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>> so, right over there you can bet on a horse? >> we can bet horses, yes. people like to bet horses, and here you eat the one that lose. >> right. >> the loser goes on the fire. that's not a nice thing, but, i mean, sometimes it happens for real, huh? >> cycle of life. all right. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so why horse? where does this tradition come from? >> from arabs. maybe also egyptians. then we have greeks, 750 years before christ. then we have romans. because we have to say that sicilian are big bastards. of course, because we are being conquered by everybody. also our dialect. there are many words that are understood by other people. if i say sicilian dialect word, maybe an arab can understand me, an italian no, because italian language comes from latin, something different. we are sicilians before to be italians. >> right. >> remember this. >> i'll never forget. >> look at this side of the meat. it's yellow, it's not white.
history of the mafia going back to the -- >> the 1300s. >> late 1200 is when the mafia first started. that's the origin of the mafia. the birth of the mafia was the late 1200s to protect his citizens and there was an evil empire, just like isis, just like isis, that was -- that really put a lot of pressure on sicilians and started abusing them. i wrote all that in the vindicate vindicateors the book is out this morning. >> thanks for joining us. >> you're welcome. thank you. shopping on cyber monday can be like searching for a needle in a haystack. we have kurt the cyber guy live with some of the best deals now. >> can i get a deal on that? ♪
sicilian are big bastards. of course, because we are being conquered by everybody. also our dialect. there are many words that are understood by other people. if i say sicilian dialect word, maybe an arab can understand me, an italian no, because italian language comes from latin, something different. we are sicilians before to be italians. >> right. >> remember this. >> i'll never forget. >> look at this side of the meat. it's yellow, it's not white. when it's yellow, it means that the horse has been bred eating fresh grass. [ speaking foreign language ] >> perfecto. okay. >> tear and go.
adiopizzo members, and now over 800. pretty cool considering we're talking about a group who have demonstrated no regret or hesitation in killing judges, politicians, police, prosecutors. back to catania, and when you're talking late-night dining options, you're talking one thing, the enticing smell of smoke wafting through the streets, a smell that's enticingly equine. i smell rainbow dash. >> yes, yes! >> yes! >> anthony and marco, a couple of sicilians and aficionados. >> this is one of the older side, famous, you know, families of mafia, you know, that grows in crime organization here.
the big change that has happened is that up until the mid-'80s, the late '80s, there were a great many sicilians who thought if they were honest and didn't have anything to do with the mafia, they could live without being affected by the mafia. apparently, 80% of the businesses in palermo and 70% in the rest of italy that pay extortion. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. >> but not everybody pays the bite. a small but growing coalition of businesses have joined a group, called adiopizzo, a grassroots organization taking a stand against the mafia's traditional mere total control over the food chain, from farm to table. i come out of the restaurant business in new york. you got taxed with every laundry order every time they took your trash away. it was built in to all your basic services. >> here it's much more going around. christmas and easter. >> guy comes by. >> the guy comes by.
i smell rainbow dash. >> yes, yes! >> yes! >> anthony and marco, a couple of sicilians and aficionados. >> this is one of the older side, famous, you know, families of mafia, you know, that grows in crime organization here. >> oh, right here? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. nowadays seems to be like a bit more quiet because they are all getting arrested, so they prefer to sell meat against drugs. ♪ >> so, right over there you can bet on a horse? >> we can bet horses, yes. people like to bet horses, and here you eat the one that lose. >> right. >> the loser goes on the fire. that's not a nice thing, but, i
mean, sometimes it happens for real, huh? >> cycle of life. all right. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so why horse? where does this tradition come from? >> from arabs. maybe also egyptians. then we have greeks, 750 years before christ. then we have romans. because we have to say that sicilian are big bastards. of course, because we are being conquered by everybody. also our dialect. there are many words that are understood by other people. if i say sicilian dialect word, maybe an arab can understand me, an italian no, because italian language comes from latin, something different. we are sicilians before to be italians. >> right. >> remember this. >> i'll never forget.
>> okay. >> ah, beautiful. perfect. perfect pasta. very happy with that. >> good. i know you've been looking forward to it, so i'm glad it's good. it's an expensive city for some things because the consumer is paying -- >> more. >> -- more so that the store can afford to pay its extortion money. the big change that has happened is that up until the mid-'80s, the late '80s, there were a great many sicilians who thought if they were honest and didn't have anything to do with the mafia, they could live without being affected by the mafia. apparently, 80% of the businesses in palermo and 70% in the rest of italy that pay extortion. >> that's a lot. >> that's a lot. >> but not everybody pays the bite.
>> there's only a couple of choices you can make when you are fat. >> it was horrifying. >> why sit bad? he went around the middle. he went full circumference, he did not go under. >> how long can the shirt be? >> i think what he needs, i like when he was talking about his mother. i was waiting for the split screen. you are going to vote for my son. he will do that later. >> and i would like to clarify, italian and sicilians, not the same thing. >> i think sicilians are greek. >> next story, the prison break is final over and here, i thought fox cancelled that show in 2009.
demonstrated no regret or hesitation in killing judges, politicians, police, prosecutors. back to catania, and when you're talking late-night dining options, you're talking one thing, the enticing smell of smoke wafting through the streets, a smell that's enticingly equine. i smell rainbow dash. >> yes, yes! >> yes! >> anthony and marco, a couple of sicilians and aficionados. >> this is one of the older side, famous, you know, families of mafia, you know, that grows in crime organization here.