The five Northern-Italian habits Southerners will never understand

Paying for a glass of water? Having lunch on-the-go? Celebrating with only the most intimate friends? Here are a few customs a Sicilian can’t easily come to terms with.
The number of Sicilians living elsewhere is constantly on the rise. A number of factors contribute to the choice many of our fellow countrymen make to move, to other parts of Italy or abroad. For the most part, they have adapted to their new homes. However, there are five things that will always feel foreign to them. Let’s find out.
The world of a Sicilian revolves entirely around the foods his land has to offer: from arancini to horse meat, by way of panelle and cassata with all its variants. It doesn’t really matter, as long as it’s good food. If this sounds hard to believe, we urge you to spend a day with a Sicilian mother and see if by 7 a.m. she hasn’t already prepared meals for the next couple of days.
Translated into English by Francesco Raciti