99 year old Battina makes potato & cheese filled culurgiones! | Pasta Grannies

It's Battina's 99th birthday on 7th November (next week at the time of writing this) and she's still going strong. Here she is making a filled pasta typical of Sardinia called culurgiones, though the ones from Urzulei are pleated differently to other villages.

[@ThomasDawkins88]

Imagine getting to teach something that you've been doing for over 92 years. That's experience that nothing can buy, and we get to see it. Thank you so much.

[@NathalieNoZen]

Wow! First of all, this lady is so sharp at 99. Secondly, the culurgiones look absolutely amazing ❤

[@LIONTAMER3D]

she looks like a fireball @ 99

[@hafidz007]

99 years recipe... what more to say

[@richardbroderick8749]

Old Italian grandmas are built different.

[@lgrillo]

That is impressive at any age, but at 99 years old it’s utterly amazing! She’s so beautiful!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@massimopalomba5009]

Sardinia has the oldest active people in Europe, good genetic imprinting, good food, healthy life. 😍

[@zameshtan]

I was watching this with my wife... And when I saw her fold the first dumpling, I said, "wow, she dances with her fingers, as if she's got a rhythm in her head." -- and I guess I wasn't wrong. So impressive!

[@theartfullibrarian4109]

This Granny has a sparkle in her eyes. She must have been a lot of fun!

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello how are you doing?

[@user-xz4eq2ci6h]

99 years old but looks younger god bless her ! I'm amazed by the diet of these people and the life they have!

[@Blueshirt38]

The most important part is that they don't aspire to laziness like we do in the west. Many of these old people still walk miles and work every day for their entire lives, which keeps them much younger than the people who spend their later years sitting on the couch watching TV.

[@aris1956]

@@Blueshirt38 Your say…….”Like we do in the west”………But we in Italy, we are in the West. Or what do you mean ?

[@Trippintrees]

@@aris1956 I think he's referring to the American lifestyle

[@caipi8429]

@@Trippintrees Actually also in Italy, Battina is an exception, do not think that all the elderly Italians are like her.

[@Trippintrees]

@@caipi8429 oh, I had no idea. I think I just presumed that older Italian people in general are very active given they live longer lives.

[@scottamori3188]

I am watching this, jaw agape. First, this is an area of Italy that I know nothing about and I thank you for shining a light on it. Second, I cannot even believe that Battina is 99 years old. Those culurgiones look delicious. The way she handles the utensils and strides around the kitchen would be the envy of someone a third of her age. Another home run of an episode! God bless!

[@caipi8429]

I suppose you should believe that she is 99 yo.

[@joytotheworld2100]

I agree 100%.You can see the sparkle in her eyes. Her hands are so deformed, yet she continues on. I unfortunately have osteoarthritis in my hands too and find life hard at 63, im a baby compared to this angel.

[@DavidHall-ge6nn]

Her facial expressions are priceless. Her smile, timeless. I envy that kneading machine. I want to live in her kitchen!

[@aina2165]

It's a dreamy kitchen! 😍

[@lauriemcdarby5368]

@@aina2165 I found out years ago, living with my Italian grandparents, you don’t need these fancy stoves and other gadgets in your kitchen to make a fantastic Italian meal!

[@ecartinator6044]

my father is from this village. very pure place ❤ bene fattu Battistina💪🏼 i was born in switzerland and i return every year there, cause it‘s a magic place 😊

[@missellie6581]

I’m envious 😊 Bless you.

[@RK-ue6sv]

Is Sardinia worth visiting?

[@vitotigani]

@@RK-ue6sv absolutely!

[@sigridmecklinger110]

Wie genial ist das denn!!!!!!! Mit 99 Jahren!!!!!! Die Leichtigkeit, mit der sie alles macht, die Fingerfertigkeit und vor allem find ich's sehr gut, dass sie Maschinen benutzt! Die Teigknetmaschine ist der Hammer!!!!!! meinen höchsten Respekt vor dieser ehrwürdigen Dame👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Danke für diesen Film🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@aris1956]

Ja, haben Sie recht. In dem Alter ist es nicht üblich, dass Leute auch mit Maschinen so umgehen können.

[@sigridmecklinger110]

@@aris1956 ich finde es einfach grandios! Wie gesagt, hohen Respekt für die Dame

[@ameg2707]

She’s so talented and modest in the way she dresses, so beautiful.

[@johnkovalicky3389]

this woman is amazing so vibrant and sharp as tack I almost want to buy a plane ticket to Sardinia and find this woman and have her make me that dish I don't think I'd ever want to leave God bless her I can only imagine what else she makes

[@angieg8483]

Grazie cara signora Battistina per la sua ricetta è la prima volta che vedo questo formato di pasta. Lei e una donna straordinaria. Il prossimo video ci svela il suo segreto di eterna giovinezza. 🌹🌹 Possa Dio mantenerla in una forma così meravigliosa per molto tempo a venire. ❤

[@nicolecoldren5573]

What a true treat... To be exposed to this when i would have never been exposed otherwise. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart ✨

[@souadghazal2533]

What an amazing kitchen she has .... like a little museum for old kitchen tools. Just a few days ago I was at one Ethiopian store where they had green coffee beans and I inquired about a roaster exactly like Battina has on her wall. My grandmother always roasted her coffee in one like that and grandpa's job was grinding the roasted beans using a beautiful copper grinder for their Greek/Turkish style coffee. Very lucky the person who will inherit Bettina's kitchen. Great video this one ! Love her enthusiasm.

[@alextilton2677]

Really needed this today. Always awesome to meet another pasta Granny.

[@lwest5686]

It is a real privilege to see these ladies work with their hands, carrying on age old traditions.

[@richardb22]

I have said this before and i will say it again . This really is a great series . I watch pasta grannies every Friday night with my young son . It is now a firm tradition . There is no bedtime 'till pasta grannies has been watched. My boy is a tad puritan over modern pasta tech but in this episode not only forgave but loved the kneeding machine. It has been added to the list of projects for us to do just behind go cart . As in many videos I want to know more about Battina. She wore a wedding ring. Small details. You get just a little glance into a life. Pasta Grannies the movie please 🙂

[@pastagrannies]

hi Richard, what a lovely moment you describe! Her daughter told us Battina ran a little 'alimentare' shop, and she helped cook at an organisation which prepared women for motherhood. When the movie or the series comes along, I hope we can share more stories like this. best wishes, Vicky

[@jansmith3158]

@@pastagrannies This video put a giant smile on my face. Battina has such a sharp mind & wit with her facial expressions. I enjoy hearing all these "old" traditional names. Please please watch the video "dr fuellmich grand jury day 1" = this is a shocking vid exposing The Who, CDC, NIH, world govt health officials, WEF etc etc lies and crimes against humanity for the use of these EXPERIMENTAL covid vx on world citizens which VIOLATES the Nuremberg Code (look up this code also). Please pass this on to everyone you know. Happy new years. Take care.

[@VerhoevenSimon]

Those culurgiones look absolutely stunning, and I love the vibrance and joy she showcases. What a superb way to wrap up the week.

[@dawnwinther376]

I love this channel. It reminds me so much of my late maternal grandmother who would be seriously offended if you wouldn't eat during visiting her. RIP Mimmi. ❤💗💝💕

[@lauracolby6038]

Look at how well she moves and works! My goodness!! At 99! I was hoping you’d ask her, “What’s your secret to a long and beautiful life?” Lord i pray i will look and feel as young as Battina does even at 88…. I’ll take it! Love my Pasta Grannies channel!

[@pastagrannies]

hi Laura, most of our very senior ladies, as devout Catholics, attribute their longevity to God's will. best wishes, Vicky

[@enlumineresse]

Sardinia is a Blue Zone 😉💙

[@lauracolby6038]

@@enlumineresse I have no idea what that means.

[@gipsi2001]

fabulous. Battina looked like she was dancing when she folded the culurgione. She has such a sense of humour, charm and a lovely smile. I think she moves like a much younger person. I am impressed. Thanks for this lovely edition of Pasta Grannies. Italy will be my next trip.

[@sharminzaman1202]

She reminds me of my granny..every granny stay blessed wherever they are. I lost my granny 9yrs ago..miss her a lot.

[@grouchosaidit5454]

What an inspiration! Thank you for featuring this marvelous Sardinian.

[@mariewitt5342]

I just adore her! This looks amazing!

[@dnmurphy48]

As always the cares of the week pass away when I watch this, But I want one of those dough kneeding machine, And the pasta roller is pretty impressive. Double thumbs up for this one

[@milenag5385]

Amazing !!!! Italy 🇮🇹 forever!!!

[@hayleywolfcale5194]

Thank you for mentioning her traditional outfit, I was curious about it!

[@melissawillison6708]

i learned jere, i saw something very old in her kitchen, that my grandmother had.. this was very nice..🙏🌹❤

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@DBurgg]

Battina is just precious.....what a delicacy she creates out of simple ingredients! I wish you would add one thing to your vlogs....a picture of the "grannies" in their younger days! 🌻

[@marinia7]

Great idea!

[@mamab5316]

What an absolute sweetheart! This kitchen keeps her alive!!! I need the wooden pasta machine in my life but will be attempting these myself as they look DELICIOUS!! Simply amazing! God bless you beautiful Batisttina!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@GINASUMMERS1]

GOD BLESS HER!!! Thank you so much for getting these BEYOND AMAZING WOMAN on video, these recipes might otherwise be lost & now I can teach my babies & they can carry the traditions forward 🥰🥰🥰

[@CrowSkeleton]

Bravo Battistina! These look very good indeed. ...and bravo that huge orange cat getting operatically fussed over in the background, too.

[@beautifulloser8074]

I love these wonderful women. They remind me of my grandmother.

[@violetapam3308]

Μπράβο μπράβο σας συγχαρητήρια πολλά 🤗🥰🥰

[@sanjanewmoonlife]

I miss my grandmother's,she is wonderful great woman who always works.🌹🌹🌸🌸🌸🙏🙏🥰❤❤❤

[@johnnamiller45]

Oh what I wouldn't give to be able to cook with her!! Thank you, Battina!! Love from America!

[@TomboyVale]

Che carina simpaticissima! She is so fun to watch!

[@Ishtar2003]

This is my comfort channel ❤

[@Fabio_Costa_Music]

Battistina is the most lovely and peppy nonna ever, a phenomenon! What a treat! Thanks for this wonderful video!

[@euodiaeuodia2262]

Nothing makes me more happy than grandma's hands doing it's magic

[@DrATS-qh2bj]

Brava Signora Battina! Bello vederla all'opera alla sua età ❤️🌹🤗

[@marilyn1228]

I love her power tools! And the culurgiones are very similar to perogies. Food is the oldest traveller, esp. when it comes to comfort food. My Pasta Grannies Comfort Food will be arriving any day now, can't wait!

[@elisaastorino2881]

I thought the same thing. I live in Pittsburgh and everyone loves pierogies, even us Italians. 😉

[@1982anuska]

Pierogies from Poland Ukraine and so...we also have potato & chese filling.

[@Laia92]

I'm Italian and absolutely love Poland (I'm studying Polish) and pierogi. I made like 70 pierogi ruskie last week. Poland has a great cuisine!

[@Dreamtime-Walker]

I ThinkThis is My Favorite Episode! Bon Appetito!! 🌹⚡️❤️

[@barbarahelgaker390]

What a lovely lady and so good with those fingers!

[@magorzatakowalska953]

Cudna kobieta. Kocham ją.,! Ucałujcie ja. Pozdrawiam z Polski.

[@filipponseele7346]

Viva La Sardinia. Brava Battistina. Saluti da Belgio Fabbro Filip Ponseele

[@sharendonnelly7770]

How wonderful! Happy birthday, Battina! You're expertise is greatly appreciated, what a wonderful dish, and it looks delicious!

[@Dreinthekitchen]

God Bless this Nonna. I absolutely love how she makes these and it's amazing to see a 99 year old be so sharp. I am going to make these for sure!

[@jonesbub1]

This looks like a delightful recipe…almost like an Italian pierogi! Battina is pretty amazing at 99 years old!! TFS, Sharon❤😊

[@chaddamp2894]

She's beautiful xx My Gran lived to 103,she passed in 1989,her daughter was 100 in February of 2022.My Mum passed at 92 but she did smoke for over 70 years !! Like Battina our families have always loved to cook too.Thanks for posting this.

[@Trippintrees]

I love this channel and all the adorable grandma's featured here so much! ❤️ Thank you so much for this content, I've come to appreciate Italian cuisine and way of life a LOT more since I've been watching your videos! ❤️

[@pastagrannies]

that's great to hear 🙂🌺 best wishes, Vicky

[@toddstropicals]

Women like this are such national treasures, I'm going to make her recipe this week!

[@AntonandSinan]

This lady has such an incredible positive energy about her. Love it!

[@Darscm]

Simply amazing. How extraordinary. Very motivational. Hope I’m still rolling pasta at 99. Thank you, Vicki

[@pastagrannies]

Hi Douglas, I'm glad you enjoyed her video! best wishes, Vicky

[@cliffarroyo9554]

Lovely nonna, lovely episode and lovely culurgiones. The shape reminds me a tiny bit of Georgian khinkali...

[@cbrg939]

Absolutely wonderful to watch! Thanks, Vicky, for sharing 😊

[@makelikeatree1696]

Those hands! They remind me my great grandmother crimpingthe edges of pie dough when I was a child.

[@DS-bg9fl]

I hope she loves another 99 years! What a treat to watch her!

[@u.4499]

What a beautiful face! What an energetic lady. Amazing!

[@Tantejay]

This video looks like fallen out of time and is wonderful. I would love to get old like this. She's amazing.

[@artycrafty9209]

Speechless! I love that she defies age and I love her little cheeky smile. My goodness her kitchen is a museum of fascination. Big thank you to Bettina, please give us your secret of eternal youth! and thank you Vicky and team for finding our treasures. Ramon.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Ramon, I think their secret is: never stop working! best wishes, Vicky

[@carlaconti774]

Che meraviglia!Una signora fantastica, molto vispa e molto fortunata ad arrivare a questa età in salute. Complimenti 💐 👏🏆😍👍👍👍👍👍

[@kathleenhensley5951]

That is how I want to be when I am in my 90s! She looks like she could be a member of my family. what a lovely lady! She has a beautiful old kitchen. I'd love to see what kind of needlework she does. I bet she could teach me a thing or two.

[@user-ls4vb6dq7z]

There's a rhythm to her work that only comes from years and years of cooking. Wonderful to watch. Victoria, your videos are a gift.

[@fl260]

I have no words.. She is just so beautiful and precious. Hope she stays healthy another decade. God bless her!

[@deborahnelson7907]

History in Action! So many of these Pasta Grannies learned their skills when they were little...six years old for this lady. I loved that you showed us close-up her folding. It does make sense that there would be a rhythm to it.

[@kandisnz]

That's quite the pasta machine! She's quitev the amazing woman! ❤

[@enlumineresse]

Buon Compleanno cara signora Battistina! A kent'annos! 🥰❤

[@checkymonkyful]

My adopted mother from Ilbono never showed me how to make culurgiones but I learned by myself in London. But la nonna Battina she is really good lady, bravissima nonna compliment un abbraccio forte forte🤗🤗🤗🌹🌹💐🌺❤️❤️

[@hollish196]

She is a marvel. Delightful and the recipe sounds just marvelous. I love this channel, and have made sure that my local library has copies of the cookbooks. Everyone should know about the wonderful women in Italy who cook and cook and cook.

[@pastagrannies]

thank you Hollis! best wishes, Vicky

[@BackSeatBettyBroderick]

Reminds me of making pierogi 🥟

[@joanies6778]

I want to volunteer to be a taster! 😋 Yum! They look delicious.

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@ericstone5323]

This is art and beauty on many levels.

[@ipoetry5718]

YAAYYYY!! 1st for the grannies💗

[@fugithegreat]

She is still sharp as a tack! I'm definitely going to try this recipe.

[@iReporteriReporting]

I'd love to have that wooden kneading machine! And Battina as my grandma🥰

[@Thehouseoffail]

I am in love with this channel. So glad I saw the Vincenzo's Plate video about them!

[@SabraQueenoftheUnderworld1346]

Amazing!!! I love Ms Battina, she has so much spirit!!!!!!! 🤍🤍🤍 And her beautiful antiques! That antique pasta roller was really cool to watch as she put the pasta dough through! Those dumplings looked delicious 😋!!! Thank you Pasta Grannies for another wonderful episode!!!!! 🎃🤍 HAPPY 🎃🤍 HALLOWEEN 🎃🤍

[@matthewbrick7539]

Simply amazing! Happy birthday to Battina! And thank you for sharing. I would like to hear more about the history of the unique Sardinian dough beaters.

[@pastagrannies]

hi Matthew, I'm afraid I don't know about their history - I did a Google a while ago and found a producer of these dough beaters, though nowadays they are made with metal. I'll try again. best wishes Vicky

[@matthewbrick7539]

@@pastagrannies Thank you, Vicky, for the reply, and for bringing this unique community and its food ways on Sardinia to light. Pasta grannies is very special, and so are you of course. You are one of those rare people, who everything they touches, turns to gold.

[@pv175]

Those look absolutely delicious.

[@loganl3746]

The Granny POV Cam was very helpful!

[@Maya_s1999]

Incredible how fast she works!!

[@summertyme9046]

This Granny has actual swag.

[@1ACL]

Indeed!

[@sitmengchue4077]

Wow in your videos, i get to see historical n unusual appliances. Thank you.

[@raffaella150]

Oggi. She's amazing ! I'm hungry right now

[@gmax758]

This is just wonderful to see. She’s a pasta artist ❤

[@Godwinpounds4333]

Hi how are you doing?

[@emilycummings3125]

I learned any Italian I have from old women cooking in Sardinia. I was surprised I could understand her!

[@meghnamehta7694]

She is an artist.. Beautiful pasta

[@lauriemcdarby5368]

Hard working hands….full of arthritis. Bless her…

[@melaniefisher8823]

I love this channel sooo much!!

[@SkyeRangerNick]

It is always startling to see how swiftly the 8 and a half minutes sweeps by. Always on the edge of my seat watching closely. It takes experience to learn how to make these pasta dishes. It is nice to see the overview to get a good sense of what it takes; and all the hospitality that comes with the lesson. 🙂

[@hihoney1122]

What a Lovely lady wow looks Delicious would love to sit and learn and eat with her.❤

[@Serendipity1977]

Che signora adorabile! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@christopherrichardwadedett4100]

The grannies made pasta for 60 years! Einsteins of pasta!

[@judithlehman6533]

This is another excellent episode. I appreciate them so much.

[@Getpojke]

Get the impression that Battina is fun to be around!? Sharp as a tack with a mischievous glint in her eye. I Could just live in that kitchen though. Love the mix of antique & ultra modern kitchenalia. That dough mixer looks like an adapted threshing machine & is just across from a factory grade beast of a roller. I thought the little "purses" looked more figs; but then I have figs on the brain at the moment. That's a real "stick to yer ribs" recipe that; similar to the tattie & goats-cheese pierogies I made for dinner the other night. Would love to see you back with this lady again, think she has much more to show & say. Thanks to you & your team Vicky... Fridays just aren't Fridays without you all.

[@pastagrannies]

Thanks James! Culurgiones like this are for filling up hungry shepherds. best wishes, Vicky

[@england6013]

They look so delicious. Inspirational lady

[@britpoppansy]

I'd be only so lucky to eat this woman's hand made food!

[@JinJinDoe]

What a lovely lady! I like how she moved on with the times in regards to cooking (freezing) and pasta machine.