[willy]

I dunno Franco, is that an invite I detected ;D If so might have to make it happen. If I come I'm bringing a few jars ;)

My wifes mom and dad came to this country when in their 40's. Worked hard at labor type jobs all their lives. He passed five years ago and she is now in a nursing home needing full time medical care that after years of them living with us we could just not do anymore.
They treated me like a king when I came to their home, actually they treated anyone that came to their home like a king, you could show up at their house at 9PM with ten people and she would have a meal that would put most Italian resturants to shame prepared in a heart beat and eating their canned vegetables home made wine and sausage and pasta and unbelievable baked goods, home made cheeze. His yard in his simple home in a built up city area was always immaculate and looked like a garden in Pompei. Flowers and shrubs and a garden to die for and never a weed to be seen. Every thing grew like it was on steroids but he never used a single chemical on anything.

They were simple people and they worked hard from sun up to sun down and still their homes and their gardens and their food production was like they had a staff of a dozen working full time. I never knew how they did it. I'm lucky I get my grass cut sometimes.

Anyhow I made sure my kids spent a lot of time with them every day, made sure they learned what they could from them and my wife who is a mirror image of her mom in how hard she works and the cooking etc. do all we can to carry on the traditions they lived by, making sauce is just one of those ways. It is a good thing I think ;)