The MEATBALL PARM
MEATBALL
PARM MONDAYS
The Meatball Parm Sandwich, as stated
earlier, the Meatball Parm is one of thee Italian-American males most treasured things in life. Things he needs to live a happy, normal, satisfying
life, and an actual necessity for true Happiness. It’s right up there with Mom,
Grandma, Sausages and Sunday Sauce. We ask not for much!
No
you do not have to be a Man or a Boy to eat one. Ladies and Girls eat them as
well. It’s just that the male of the species
happens to Eat 5 Times the amount that Italian-American Women do. Not only
that, but the male of the species holds Meatballs and Meatball Parms in much
Greater Reverence, than do the females. They “Exalt” it, as the Meatball Parm,
it deserves such adulation. The men and
boys adore it and get quite excited at the prospect and act of eating one, the
“Meatball Parm.” And ladies who make them, know how much it is loved, cherished
even.
Yes
Italian-American ladies and girls like this thing called the Meatball Parm too,
but they don’t get quite as excited
about this sandwich as the males do.
Meatball Parms are held quite
dear to Italian men. Yes, it’s a guy thing, and more
specifically, an Italian Guy thing. Yes, Italian-American males have given the
Meatball Parm Iconic Status within our lives and realm of food. Why? We’re
Italian, that’s all.
The Great Ritual of the Meatball Parm Monday
and it ties to the Sunday Sauce. You make the Meatballs for the Sauce, The
“Gravy.” On Saturday you will buy all the meat, the Sausages and the rest of
the ingredients for your Sunday Sauce (Gravy) to be made on Sunday. However, on Saturday you are already thinking
about those Meatball Parms for Monday’s
lunch.
Yes
Meatball Parms on Monday, following the previous days Sunday Sauce. You see,
you have to think ahead. Every good Italian
knows that when you go through all the effort and time it will take to make
a pot
of Sunday Sauce, that you don’t just make it for
Sunday’s consumption alone. No, that would be a waste of time to make just
enough to eat on Sunday. It takes time,
effort, energy, and work to make a
Sunday Sauce, which of course
is well worth it. You do not mind the work involved at all, for in the
end, the “Rewards are Great.”A Sunday
Sauce will yield, the beloved Sausages,
Gravy, Braciole, succulent
Ribs, and Meatballs for Monday’s Meatball
Parms.
It does not really take much more time to
make a larger quantity in order to have leftovers for the next day or two, and
this is just what one wants to do, is to keep
the sauce going, and going for
another day, even two. And in those
leftovers are the much Prized at Monday’s Lunch for, of course “Meatball
Parms.” Yes, the men love and need Meatball
Parms on Monday, for the Ritual of the Meatball Parms of Monday is
“Time-Honored” and enjoyed by many. As the saying goes, “The Simple
Pleasure of Life,” here it is quite apropos.
So, you see, on Saturday when one goes to
buy the ingredients to make the Gravy, they automatically know to make sure they get enough
ground meat to make plenty of
Meatballs that will last the
Sunday Supper as well
as yielding numerous left-overs for Monday’s Meatball Parms for Monday.
The men, methodically make sure that there are enough leftover Meatballs for
Monday’s lunch. When all are finished eating the great “Sauce” on Sunday, they
set some Meatballs aside for the next days Meatball Sandwiches. These sandwiches will make a
dreaded Monday so much better. Think
about?
And if there are leftover Sausages? On
Tuesday one can make Spaghetti with Sauce and Sausages, or even a Sausage Sandwich.
Think ahead boys and girls, and Mangia
Bene!”
by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
Excerpt from SUNDAY SAUCE
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