Nebaletan Word of the Day — Peech n Broll (or Maybe Beech n Bloak)

If you grew up in an Neapolitan-American household, you quickly learned that not every insult was actually an insult.  Sometimes it was criticism, affection, comedy, and neighborhood anthropology all wrapped into one sentence. My mother, Grandma Joanne, had one of those expressions:  “Peech n Broll”…or maybe…“Beech n Bloak” That’s the problem with Nebaletan words — nobody ever … Continue reading Nebaletan Word of the Day — Peech n Broll (or Maybe Beech n Bloak)

Nebaletan Word of the Day – Fleeshca Fleeschc

A little while ago, my brother Chip and I were talking about one of our mother's (Grandma Joanne's) classic Friday meals: tuna, olive oil, and spaghetti.  During Lent, this showed up on our table with remarkable regularity. Although Grandma Joanne, Grandpa Tony, and I had a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church (mostly complicated in the … Continue reading Nebaletan Word of the Day – Fleeshca Fleeschc