# Goodfellas.. Tomato Sauce... Eat Mafia Style.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 4, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560 "2003-01-04T04:43:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Nocktober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de053/32.png) [@Nocktober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocktober)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560/21 "2003-02-17T20:40:02Z")

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Mabye I’m just a wet blanket. But subsidizing mafia goons would take the fun out of any meal for me.

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**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560/22 "2003-02-17T20:56:11Z")

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You know, I was thinking about this thread, and the very same thought came to me. Just because one group of bad guys is mad at him, means the rest of society doesn’t have to be?

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560/23 "2003-02-17T21:07:21Z")

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You can order it online, and check out info about Henry Hill himself at: [http://www.goodfellahenry.com](http://www.goodfellahenry.com)

And if we’re taking a vote, “subsidizing mafia goons” makes me hungry for good Itialian food. :rolleyes:

E3

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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560/24 "2003-02-17T21:23:58Z")

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For what it’s worth, Hill is no longer a Mafia Goon–he’s in the WPP. You’re not really subsidizing him any more by cooking his food than you are by watching Goodfellas.

**medstar** –I’d say that is an excellent description of the book. Nothing fancy, just good Italian home cooking and Henry’s attempts to approximate it in unlikely places.

Dr. J

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**Author:** ![Nocktober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de053/32.png) [@Nocktober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocktober)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560/25 "2003-02-18T00:35:09Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Enright3 \*  
> \*\*And if we’re taking a vote, “subsidizing mafia goons” makes me hungry for good Itialian food. :rolleyes:
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> E3 \*\*

I’m glad you enjoy eating Italian.  
Now if you’d just learn to spell it…

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodfellas-tomato-sauce-eat-mafia-style/146560/26 "2003-02-18T02:59:53Z")

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How does this book compare to the Cook’s Illustrated Italian food book?

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