04 September 2011

La Zucca

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Pretty & Delish
What else do you need on a Friday night in the nearby paese?

I suppose this means Fall is upon us.
 I wish that Mother Nature would turn down the thermostat a bit.
Can we say "Heat Wave"?
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9 comments:

  1. Oh, so sad we didn't go last night. Beautiful photos!
    We ended up in Torri di Arcugnano.

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  2. THanks, Daisey. This was a very good one, with pumpkin-stuffed tortelli. We went back Saturday just for the pasta ;)
    What's on for next weekend?

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  3. Yummy! Tortelli with pumpkin. Pumpkin season starts soon here though it certainly doesn't feel like fall.

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  4. We were there just a week ago! :) Looks it was interesting!

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  5. Nice! Was that a Sagra di Zucca? Do you know if there's a specific word for pumpkin? Because everywhere I've looked they just keep calling it all "squash".

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  6. I'm not real sure Haley. I, too, just use the default word of "zucca," much in the same way I use "melone."

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  7. Ha! I love it! This has to be the best possible way to welcome fall!

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  8. Ciao Dana. In italiano, "zucca" (se ci si riferisce al frutto - il vostro 'pumpkin') non ha sinonimi*. Ogni dialetto però ha il suo termine (ad esempio si dice "cossa" in piemontese, "zùca" in veneto, "söca" in bresciano, ecc...).

    (*)= se invece con 'zucca' ci si riferisce ad una persona un pò stupida, allora i sinonimi abbondano! :)

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  9. I figured as much. I've never really paid much attention to it, but this weekend I did look . . . and "zucca" was pretty much all I found.

    I suppose you mean a head like a piece of squash . . . which is pretty dang dense, really!
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