Chef Walter talks about the funny and unreal festivity of the 7 fishes, popularized in the USA by the early Italian immigrants. We commonly refer to it as the feast of "the seven fish," and it reappears every year during the Christmas Holidays, specifically the night of December 24. It is a ritual that Italian Catholics in the USA enjoy profusely every year. La "Vigilia," the vigil, is a solemn waiting time spent with family and friends for the arrival of Jesus. For sure, we did not inherit this noble culinary practice from the motherland. Besides, it does not list anywhere in the Catholic liturgical calendar.
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