How to Cook For Wise Guys By Big Ang

 

Here is Big Ang's guide to cooking for wise guys. As she stated on the show she loves Wise guys because they buy her everything.

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Appetizers: “I make a seafood salad delicious with octopus, scungilli, calamari, shrimps, lobster, crabmeat—I mix it with lemon, garlic, olive oil, parsley and red pepper. “I’m very good with the fish dishes. Then I make a nice shrimp cocktail, fried calamari with jalapeño peppers.”

Main Course: “They’ll say ‘Make me fried veal cutlets,’ or ‘Make me chicken cutletsor ‘Make me a nice steak,’ whateva. Wise guys usually like stuff like pork chopspizzaiola, macaroni, linguine and clams, shrimp oreganata, lobster and pork chops with hot peppers. They like a lot of hot things. Like me.”

Dessert: “I don’t do dessert. I buy dessert. Like cannoli and lemon meringue pie.”

Drinks: “Only wine. If I’m having meat, I put red wine. If I’m having fish, I put white. I love Jordan red wine and I love La Scola Gavi de Gavi Black Label.”

So how does Big Ang set the mood for a romantic evening with a wise guy?

“I set the table, I put the wine in the carafe and that’s your table setting. All my lights are on a dimmer so the light is low. If I’m really into it, I light some candles—that’s about it.”