From "The Sopranos": What the hell is "gabah gool"?!


Question: I suspect procuttio, but i don't know.


Answers: I suspect procuttio, but i don't know.

Lol My family is Italian and no one knew what I was asking for when I pronounced it that way. It wasn't until I was an adult I found out the proper spelling for capicola and procuitto (pru-zhute.)

It's capicola, similar to procuitto but hotter. Italians often leave the last vowel off a word when speaking, and some of the consonants have a softer sound, so it would sound like cabbah kol, or gabba goul.

This from Wikipedia: Capicola is sometimes pronounced
"gab-buh-GOOL" (often spelled "gabba goul" to signify this pronunciation in dialog) by Italian-Americans in the US East Coast metropolitan areas.

nice question, *love sopranos

It is a cold cut, a hot italian ham called cappicola.

Cappicola.

Yes, it is spicy cold cuts, like you said.

Like the others said, capricola(sp).

It's REALLY tasty, but VERY spicy. But I love it. A few slices of that, a slice of sharp cheddar, on whole wheat.

Yum.

Capicolla is a red peppered Italian Ham, used as a lunch meat. Procuitto is another salt cured ham product.

Capicolla

Do you remember that 70's TV monster/alien 'Gabah'?

Gool - as you know - means ghost.

So, I'm suspecting that Gabah's Gool means that Gabah has returned from the dead after being a TV soapie flop, and has found his way onto the Sopranos.

TV these days is just doing downhill all the time...

capicola

some kind of ham





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