And the winner is ...
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lollardfishDisneyland for adults is how my parents describe Venice. We have been having a truly lovely time and eating wonderful food. They found, via much research, a restaurant called Zucca which presented us with one of the most memorable meals I have had in Venice (pumpkin souffle, inventive contorni, delicious duck, lamb, and rabbit, sumptuous deserts).
But upon arriving back in Venice from one night in Milano (where I met them), I found, to my delight, a lovely and kind postcard from Miss Laura Jean, who is awarded first prize in my little contest, and who I hope will be pleased by her prize when I return to Venice. Second prize goes to Pied_Piper and family, and I hope they like their minor token of gratitude as well when I return.
At any rate, off to the Galleria dell'Accademia!
But upon arriving back in Venice from one night in Milano (where I met them), I found, to my delight, a lovely and kind postcard from Miss Laura Jean, who is awarded first prize in my little contest, and who I hope will be pleased by her prize when I return to Venice. Second prize goes to Pied_Piper and family, and I hope they like their minor token of gratitude as well when I return.
At any rate, off to the Galleria dell'Accademia!
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Date: 2003-09-28 07:40 pm (UTC)Meanwhile
Date: 2003-09-28 08:22 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile
Date: 2003-10-02 12:41 pm (UTC)Italian meals work as follows:
Apertif - A little prosecco (Venetian sparkling white wine), perhaps mixed with fruit juice or fruit liquer.
Antipasti - Light seafood, Prosciutto (with or without melon, better with), maybe some sort of cold veggies.
Primi - Pasta, generally speaking.
Secondi - The main dish. A piece of meat. A large portion of seafood. Sometimes, in the Veneto (the region near Venice), with polenta on the side.
Contorni - Eaten during or after the Secondi
Dolci - Cheese, sweets, fruit
Caffe - Caffinated, for Italians. Usually an espresso. Sometimes there is an after dinner brandy or something added in.
I note that my dinners in restaurants, even when someone else is paying, generally consists of a primo and a secondo, often with a salad for contorno.
And this is a bad bad bad place to be a vegitarian in, although seafood eaters would never miss a beat.