy my parents had to grow sweet basil ourselves. You couldn't buy it. We planted it in old tomato cans ( canned plum tomatoes were also hard to find) placed in any sunny spot we could find in Brooklyn . We froze whatever we didn't use and were sure to harvest seeds for next years crop. Though Sunday "gravy" often boasted whatever spices we could garner regular sauce was indeed plain. It's only the bacon that gives me pause,but you probably couldn't get italian sausage back then either.

@pamelabraman7217 2 ай бұрын

Hi Glen I have two grinders that were my Grandmothers. They have different sized dies you can use. Fine is basically paste, medium is sort of minced, large is sort of fine chopped and if you leave the die off it's sort of course chopped. They make great sausage and ground beef.

@WUStLBear82 2 ай бұрын

I remember using one to grind beef when my mother was making and canning mincemeat, and ring bologna for baloney salad, among other things.

@crystalwright1504 2 ай бұрын

I have a couple of them too. I have a cookie attachment for it that my husband's grandmother brought from Germany. We use it every Christmas.

@adelechicken6356 2 ай бұрын

We used the medium grind for burgers and meatloaf, but preferred the largest for hamburgers gravy and spaghetti sauce. Also largest for grinding raw fish, usually suckers, for fish cakes. The fish cakes had small amount of milk added along with onion, salt and nutmeg and then was beaten with a wooden spoon until it was a very sticking together mass. Then fried in our huge cast iron pan. They were so good!😊😊😊❤❤

@elisec9095 2 ай бұрын

I love it! I used to live at 3rd and Catherine, but now I am a few blocks away. I will be trying this!

@donnav6219 Ай бұрын

My great-grandparents lived on Catharine, and near Broad St. probably around the time of this cookbook too. My other grandparents lived on Castle Ave on the other side of Broad St. Small world isn't it. Now where is my Pat's Steak?

@MYOB2023 2 ай бұрын

I used to live one block below Catherine at 12th and Montrose, a couple of blocks away from the Italian Market on 9th. Best pasta I ever had was from Palizzi on 12th. I live in Tennessee now and am enjoying the Philly memories. Thanks for this!

@markrobin8172 2 ай бұрын

I love the comments from the Philly folks! I grew up in Philadelphia. It had several nicknames. The city of brotherly love, the city of homes and not least, the city of neighborhoods! Everyone was and is proud of their little slice of Philadelphia with its own bit of history, cuisines and celebrations. Philadelphia was and is the original quintessential American melting pot. So, I'm not surprised that Catherine Street shows up with its own spaghetti recipe!

@BGTuyau 29 күн бұрын

also "The City of Brotherly Shove"

@sharonbargercarnes4414 2 ай бұрын

824 Catherine St was the location of Palumbo’s Restaurant, which boasted celebrity diners such as Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio.

@DaRealPhillyJawn 2 ай бұрын

A lot of South Philly mobsters hung out there.

@llchapman1234 2 ай бұрын

I was wondering if that area had any Italian influences. Thanks for sharing 👍

@maryjordan7649 2 ай бұрын

Grew up watching my aunts use their table meat grinder. They used it for so many things...even in the 1980's. Fond memories....grinding nuts for cookies and nutbread. That spaghetti recipe seems very homey. It looks delicious.😊😊

@carnacthemagnificent2498 22 күн бұрын

In the 80s I took guitar lessons from the guy who played guitar in the house band at Palumbos. He was an older guy and he'd show up in a trench coat, black suit, black hat, driving a Lincoln. I didn't know what was significant about Palumbo's at the time but I'm glad now that my mom always paid him promptly. 😀

@ptstouring49 2 ай бұрын

Catherine Street goes 2/3rds of the way across Philly from Grey’s Ferry to maybe Bella Vista. It is just south of South Street. That area, on the one end, in 1932 was (and still is) heavily Italian. Also, just outside of Philadelphia is the Mushroom capital of Avondale/Kennett Square which was started by Italians. So fresh mushrooms is correct. Other than the mushrooms, this is very much what a 1932 Italian American spaghetti recipe looks like. The bacon adds fat to the lean, inexpensive steak. Sub the cut up steak for ground beef and it’s what I grew up eating from my Sicilian grandmother (who ironically grew up in the 30s across the border from where you live now). I am sure she used steak when she was younger, and often added hard boiled eggs as they were the least expensive protein.

@jimbrennan1181 2 ай бұрын

Another thing to note about Catherine Street, and the other surrounding streets (Catherine was probably just chosen because the person that the recipe came from lived there - it could have been named for plenty of other streets), is that it falls below the original street grid layout of Philadelphia which was designed by Thomas Holme in 1682. It was outside of the main city grid where immigrants settled because they could not afford to live within the city proper.

@jennifertonge-martin3110 2 ай бұрын

Bacon: America's favorite spice!

@jimbrennan1181 2 ай бұрын

It's quite possible that the original recipe called for guanciale, or pig's cheek, which would have been traditional Italian. That was most likely not available at the time, and is honestly hard to find even today. Ironically, both Di Bruno Bros. and Claudio's on 9th St. carry it, and I can't find it anywhere else in a city of 1.567 million people.

@robertwaselovich9205 2 ай бұрын

In the south we call them hog jowls. Cured and smoked far superior to bacon

@robertwaselovich9205 2 ай бұрын

In the southern states we call them hog jowls. Cured and smoked far superior to bacon

@NorCalPhil 2 ай бұрын

They probably would have used pancetta or guanciale if it was available (‘depending on cost) but bacon was most likely cheaper and easier to come by during this time.

@joshrush3378 2 ай бұрын

Americans need to stop this

@dalestorms911 2 ай бұрын

My great aunt Laura Lovecchio who was not Italian was married in 1928 to Sonny Lovecchio. She learned to cook from Mama Lovecchio in Utica, N.Y. . Her sauce was almost exactly like this one. She insisted it was the real way to make sauce. Once in a while instead of the steak she would use pork chops or ribs! It was good, but different from most spaghetti sauces. Love old cookbooks and your show.

@joshrush3378 2 ай бұрын

I like your style man. Old recipes are the truth.

@Mlle_Bleue 2 ай бұрын

I checked in my late, very French Canadian, mother in law's cooking notes and her spaghetti sauce recipe is the same in every way the same, except for the garlic. She did not use garlic. She did mince here own meat in a crank grinder and everything. She was born in 1930s rural Québec. When you put the sauce stating that you needed more, her answer would have been no. The sauce was lumpy and sparse, and she would have said you put in too much. And no she never set foot in Philadelphia. The furthest south she ever went in the US was Mass.

@jimbrennan1181 2 ай бұрын

The garlic wouldn't have been traditionally Italian. They used it but in smaller volumes. Increasing the garlic was definitely an American thing.

@momkat9090 2 ай бұрын

Exactly how my mother in law made spaghetti....and she was from GrandFalls, NB.

@deementia6796 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if the as far south as Mass would have been here in Fall River visiting relatives. We had a very large French Canadian wave of immigrants in the early 1880's during the depression there, and my descendants likely stole a bunch of factory jobs here from the Irish as we were lower in the pecking order LOL We even had a religious riot here when the Irish Bishop installed a new priest in the French Catholic church that the Vatican had to squelch! My grandmother made gortons almost until the day she died about 4 years ago, and you can get still get it in local markets.

@carlandersonlll6861 2 ай бұрын

My Grandfather (Mom's dad) was born in St. Tite Quebec. His name is George Ettienne Veillette.

@Mlle_Bleue 2 ай бұрын

@@deementia6796 In her case, yes it was Fall River. But chain migration from the 1880s to the 1930s, made it so people from one place in Qc would all go to the same place in NEng. Not going to do the course lecture here, but the rivalry btw Irish and FC was entirely orchastrated by factory owners in order to drive salaries down. And anti Irish riots were prevalent before FCs showed up. Anyway, the point here is that there was a non-Italian way of doing a spaghetti sauce in the Maritimes and the Eastern sea board and the intense circulation of people btw Eastern Canada and NE explains it.

@azimuth.setting_2351 2 ай бұрын

Splash of the pasta water never hurts👍👍

@Recluse336 2 ай бұрын

I mentioned to my grandmother, born early 1930s era in western Pennsylvania, that I had seen multiple videos about older recipes, ones from her childhood timeframe, that had much longer cooking times for pasta. Her response was that she does remember pasta being cooked to a much softer level, even by the families of Italian heritage, than it's normally cooked to today.

@MadWeiner Ай бұрын

Could it be that it made the meal more filling?

@dwhitman3092 Ай бұрын

Same here. And I still cook it softer. Don't like that 'raw' feeling in the center.

@payleryder45 Ай бұрын

My Grandmother was from Depression-era South Philadelphia (not Italian or Catherine Street) and she cooked a very similar dish which she called "American style Spaghetti."

@ja-bv3lq 2 ай бұрын

Glen - we want a picture of your collection of old cookbooks! 😊

@jimdellavecchia4594 Ай бұрын

Steak in 1932? My grandmother raised 11 kids in West Phila and any meat was an absolute luxury. Plenty of pasta and pasta e fagioli with bread, lots of bread!!

@footballgoat3364 Ай бұрын

I’m from Philadelphia and lived in or near the city most of my life. Catharine Street is at the northern edge of South Philly, which was overwhelmingly Italian back then. It still has a lot of Italians but not quite as many as other nationalities have also moved in. It’s very possible the recipe had fresh ingredients since the Italian markets are nearby and still there (think Rocky running through the food stands in Rocky I). Catharine Street is also notable as it is the birthplace of Larry Fine of Three Stooges fame. Larry was born and raised around 2nd and Catharine. The area now is fairly gentrified and known as the Queen Village section of Philadelphia. It has many fine restaurants and shops.

@eveningblues8132 2 ай бұрын

Amazing how much of a difference an open window with natural light can make a rustic pasta look really delicious.

@tylertkelley6779 Ай бұрын

My mother said, 'grew up in Philly'; you made a Philly Ragu and it was not uncommon to use less desirable beef-cuts like flank, and trim. Many do not know about the Lancaster county tomatos, nor the Maryland Mushrooms, York down to Oxford and over toward Cumberland Md. She stated a little heavy on the bacon, remembers 50/50 and it was a celebration of tomatos, mushroom w/ meat added for growing kids and workers. And your addendum is correct river-too-river w/ my GGMa raised on Green Lane. Fun video!

@annalockwood3021 2 ай бұрын

The spaghetti sauce my family makes is fairly similar to this. I think I have seen a similar recipe in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook too.They use a relatively small amount of chili powder, which I think enhances the beefy flavor. Will look in the old books to find it again, since it’s an old cookbook recipe too. Don’t know the story of how my grandmother came across it. IIRC, it is described as an American meat sauce. Oh, I have occasionally run across dried pastas that seem to need a much longer cooking time than the usual few minutes. Not sure of their purpose, but they definitely stand up to prolonged cooking times like the one in this recipe.

@thisjawnswayze 2 ай бұрын

Ralphs Italian restaurant is on 9th and Catherine and its the oldest Italian restaurant in the country i believe so maybe thats where the recipe is from.

@fyrekrystaal27 2 ай бұрын

The sauce looks very thick, so I start thinking that it would be good on a bun or a piece of toasted bread with some cheese 😊

@gordonborsboom7460 2 ай бұрын

The natural light looks great!

@johnlarsson4437 2 ай бұрын

Love the old cookbook show every Sunday morning! While this recipe doesn’t make claims to be Italian I find it interesting that this is specific to Catharine Street. There’s a locally well known open air market in south Philadelphia called the Italian market which begins at 9th Street and Washington Avenue. It runs north on 9th Street for a few blocks towards Catharine Street. I haven’t been there for a long time, however, I do know it’s not many city blocks from Washington Ave to Catharine St. Out of context the map makes it appear to be many streets away from Washington Ave, but quite a few of these streets are more like alleys. Have a look at street view on Google maps and you’ll see what I mean;-)

@delyar Ай бұрын

I live on Catherine street, I love this, Go Phillies!

@sopwerdna 2 ай бұрын

Wow, this is fantastic. Guess I gotta try it since that's just a few blocks away!

@KateMcnamee-uz7wu 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for showcasing this recipe. This is the heart of the beautiful Italian culture in South Philly. South Philly home of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team( who by the way are on a winning streak right now and have the classiest uniforms in baseball) SouthPhilly was and is as Italian as you can and these days along with other wonderful cultures the amazing Italian market is still in South Philadelphia as well as the beautiful italian catholic heritage. Really sppreciate your channel

@peter5.056 Ай бұрын

Some of my relatives were from Philadelphia born around 1930. And I can personally attest to the fact that their spaghetti was so egregiously overcooked, it more resembled noodles from Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup. So the 20 minutes boiling time for the pasta was definitely correct. Anytime we visited auntie Mabel, spaghetti bloated to the thickness of macaroni was for dinner.

@rowejon 2 ай бұрын

I got a recipe handed down via via from an Italian family & that contains bacon & grated carrot. It's good.

@lisaboban 2 ай бұрын

That whole idea of covering the garlic and onion in bacon before frying sound intriguing. Gotta try that.

@aaronscholl9560 2 ай бұрын

There is an Italian restaurant on the corner of Catherine and 10th called Dante & Luigi's, Corona di Ferro, (est. 1899). This may be their recipe.

@nickbonvino Ай бұрын

We went there back in the ‘70s .. loved it!

@snoqueen313 26 күн бұрын

wild! my great grandparent had their family home at 9th & Catharine. It runs thru Little Italy in South Philly. Basically, this is a meat and veg ragu. It would have been scraps, day olds, left overs, unused bits that could not, and should not, be wasted; wasted food is wasted money. Thanx for bringing this recipe to life in the most awkward way possible. My Nonna is rolling over in her grave but I enjoyed every minute of your awesome video. Thanx for posting

@floief 2 ай бұрын

Huh.....my mother, from Alberta, made a sauce like this one. There was plenty of onions and garlic with salt, pepper, ground beef, and canned tomatoes. No other seasoning. If she put it over spaghetti we were having "spaghetti". If she put it over macaroni we were having goulash.

@patrickmcevoy5080 Ай бұрын

I'm surprised you haven't run across that technique for mixing flour on to the cooking ingredients like that before. It's very common in my experience - never clumps, never undercooks. A great, tried-and-true technique.

@ankiolebring8388 Ай бұрын

It’s also the old Swedish way of making a stew/sauce 😊

@PieceMind-rq8yx Ай бұрын

Why? What does flour do for tomato sauce? Genuinely curious bc spaghetti is my comfort food. Born & raised in the deep American South but love trying pasta dishes from all cultures!

@Edinboron 2 ай бұрын

My great grandfather lived at 19th and Catherine. Even during Prohibition the census records record him as being a saloon keeper/bar tender.

@mrdave5232 Ай бұрын

Houses on the 2000 block of Catharine st are selling for 400k+ as is in 2024!

@Pozer714 28 күн бұрын

Wow, looks pretty hard to make but would be delicious...the ultimate spaghetti!

@The_Great_White_Moose 2 ай бұрын

I would definitely try this one!

@davidsawyer1599 2 ай бұрын

Oh the interwebs and their opinions! Thanks Glen for your light hearted and tasty offerings.

@redchandler 2 ай бұрын

Looks very good!

@nickice7009 Ай бұрын

Love recipes like this. Reminds me of variations of what me grandparents made decades ago when I was a kid.

@blee4974 Ай бұрын

This looks and sounds delicious,so I’m going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing😊

@dave-uf8ir Ай бұрын

Excellent 😊

@brandonjones3306 2 ай бұрын

This looks amazing, I will be trying this

@tinanations2813 2 ай бұрын

Glen I love your videos. They are the best. I saw the other recipes on that opened page looks great also. This cookbook looks very interesting. Do more of them Great job. Your are a very interesting man

@micheleemcdaniel389 27 күн бұрын

Gorgeous kitchen.

@Lolabelle59 28 күн бұрын

Looks really good! 😊

@okiejammer2736 2 ай бұрын

⚘ Safe travels on your trip and above all .. HAVE FUN. 😊

@grannygoes7882 Ай бұрын

We must be close to the same age lol! All my mother ever used was canned mushrooms. I remember being taken to a fancy steakhouse when I was in college and we had sauteed mushrooms on our steaks. First time I'd ever had a fresh mushroom. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! I went home and made them for my folks and they couldn't believe the difference.

@johndawes9337 Ай бұрын

back in the 60s my mum brought mushroom stalks when in season

@rungus24 Ай бұрын

That looks really good!

@debrawitte8391 Ай бұрын

so cool !

@SanJacintoArtGuild 2 ай бұрын

This sauce sounds awesome!

@sgmarr 2 ай бұрын

Good Sunday morning! ❤

@jodydorsett8726 2 ай бұрын

At that time Catherine Street went river to river. Many sections had brownstone row homes and were considered pretty posh neighborhoods.

@MamaStyles 2 ай бұрын

This person was Italian 😂 Let me explain….There is a sauce like this in northern Italy. My nonni was northern and my Nono southern Italian .They always bickered over cooking because my Nonnis sauce was different from Nonos mothers sauce 😂 Her sauce (which my dad also made it there same way)was basic…garlic, onion,and mushrooms fried in butter/olive oil with sugocasa,chopped tomatoes,salt pepper and a splash of olive oil and simmered all day .Then halfway she added her secret which I add every time…a big chunk of butter and a tablespoon of breadcrumbs. On Sunday’s the sauce was served with meat…usually chunks of beef and pork sausage removed from the sauce and served separately .People are always shocked how good the sauce is without herbs and have now taught my four teens to make it the same way.Think I know what I’m making tonight not on Catherine street 😂❤Ty Nonni ❤

@bartlett454 2 ай бұрын

❤for the CBC! I see you rocking the gear, my friend.🥃

@thisworldaccordingtome9495 2 ай бұрын

Here's a trick I've learned from working at an Italian restaurant in Beverly Hills a long time ago for cooking spaghetti, so it turns out awesome: Cook the spaghetti, drain it, stick it in the refrigerator, and to reheat it, just dunk it into boiling water for a few seconds. It makes causes it to have a really great texture.

@user-hp1ww2jl5g Ай бұрын

i use to work at an italian rest back in the mid 80's... the "villa donna", this is the way we did the noodles... prepped the cooked noodles by weight and wrapped on a serving plate and refrigerated... when a order came through took out the noodles and dumped them in a collander and pot already close to a boil..pulled them out in 30-45 seconds and served.. very good food there, lots of things homemade...etc... miss it

@elbob17 Ай бұрын

Definitely a channel I'll follow.

@TheDriftwoodlover 2 ай бұрын

Looks like it has a great hearty texture too. I may give this a whirl.

@michaelkarvonen356 2 ай бұрын

Can't wait to make this

@maurac953 2 ай бұрын

My dad was born in 1922 and grew up in South Philadelphia, not far from Catharine Street, in the area known for its wonderful Italian Market. Since Catharine Street spanned from the Delaware River to the Schuylkill River (as others have pointed out), I'll bet this recipe is from the large Italian area east of Broad Street. His parents were from the Abruzzi region of Italy but others were from southern Italy and Sicily. My grandmom made a sauce (never called it gravy, that I noticed, unlike other South Philadelphia Italians) that may have been similar. I don't remember the specifics, unfortunately. I assume the original recipe used Italian cured meat from the Italian Market but the recipe was altered to use bacon, which was available everywhere and was probably cheaper than traditional cured meats. Thanks for this! Made me wonder more about my grandmom's recipes. Safe travels, Glen and Julie!

@KilgoreTrout1212 Ай бұрын

Cool share

@theBaron0530 24 күн бұрын

See, now, I'm Italian on my mom's side, but we're from Allentown. Our people ended up there after coming over from Naples and Sorrento to Ellis Island. From there, they went to Staten Island, Lodi, and then Allentown. The men got jobs in the steel mills, the women in the silk mills. We make more of a sauce with tomato puree, a little wine, and the browned meat (meatballs and sausages). It's about 3 quarts in the pot. And that simmered Sunday from sunup till dinner at 1. And everyone has a copy of the Ronzoni cookbook that was published back in the 40s. I think the grocer sold it.

@johnwanamaker84 Ай бұрын

Catherine Street is located in the Bel Vista ( Italian Market) section of South Philadelphia.

@bearablepain592 Ай бұрын

I lived at 9th and Catherine. Awesome.

@royallclark6331 2 ай бұрын

Glen this was a fun video to watch! Glad you didn't cook the spaghetti for 25 minutes and was surprised with your take on the flavors LOL.... I would have been spicing it up some!

@kylehazachode 2 ай бұрын

Heyyyy Catharine Street! The best trick or treating street in the area lol. This sauce is like a quick weeknight version of Sunday sauce or gravy in Philly. I think it's fair to say if you grew up eating Sunday gravy, your family has a quick version like this recipe here. I use meatball mix, most grocery stores in the area have ground veal, pork, and beef in one package. So I use that for my quick sauce.

@grantkohler7612 2 ай бұрын

I believe that is probably from the section of Philly that my grandparents called Little Italy.

@massiahgrom Ай бұрын

I would love that book . Authentic south philly fire ! I'm well aware of Catherine St . It runs through the world famous Italian Market . RI P . Cuz . Ellie .

@pever57 2 ай бұрын

Tuesday after work, no no, no, Wednesday is Prince spaghetti night!

@joansamuels3241 2 ай бұрын

😂 In the East End of Boston, per Prince Spaghetti's marketing team.

@donnaclinton5578 2 ай бұрын

Ha! Yes! I remember that commercial

@tammycampbell112 2 ай бұрын

Anthony!!

@cessnaverdi Ай бұрын

Anthony!!!

@Tjdiamond26 12 күн бұрын

I don’t live on Catherine Street but I am from Philly. Never heard of this recipe. I am cooking it right now, I had to add Italian seasoning to it. It was bland. But I will try it again. Thanks

@DaRealPhillyJawn 2 ай бұрын

Yo Philly!!! Represent!!! South Philly in the house!!!

@DucNguyen-bd5ir 2 ай бұрын

Catherine St. in South Philly, is within 1 city block of the Italian Market. At the time, this area would have been one of the largest Italian communities in the country. Also, they would have been able to get fresh mushrooms and other specialized products there from Italy or made by Italian immigrants. I hope that give you a little insight into why Spaghetti from this area would have more influence. By the way, I grew up two blocks away none of the Noona's taught me how to make pasta dishes this way. Then again what they taught me was more of a 5-8 hour Sunday sauce or gravy, dependent on which you asked. The bacon was probably a concession to lardons for the book and availability throughout the country.

@japarsell 2 ай бұрын

The mushrooms most certainly would not have been from italy. Southeastern PA is the mushroom capitol of the world. They would have been quite local indeed.

@okiejammer2736 2 ай бұрын

Oh. YUM! ⭐

@lauriewaters7206 2 ай бұрын

Years back I worked for a food distributor in North America, the sell by date was 7 days prior to the expire date of the meat product.

@mckenziew.1816 2 ай бұрын

My husband found what he called a rolladex. I called it a recipe box. But it is a ten recipe box with a bunch of hand typed with a type writer index cards with some titled recipes and non titled recipes. Some recipe labeled cards from back of sugar boxes. And somethings dated from 1962. Some point I need to organize them. But a fun trest to find.

@pneulancer Ай бұрын

It's not just him with the Ceasar Salad thing; I was thinking the same thing!!

@oldhaglady62 Ай бұрын

That’s pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I live in South Philadelphia, not in the Italian market area, but around 2nd street. I don’t think I’ve seen Italians make their sauce (they call it gravy) this way, but I can tell you-when they make their sauce, it smells so good! You can smell it walking by the homes❤

@SIR46661 Ай бұрын

A typical immigrant area at the time with trolley’s running and delicious food cooking in the kitchens ! I am happy to see that you spelled Catharine Street correctly !

@kathythe_italian626 2 ай бұрын

I was born and raised in Italy, and I still own my family home there. NO Italian puts oregano in their pasta sauce. Only for Pizzaiola. I know the Italian food has been mostly Americanized, but if you want authentic, no oregano. This recipe is not bad. I have had it before. Thanks for posting.

@virgilio1956 Ай бұрын

recipe calls for parsley, not oregano

@lok4058 Ай бұрын

Looks good. I’d add some parsley on top when serving.

@hauntedbearchild Ай бұрын

I was born in S. Philly, lived there for 52 years. I know Catherine St. Never, ever learned from anyone to cook spaghetti like this. I wasn't alive back in 1932 but never heard of or ate this kind of spaghetti sauce. Yes, I've had it with mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms have always been available even when I was a kid. I'm so happy that recipe died.

@clete3977 Ай бұрын

Oh hoho, man! It's not THAT terrible.

@donnav6219 Ай бұрын

My great-grandparents lived on Catharine St right off of Broad St many years ago. That is the Italian Market area.

@MarkWernsdorfer 2 ай бұрын

wow! what an impressive "slash!" right at the beginning!

@tracegates8841 2 ай бұрын

hahah I thought the same

@ronl7131 Ай бұрын

Yummmm. Sauce & cheese

@billvetter5328 Ай бұрын

Probably around 9th or 10th and Catherine St.'s which is right in the heart of the Italian Market... Many good old places are still there. Namely, Ralph's Italian which dates back to that era...

@DeniseJericho-dx8rm 2 ай бұрын

There is a restaurant on the corner of Catherine and 10th called Dante & Luigi.

@user-hk2su1op8k Ай бұрын

Yummmm!

@joshuaevans5983 2 ай бұрын

Hey! Nice to see Philadelphia getting some airtime on your channel. As others have said, it’s likely that this recipe came from the Italian immigrant community around the Italian Market. Catherine Street runs right across the north end. And, don’t sweat getting the street wrong when you looked. Feel free to pop on down from Canada anytime. We have some pretty good food down here (not that the Toronto area is hurting for good restaurants). Cheers!