Sunday, April 18, 2021

Scorsese Italian American

 

 

 
Catherine Scorsese makes Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy in her apartment
 
on Elizabeth Street, Little Italy, New York ...
 
"This is what my mother in-law taught me. You take a few tablespoons of tomato sauce, and put in here (with the chopped meat)."
 
"It keeps the meatballs soft. Not like some people. You get invited to some peoples house, and the Meatballs are hard. I better be careful. I have a lot of friends. If they see this."







At The Home of Catherine and Charles Scorsese
 
Elizabeth Street, New York NY
 
1974
 
The Filming of "ITALIAN AMERICAN"
 
by Martin Scorsese
 
Starring : Catherine Scorsese and Charles Scorsese
 
with Martin Scorsese

Part 1 of 5

1974
 
 
Dialogue 
 
 
 
Charlie : "I remember the first Radio we got. It was in the shape of a Church."
 
 
Charlie :  "Sometimes it's been known, that a man is a better cook than a woman. It's the truth."
 
Catherine : "Then, why don't you cook?"
 
Charlie : "It's not my thing."





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Catherine : "We didn't have our Honeymoon, so went to Italy years later"
 
"This is us in Palermo. That's my aunt. She's 80 years old. That's me standing."


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ITALIAN AMERICAN Part 2 of 5

Starring Catherine & Charles Scorsese 





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Marty has Dinner with his parents Catherine & Charlie,
at their home on Elizabeth Street
 
1991
 
Marty : "It's California Wine, it's not Italian."
 
Charlie : "There's more Maccheroni coming out"
 
Catherine :  "I made a pound of maccheroni. And there's some meat they can have."
 
Marty : "You want some cheese"
 
Charlie : You want some Mozzarell Cheese?"
 
"I get it from my sisters, They have a garden, and they give it to me. It last all year."
 
 
Marty :  "You have some Cheese? The kind I like"
 
Marty : "That's it. That's the kind I like. What is it"
 
Catherine : "Cheese in a Basket"
 
Marty : "No what do you call it?"
 
Charlie : "That's what we call it. Cheese in a Basket"
 
Marty :  "No what is its name?"
 
Charlie : "Cheese in a basket. It's Special Cheese"
 
Marty : "No, isn't that Ricotta?"
 
On Filming - It Not You Murray
 
Catherine  "He got my up 5 O'Clock in the morning to make Spaghetti.  He had to have a scene with hot Spaghetti. It was up in the Bronx. It was freezing up there."
 

 
 
 
 
Charlie "Yeah Ricotta. It's special cheese."
 
 
Catherine:  "Come on, the Raviolis are getting cold!"
 
 
Marty : "Where is that Mozzarella from?"
 
"That's DiPalo, it's famous"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUNDAY SAUCE
 
WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK
 
 
SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATARA
 
GOODFELLAS PRIGIONE SAUCE
 
SCORSESE SUNDAY GRAVY
 
And More ...
 







The old Elizabeth Street Charlie Scorsese is talking about,
filled with Pushcarts selling produce and Italian Food Products






Watch Catherine Scorsese make GRAVY

ITALIAN AMERICAN - Part 3 of 5






Charlie Scorsese talks about growing up in the Italian-American neighborhood
on Elizabeth Street in Lower Manhattan, New York.







Eating Maccheroni with SUNDAY SAUCE ( Catherine's Recipe )
at the Scorsese home on Elizabeth Street, New York.






ITALIAN AMERICAN Part 4 of 5





Catherine Cappa Scorsese  on Elizabeth Street

with her Mother Domenica Cappa 

Father Martino Cappa and one of her 5 Sisters

New York NY

1915




ITALIAN AMERICAN Part 5 of 5

1974









RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA

GIUSEPPINA SALEMI BELLINO

From LERCARA FRIDDI, SICILY

A town near The SCORSESE FAMILY HOME

In POLIZZI GENEROSA, SICILIA











 

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