tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post3261255685074921949..comments2023-10-10T03:19:29.439-07:00Comments on A Taste of Italy: When in Rome... ( Penne all' Amatriciana)Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-3714615312457183412011-10-19T10:31:57.684-07:002011-10-19T10:31:57.684-07:00Hi Kristin!
And welcome to my blog!
I am so ha...Hi Kristin!<br /> <br />And welcome to my blog!<br /> <br />I am so happy to hear that you had a lovely time in Rome. We love it so much, as it is, like every Italian City, a fantastic mixture of old and new, and a gorgeous place. I love my Italy so much! It's the only place where I can sleep at night, even if I am in a noisy city (and they all are!)<br /> <br />I hope you continue to enjoy my blog! I'm so glad you like it! <br /><br />I just looked at your blog: your photography is great and I wish I could take photos like yours. They are so delicate! Your view of Tower Bridge is lovely and original!<br /> <br />Grazie!<br /> <br />ANNAAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-89234529127555360222011-10-19T09:39:48.281-07:002011-10-19T09:39:48.281-07:00Oooh, how this brings back good memories from this...Oooh, how this brings back good memories from this summer! We were in Rome and were doing the same things you were doing. We love to dress up also before we go out in the evenings! I love Italy and I love their food. And your photos!!! I really like your blog and will be your newest follower!<br /><br />Love, KristinVær våkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462001543345657210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-54734153018217283432011-10-19T07:00:37.210-07:002011-10-19T07:00:37.210-07:00Hello, Helen! I always love hearing from you! I...Hello, Helen! I always love hearing from you! I'm glad you liked the story about the pig's head, and you probably wonder why I make these old fashiond things (people in Italy have been buying pancetta and guanciale for yonks!They don't make their own!) Like I was telling a group of people last night, I'm using this blog to somehow perpetuate my mother's life. My hands want to do things I once saw her doing and she can no longer do. Like me, she liked to experiment with old fashioned things, and she was so talented. Everything she touched turned into gold! <br />I found a lovely photo of her, when she was young. Her hair was so black! I could never imagine having hair that dark! My sisters and I have always been blond and fair, and so is my very beautiful daughter Gabriella. Rosa looks so sweet, wearing a cute straw hat! I'll have to post the photo, Helen! Now I'm getting a bit... don't know how to describe the feeling, but I know you know...<br /><br />Ciao... <br /><br />ANNA<br /><br />XXAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-76114387847453879872011-10-18T18:07:56.540-07:002011-10-18T18:07:56.540-07:00Hello Anna
Another delicious post and you amaze m...Hello Anna<br /><br />Another delicious post and you amaze me with your dishes. I also love the story of your charming the butcher and getting free pig's cheek. <br />Wishing you a great week<br />Helen xxhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-36671544157771520822011-10-18T14:29:15.490-07:002011-10-18T14:29:15.490-07:00Christa,
You are just so lucky! I LOVE the Alps! ...Christa,<br /><br />You are just so lucky! I LOVE the Alps! I can't think of anything more beautiful that I have seen in all my life! I love it when we fly over the Alps and I loved driving "through" them and seeing The Alps, high above me! And those little houses and churches, perched up there, and the green pastures! Wow! Beautiful! But I've never seen pigs in those fields! Pigs are beautiful. <br /><br />The farm shop I went to is called "Back to the Nature" and is really fantastic. They have a website. I believe they sell all their produce and even their beer. And yes... it was funny... I was never expecting to be "presented" with Babe's head! My guanciale is coming on well, I must say...<br /><br />I have not been to Berlin, yet, but I know it's beautiful. Christa, I love oysters, too. I believe the British ones to be the best... they are so enormous! I fancy one now!<br /><br />Well... buona notte to you! I'd better stop, or I'll write a novel, or I'll start talking nonsense!<br /><br />CIAO<br /><br />ANNAAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-39649496922488970622011-10-18T12:06:59.646-07:002011-10-18T12:06:59.646-07:00Carissima Anna - I just read your story about the ...Carissima Anna - I just read your story about the bacon! Very charming! I do not know any butcher here who would have a pig's head in the back! Your luck and fortune though! It means the pig was bread in the region you live in! For many years my family and me had half a pig from the farmers in the Alps. The farmers go up to the mountains with their cows during summertime and produce fantastic cheese. But they have no use for the whey. So they also take a few pigs up to the Alps. To them the whey is a treat and so they eat it. The pigs run around on the lush meadows and have a happy life. In the autumn though... they are slaughtered and if one is lucky one can buy their meat. They are not labelled organic but actually they are. When their meat is roasted it stays the size it had when it was raw. A lot of meat produces water when roasting - a sign of overbred. <br />I was pleased to read your comment on my today's post. I do ENVY you seeing London at Christmas time. Maybe you'll show some pics on your blog? That would be fantastic!!! I have been to Harrods last autumn and bought Christmas cards. I'll never forget! Most we loved the food department... Have you ever been to Berlin? If you do go then go to the Kaufhaus des Westens! The food there is incredible as well. We had Irish oysters with Champagne - fresh as fresh can be! I have googled Blicking Hall. Wow! Lucky you! In Switzerland we do not have houses like that as we never had Queens and Kings and not many buildings are that fancy! Well then, enjoy also a little for me! Buona notte!Emilie's daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396078121246379577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-32131949207493942422011-10-17T07:33:21.189-07:002011-10-17T07:33:21.189-07:00Hi Jane!
I really don't expect you to speak ...Hi Jane!<br /> <br />I really don't expect you to speak Italian (after all I chose English as "official" language for my blog!) and I feel that, whichever the language, being able to exchange a few thoughts is really good. And I am pleased I am getting comments from a few fellow Italians, too. I like it!<br /> <br />I am glad I brought back memories of a lovely weekend with your brother. Memories are good and I feel they somehow "feed" our souls and allow us to travel to the past. <br /> <br />My photos aren't always fantastic, but what they are is: sunny, warm and colourful, just like Italy, I hope!<br /> <br />I always love your comments, Jane! Thank you! I hope you had a good week and a VERY GOOD party!<br /> <br />Ciao<br /> <br />ANNA<br />XAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-27150948253921181902011-10-17T01:09:02.587-07:002011-10-17T01:09:02.587-07:00Hello Anna,
I do so wish I could speak Italian to ...Hello Anna,<br />I do so wish I could speak Italian to you! But English will have to do for the moment... A lovely looking recipe as always and your photographs made me remember a wonderful holiday with my brother. I had never been to Rome and his partner doesn't enjpy city holidays, so we went for a long weekend. We hadn't been on holiday together since we were children and we had SUCH fun!<br />Have a happy week, it has started for us with a beautiful sunrise.<br />Jane xJane the Bookladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674464753702292288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-72276418801568661362011-10-16T12:08:01.954-07:002011-10-16T12:08:01.954-07:00Ciao Patty e bentornata da Venezia (bellissima in ...Ciao Patty e bentornata da Venezia (bellissima in inverno!)<br /><br />Anche la tua ultima dolce creazione e` a dir poco fantastica. Hai molto talento.<br /><br />Buona serata<br /><br />CIAO!<br /><br />ANNAAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-43613431489762211172011-10-16T11:13:57.238-07:002011-10-16T11:13:57.238-07:00tutto bello e buono. brava anna! pattychef di rit...tutto bello e buono. brava anna! pattychef di ritorno da veneziapattychefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965378982004998070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-26219483803822007942011-10-16T09:56:13.795-07:002011-10-16T09:56:13.795-07:00Hi Christa!
I won't tell you what I cooked t...Hi Christa!<br /> <br />I won't tell you what I cooked today, because, yes, it was Italian, but it also was the simplest of Italian dishes on Earth and I shouldn't have had it because it was a bit naughty.<br /> <br />Today I went to this place Back To The Garden Farm Shop - North Norfolk. and I was very, very cheeky, as I asked the butcher to let me have a piece of their organic pork cheek! He went to the back and came back with a pig's head! I was astonished! I told him exactly what cut I needed to make some Guanciale (pig's cheek bacon, from Rome, used to make Amatriciana.) The butcher called the owner over, as he didn't know what to charge me for it, as it's not a cut people usually buy, so he let me have well over 500 g of it, for free as long as, when my guanciale is reay, I bring some back, to show what I made!<br /> <br />So, here I am, with all this guanciale on the go. It will be good when it's done, if it works, but I'll have to freeze some of it, as I don't really cook lots of rich foods! It was an interesting experience, though!<br /> <br />PS: your brother's new house is really beautiful! I wish it were mine! And so close to the Alps, which I love! It really is a dream house!<br /> <br />Ciao<br /> <br />ANNAAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-73867735485853792052011-10-16T08:15:11.634-07:002011-10-16T08:15:11.634-07:00Carissima Anna, this all looks fantastic! The phot...Carissima Anna, this all looks fantastic! The photos make my mouth watering! I have never been to Rome but it is one of the destinations I want to visit next! I have heard the food there is.... is there a word for it? Maybe heavenly! Thanks for your comment on my House of Heaven post! Yes, the Chalet is really beautiful! I'll ask my sister-in-law whether you can have it... ;o) Have a nice Sunday evening. I would love to know what you are cooking today. Something Italian? Mmmmh.... Tanti saluti ChristaEmilie's daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396078121246379577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587268744568236515.post-49351713690433952542011-10-15T14:20:49.576-07:002011-10-15T14:20:49.576-07:00Ciao, Gio` e grazie per aver commentato sulle foto...Ciao, Gio` e grazie per aver commentato sulle foto. Amo tanto la fotografia e ce la metto tutta, cercando di produrre immagini belle e vive!<br /><br />A presto e... mi piace avere un commento in lingua italiana!<br /><br />BUONA NOTTE<br /><br />ANNAAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531642906387702641noreply@blogger.com