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#44 of italian forgotten classic: Crapiata Materana

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29 Comments

  1. I love to see Italian cuisine that isn't the prescriptive "do it exactly this way or you can't use the name"

  2. So what we, if it wasn't explicitly "Italian", would collectively call pig food.

    Every country makes these, but somehow, Italians get away with anything, even the most unappetizing looking food

  3. "Rich or poor, all bring their harvest and share of the same pot"
    OH COME ON
    WHY IS THERE NO COMMUNITY LEFT

  4. We do the same in Greece, but with ospriáda (anc. ospriás "legume soup") in October. In folk tradition, it's forbidden to eat legumes from the beginning of May until the end of September, as legumes that time attract worms. So in October, farmers from any regions set up legume festivals, in which people gather in the central townsquare, light a large bonfire and start preparing a large soup with all kinds of legumes that is then distributed to attendees. The custom is very ancient and stems from ancient holidays venerating the god Apollo (among others) and thanking him for a good harvest. One specific celebration of that sort was Pyanepsia in ancient Athens. I personally attended a couple of years back in Kastóreion, Lakonía, on the slopes of Taygetus.

  5. im italian an i love your page. it fantastic to see italian food that isn’t pasta pizza o gelato. really, thanks

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