Italian Wedding Tradition #1: Almond Thingies!

So I came across a list of Italian traditions. They were listed on this blog.

My fiancé is Italian {well, it's the only nationality he will claim for himself anyway,} and we've already had a few, albeit expected, cultural snags.

Him: "Make sure you get those almond thingies."

Me: "Huh?"

Him: "You put five almonds in a bag and put them on every plate at the reception. It's tradition!"

Me: "Are you making this up?"

Apparently he was not, but the correct name for his desired "almond thingies" are Jordan Almonds.

Five, sugar-coated almonds are placed in a favor bag/box. They represent good luck, I guess. I wish I knew more about it, because it seems so random. Plus, the cost concerns me a little. I'm rather anti wedding-favors because I think they are stupid most of the time, and it hikes up the price of things.

I can guarantee that one of my uncles will put them up his nose, and project them as far across the table as he can. I come from a long line of WASPs. You can't expect much from us.

Let Them Eat Cake- On a Budget

I'm ashamed {sort of} to say that I have not thought of the wedding cake, mainly because I'm terrified of the price, and I have this little suspicion that they all taste like caca. Unless someone can prove otherwise, they are mostly composed of chalk and taste like sawdust.

Maybe we can do wedding flapjacks. Or crepes, I like crepes. BYOS {Bring Your Own Syrup}.

Honestly, I’d love to do cupcake tiers. That way, you can have as many flavors as you want and coordinate the icing colors with the wedding colors. Sound expensive? It probably is. I know that a tier cake purporting to feed about 175 people costs an average of $1050.00. {It’s true. The internets tell me so.}

I don’t know about you, but that’s enough to make my heart stop for a full 30 seconds. And then comes the nervous laughter- a joke, right? It can’t be that much. Oh, it is? What’s it made of? Because I’m sure we could sell them to China and bring down the country’s debt.

BH