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You’re a Hardcore Italian Nonna When…

  1. Your rolling pin is your prized possession
  • You think everyone is malnourished
  • You know Everything . . . but love us anyways
  • You are the money buste bodyguard at weddings
  • You can’t resist a chubby cheek!
  • Your grandkids are your life!
  • You have a wardrobe of aprons
  • You can make pasta from scratch
  • You were a beauty back in the day
  • You’ve made at least a million meatballs in your lifetime!
  • Your girls’ night is praying the rosary
  • You have enough jarred sauce to feed an army
  • You retired the wooden spoon
  • You have shrines of the Virgin Mary in your home
  • Your family always tells you to open a restaurant
  • Your laundry is a work of art 
  • Padre Pio was your first poster on the wall  
Padre Pio - Photo Credit Wikipedia Commons

3 comments

    1. Sooooo true, but in our family it’s Nana . I also taught the kids to garden and cook what thyme harvest

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