La Mortadella
Did you know that in 1971 Sophia Loren starred in the movie, La Mortadella? She tries to get past customs with a gift wrapped, watermalon-sized mortadella. Have you tried this pork sausage studded with globules of fat? It has a long history in Italy, dating to the University of Bologna in 1661. In fact, mortadella is in the writings of Bocaccio.
Mortadella
Oscar Mayer commercialized it, took out the globules and thus named it “baloney.”
Sophia
Nonetheless it is delicious and the only time I ever try it( Yikes, fat globules) is when I am in Italy.
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Growing Up Italian 
June 7, 2010 at 12:16 am
I don’t know about Mortadella, but I would loved to have tried Sophia.
Who needs baloney when she was in her prime, and I didn’t even grow up Italian
Marvin Montevererdi ( that’s Green Berg in Italian you know)
June 7, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Speaking of Sophia…I have been on the hunt for a copy of her cookbook which she wrote about 20 years ago I think. Does anyone have an idea where I might find one?