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Dr. Frank "Skip" Sommerer
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The Seaside Italian American Club is a proud organization that offers friendship, comradery and fun for all. We are prominent in local events and parades up and down Seaside Heights, Lavalette and Seaside Park. Located close to one of the best beaches in the entire world gives our club a natural, merry, and casual style. We take pride in inviting members from all ethnic groups who are always welcome to celebrate life with us. We also support our community with scholarships for High School graduates and other worthy causes.
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Friday Night Social Meetup (non members welcome):
Most Friday Nights there is a Social Meetup with dinner. ($7 to $10 typical). RSVP by email to SeasideItalaian@gmail.com. Sometimes there is dance music and sometimes there are table games or card games. it depends on which mood the ladies are in. Members are notified separately on special events.
BBQ June 2023
Famous Italians
Videos Offerred by Paul Perillo
Human Interest Section
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This lady is best friends with a wild deer. Click
10 Minute Recipes - Easy
SIAC Member's Own Recipes - Tony Altilio
Tony shows you how to make homemade tomato sauce starting from tomatos, fried zucchini flowers and a bunch of other stuff.
If you are from Calabria...
Then you come from an area that has a history going all the way back to when people lived in caves. Calabria is an area encompassed by the tip of the Italian “boot” sticking out into the Mediterranean which attracted many armies and conquerors. In fact, Calabria has been conquered by the Oenotrians (original inhabitants, 1500 BC, The Egyptians were still building pyramids at that time), Bruttians, Vikings, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and Normans. In fact, the Romans called it Magna Grecia (Great Greece). The word “Italy” derives from King Italus of Oenotria. Calabreses are likely to have a mixture of Albanian, Greek, French, Scandinavian, Turkish, Germanic and other ethnic bloods running in their veins.
The cuisine is a southern Italian Mediterranean cuisine with a balance between meat-based dishes, vegetables (especially eggplant), and fish. Pasta is also very important. In contrast to most other Italian regions, Calabrians have traditionally placed an emphasis on the preservation of their food and packing vegetables and meats in olive oil. Also making sausages and cold cuts like, Sopressata and Capocollo, are from there – fish, especially swordfish, sardines and cod (Baccalà).
From the port city of Messina, you can take a ferry across the Straits of Messina to Sicily – a pleasant several hours ferry trip on a sunny day. Calabria is a litle off the beaten path so if you are into peace and quiet, this is for you.