A Meatball Parm Sandwich
MEATBALL PARM MONDAYS ... Excerpted From SUNDAY SAUCE
by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
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, for
sure.
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!”
Meatball Parm Mondays Is The Most Extensive Piece Ever Wtitten on the Subject. The Subject of MEATBALL PARM SANDWICHES and The ITALIAN-AMEIRCAN MALES RITUAL of Eating Meatball Parm Sandwiches on Mondays ... The Meatballs in The Sandwich are procured from the previous days ITALIAN SUNDAY SAUCE MEAT GRAVY ... And as Daniel so wonderfully points out, it is all part of a grand plan covering two great Italian-American Traditions, The Eating and Making of SUNDAY SAUCE, aka "GRAVY" and Mondays Ritual Eating of The MEATBALL PARM .. It's written as only Daniel can do, and if you're into Italian, and more specifcally Italain-American, the food, the peoples, the lifestyle, you will love the piece excerpted from Daniel's fine book SUNDAY SAUCE - When Italian-Americans Cook. It's a Tour de Force of Italian-American Food, Kitchen, and Table, and the wonderful traditons and rituals the abound in the culture.
