On Aug 30, 5:57*pm, "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> wrote:
> > In 1973 I knew someone from work who was Italian, and she mentioned
> > that her and her friends were having a gathering where eveyone would
> > bring different types of foods to have a "party." She gave a name to
> > it which I do not remember. Two years ago I discovered that my father
> > was Italian which makes me fifty percent Italian, and his family came
> > from the Abruzzi region of Italy. Somehow I think that the coworker
> > was from that region of Italy. Does anyone know what the term might be
> > for a gathering of Italians to have a great time.
>
> "garlic gang-bang"
>
> --
> Best
> Greg


My grandfather was 100% Sicilian and the common term for a "Gathering
of Italians" in Chicago was usually "dragnet."