Nose to tail the Italian way

Nose to tail the Italian way

by | Jan 21, 2011 | Food and wine, General

The fresh sausages are hung to dry for a few days before being buried in the freezer. You need very sharp knives for this work. This is a BBQ which one of the neighbours made himself. As every year around this time the neighbours had their pig brought to their house...

Cioccolataio

by | Jan 19, 2011 | Food and wine, General

So we had peracottaio and today we give you cioccolataio. A cioccolataio is someone who makes and sells chocolate. ‘Fare una figura da cioccolataio’ means leaving a bad impression (fare brutta figura). There is a nice story attached to this. A cioccolataio...

Words… peracottaio

by | Jan 18, 2011 | General

Didn’t hear this one before but it already is a favourite. ‘Pere cotte’ are, well you guessed it, cooked pears, easy uh? Now how would you call someone who sells cooked pears? Yes a peracottaio! This leads to the proverb, “fare la figura del...
Last supper

Last supper

by | Jan 17, 2011 | Food and wine, General

The wildboar hunting season has ended, so time for the annual final wildboar hunters dinner. The hunters’ cabin is in an old bongo type building and can only be reached by driving quite some distance over an unaspahalted bendy road. The welcome was warm as ever....
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