I gotta nicey restipe data my sista Maria she givey to me. D’Americani they makey some good stoff and my sist she getta da restipe from a frien. She makey witta pond cake. Oh, my kids dey love dissa pond cake. I likey too. It’sa pond cake ana soma whoop cream. But I makey witta cream likey we makey inna Sant’ Ambrogio, eh? You gotta puttey jost a litty bit a liquore in. Makey tastey betty. My husban he likey da anisetta, so I usa da anisetta.

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Den, you gotta puttey da ryeberries, fresh ana sweet. Oh, it’sa good. My kids dey wan I makey. So, I tell my litty Gina, “You come by me. We takey bus, nicey. We takey Diverse bus and we go a marketa ana we buy soma ryeberries.” She’sa five, Gina. She no go by school, ana we shoppa. I takey soma banani cuz we eaty a lots dem. I takey spinaci cuz they looka good, ana soma broccoli ana zucchini. I gonna makey a nicey parmigiana, maybe.

She go, ana I wait by her. She come back and she’sa cry. I askey, “Why you cry?” She no wanna tell. I getta scare. I tell, “You say to me why! Dis guy, he tell you someting?”

My kids. They so sensitiva.