Rained all day. Dreary, cold, and wet. Stayed close to home. Added another 800 words to my Christmas story. Moving along—slowly, but surely.
Friday, 6 February 2015
Rainy and dreary again today. Tonight, I got a super treat! Took an Italian cooking class. “Cooking with Lucas” had slots available for his cooking class. There were four of us and we had the best time!
The menu consisted of:
Pasta e fagioli
Handmade Bigoli with duck sauce
Panna cotta
Great wine, great food, great company. It was a wonderful night and one I’ll hold dear to my heart. Thanks to my daughter-in-law for making it possible!
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| Dicing Vegetables for the dishes |
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| Making Bigoli Pasta |
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| Fresh homemade Bigoli |
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| Duck Sauce for the Bigoli |
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| Pasta Fagioli |
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| Releasing the Panna Cotta from the mold |
Saturday, 7
February 2015
Market day again. Strolled through the market and returned home
to spend a quiet day at home. When there’s a newborn in the house—minority
rules. Everyone needed rest today and tonight. Grabbed pizza for dinner
tonight. Good Pizza, Good Wine, Good sleep!
Sunday, 8 February
2015
Got a special treat today, we drove to the town of Arzignano and
participated in a fifteenth century reenactment. We followed the procession down the mountain into town. Along the way, men were shooting off shotguns along the way (in the opposite direction). I believe several of the men with their shotguns live for this day!
Here’s the particulars of the reenactment:
2015 HISTORICAL COMMEMORATION OF ST. AGATHA - REENACTMENT IN
ARZIGNANO CASTLE – VICENZA
With this historical
commemoration the Village of Arzignano annually renews its vow to St. Agatha of
1413 when, on the day of St. Agatha, the Hungarian troops finally gave up the
siege and left the Castle.
At the Arzignano
Castle, Piazzale Vittoria, 13 36071 Arzignano
On Sunday, February
8th:
9:15 a.m.: Votive
Procession with fifteenth century original suits, departure from Rocca di
Castello, flag-waving and drums.
We arrived at the mountain top just in time to see the procession begin. The Bells were tolling to announce the beginning of the reenactment
Monday, 9 February 2015
Shopping
day. Went to the local supermarket to add to my stockpile of items I’m shipping
home. Buying unadulterated Flour to make my own pasta. Seems I can eat foods
made with regular flour here and the gluten isn’t an issue. So I’m buying
flour, creama (cream to make Panna Cotta) –no refrigeration needed! It’s a bit
of an issue to get these packed and mailed but I’ll suffer through the effort.
I can’t wait to make the Lasagna dish we had during the “Cooking With Lucas”
tour.
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Took a
trip to Nove a town of numerous ceramic shops. Was on a hunt for a
Chicken/Rooster Pitcher. Found the perfect one at Nove Ceramics plus the
gentlemen there was very nice and packed my purchase very carefully for me to
ship back home. It’s always a little scary wondering if your goodies will make
it home intact.
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Great
day. Spent most of the day on post with daughter-in-law and two of the three
grandchildren. Went shopping for the remaining items we need to make
Lasagna on Sunday. Trying my hand at the
7 meat specialty. Well, 6 meat. We decided to forego the Mortadella and use
extra Italian sausage.
Took a step on the wild side—well at least for me. I made an appointment to get my hair cut. Let the stylist do what he thought would work best. This is the shortest I’ve EVER had my hair. It will take some getting used to, but I like the no-fuss ease. I may have to keep it this short.
Thanks for visiting Italy with me on Lagniappe!
I hope you have a blessed day!
Next week we venture to Verona for the Valentine's Day Festival and Venice for Carnavale. What great timing! My time here is ending and I already feel sad leaving the grandchildren.
Until next week, Ciao!
Readers, thanks for visiting Lagniappe.
I pray you find
"a little something extra"
in each of your days.
Marian
1 comment:
What a wonderful trip and such a variety of things you are getting to experience. Thanks again for sharing your adventures.
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