Negli Stati Uniti gli italoamericani mangiano le sfogliatelle. Si mangiano in Italia o no?

Here in the USA Italian-Americans eat sfogliatelle. Are they still eaten in Italy?

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Intendi per sfogliatelle la pasta sfoglia ( pasticcera) con la crema in mezzo ?? Se e' cosi' sicuro !

Certo che le mangiamo Giacomo, soprattutto dalle mie parti!
We surely do Giacomo, most than all in my region!

I have eaten delicioso sfogliatelli at our wonderful, wonderful local ristorante Bella Napoli. The owner, Biaggi, is from Napoli and he and his sons run it. The food is excellent! When we go there with my Italian teachers, Biaggi makes sfogliatelli just for us. It is not on the regular menu.

Mamma mia.. da quanti anni non mi mangio un sfogliatelle!

I need to eat 5 or 6 right now.. followed by 14 or 15 rhum baba! :p

Che bello il baba' ca' rhum' ncopp'.. :D :D

Mamma mia.. da quanti anni non mi mangio un sfogliatelle!

I need to eat 5 or 6 right now.. followed by 14 or 15 rhum baba! :p

Che bello il baba' ca' rhum' ncopp'.. :D :D

A voglia e metter rhum, chi nasc strunz nun po addiventa babà.

I challenge y'all to say the meaning of this sentence.
All but Aliena of course :p

Never mind what it means.. send me a dozen sfogliatelle.. and while your at it, send me a couple of decent pizza.. and some vongole.. and 5 chilo of San Marzano tomatoes and six bottles of that sweet white sparkling wine from Ischia.. and 4 or 5 sexy Neapolitan men.. and some sunshine.. and some granita.. and..

Oh please.. just send me all of Napoli. :D

Never mind what it means.. send me a dozen sfogliatelle.. and while your at it, send me a couple of decent pizza.. and some vongole.. and 5 chilo of San Marzano tomatoes and six bottles of that sweet white sparkling wine from Ischia.. and 4 or 5 sexy Neapolitan men.. and some sunshine.. and some granita.. and..

Oh please.. just send me all of Napoli. :D

That's gonna cost me alot! :D :D
Ah San Marzano tomatoes, pasta becomes divine using them!
Ischia wine I never tried it though, I prefer beer.

A voglia e metter rhum, chi nasc strunz nun po addiventa babà.

I challenge y'all to say the meaning of this sentence.
All but Aliena of course :p

"You can put as much rum as you want on it, if you were born an asshole you will never become a Baba'(rum cake)."

How's that? Close enough?

Really close Danno, the meaning is correct :)
But strunz (stronzo in Standard Italian) is closer to "turd", so even the literal meaning is full.
I'd translate it like this:
"You can put as much rhum as you want, if you're a turd you won't become a Babà"
:)

Okay, I got my translation from a Sicilian friend so it may have gotten lost in translation.
I used to have an Italian phrase book and most of the phrases had to do with curse words or sex. I should have kept it.
I'll have to think of an english equivalent.

The english equivelent is far more polite than the Neapolitan! :D

"You cant make a silk purse from a sows ear"

A more current translation ... "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig".:D

Very True!

Gia, why so Blue?

He's becoming something strange, I start running away before the transformation's complete! :D