After a high speed train, then a regional train, a bus lurched up mountain switchbacks to finally drop Stacy and I in the center of Roccagorga, an obscure but quintessential hilltop village southwest of Rome. Hoping to make contact with some of Stacy's relatives, we arrived with photos and a list of distant cousins, but no phone numbers or addresses. Only half expecting to find anyone, it looked like a quiet two days before we headed back to Florence. WRONG!
Here is what we (with a dozen relatives joining) had for meal at cousin Gilda's house on our second day:
Wine (home made)
Prosciutto (home made)
Sausage (home made)
Salami (home made)
Pecorino cheese
Mozzarella cheese
Olives
Bread
Pasta with meat sauce
Grilled Artichokes
Omelette
Salad
Fava beans
Cookies
Scotch
Grappa
Coffee
Oh, yeah, that was lunch!
2 comments:
What a feast for ALL the senses, including some new senses that have not yet been discovered by science.
Side note for Globalog readers: Did you know that, although controversial, a new "taste" beyond the standard sweet, salty, bitter, and sour was recently discovered? It is called Umami and accounts for the "savoriness" found in foods such as wine and cheese. See http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15819485
Anyway - those Orsinis and Palombis know how to do it up! Unfortunately since I've been back, my taste buds have been wondering where all the good Roccagorga food went. My other senses are also going through sensory withdrawal. Yes, it's good to be home, yet...
Perhaps it's this bit of umami which makes Italy everyday a bit tastier... ;-)
Or is it that tv running in every Italian kitchen/dining room throughout the whole party! ;-))
I'm happy you enjoyed a bit of genuine Italy!
Mk
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