Oh good point! Maybe he got his French last name from his dad, but maybe his mom is Spanish. They certainly look Spanish, and he has kind of a Spanish accent. I'll ask him if he accepts my friend request. He's very dark and handsome.
Well....What did you have?
Because France borders other countries diverse ethnic groups settled there so you really can't stereotype. AsAre French guys really dark? He definitely looks Spanish and so does his mom. Hmmmm.
susanm9006
mentioned most people are a mix of different nationalities. I will keep my fingers crossed he accepts your friend request. 
I googled for a picture. Were heres bite or marble size?
There was a guy on Dancing with the Stars years ago that reminded me of Antonio Banderas but I think he was French. Its hard to guess by looks even.My positive is I sent a friend request to a guy I almost dated 20 years ago. His last name is really cool, but really hard to spell. Spanish I think. So I could never find him. But then I saw his name on 2 of my friends' Facebook friends lists. So I said what the heck, let's see what he's doing. We'll see if he accepts my friend request.
Edit: I googled his last name and it says French. That's confusing. Are French guys really dark? He definitely looks Spanish and so does his mom. Hmmmm.
so its just clothes shopping for today
Gilles Marini?
Yes that’s it! Names aren’t always my strong suit.
Yes! I googled it, and my guy looks like that. That dark look always looks Spanish to me. I hope he answers my friend request. I always liked him because he talks a lot, like me. It would be nice to have somebody to chat with this winter. And he's a chef/cook! He's kind of fancy though. When we went out for sub sandwiches, he would always ask the lady to get fancy meat for his sub out of the special case, like prosciutto. His sub was always so much more expensive than mine.
MoochNNoodles
, my grandmothers Pinulottas were about donut hole size and rolled in powdered sugar but they were very sweet so maybe honey underneath. There are such variations in language and food though between Italy and Sicily. She was from a very rural very poor part of Sicily and I think because of that her food was very simple and only a few sweets. The pinulottas; a very hard, inedible unless dunked biscotti type cookie; and a cheese or date filled turnover thing at Easter were it. At Easter she also baked chicken on nests for us which had round “nest” of dough on the bottom, an unshelled egg in the nest and more dough shaped like a chicken on top. They weren’t sweet at all but an Easter treat anyway.Oh this sounds good! What was the cheese turnover called?
Cassateddi or Cassatelli, and they were sweetOh this sounds good! What was the cheese turnover called?
I just Googled cheese turnover and I need to make this! They look delicious and more savory than sweet.
I’ve probably had them but called them something a little different. If Mooch wasn’t snoozing in my lap I’d check the cookbook my aunt made me when I got married. She wrote down where all the recipes came from. Its one of my favorite gifts ever! I can’t imagine how long it took her to put together! I know there is one listed as Great Grandma’s favorite. And Grandpa’s. When Grandpa talks about his mother he says she was always in the kitchen. I knew her; but she was very old when I was a child. Its nice preserving these old recipes.
Cassata to me is a cake made with ricotta cheese. My mother makes it and while ricotta cheese doesn’t sound like a dessert thing; its a good sweet cake!
The town where my parents and I were born (and several of my grandparents) has a large Italian immigrant population; so recipes were shared around. The town had a large immigrant population overall so even my Polish grandmother made Italian dishes. (Grandpa was Italian. His mother was NOT supportive of his choice of Bride. So she only spoke Italian around grandma for some time. I come from a line of stubborn women.) My Italian grandma had recipes for perogi from her neighbors too.
It makes for good eating when I go visit. And good memories!
Same! So many yummy foods
