The fried wafers, traditionally filled with ricotta cheese(a fresh, soft, white cheese with a rich but mild, slightly sweet flavor)sweetened with powdered sugar and added of candied fruit or pistachios.
so, I haven't won any cannoli. my family screams, or better to say, they're a bit loud. anyway, if you really really want to meet them you're welcome! you'll discover something more about northern Italian unhealthy and fat food (as for the southern food, if you eat cannoli you're already an expert ;-))
You don't have to tell me twice...Can't you already hear knocking at your(parents) door. That's me, screaming without ice:"...viva unhealthy northern/southern Italian food..." One more time...louder...viva!
LOL. actually I can't hear any knocking, though I'm almost 150 km. far from there. but I'm sure my mum will call for my help finding a Bosnian/English (and what more?)speaker at her door. she doesn't speak any foreign languages, and uses lots of infinitives to talk to non-Italian (it's a real fun...). but she knows the international (?) language of feeding guests and treating them as kings and queens.
proposal: we could do a cultural exchange, I'm also eager to taste some Bosnian food. as for Canadian one, I'm not that curious...but it's just because I don't know anything about it and, as a real Italian, I've got lots of prejudices about others' food. ;))
Speaking of food, without exaggeration, there is no better food than it is Italian. Especially those regional specialties with the Mediterranean influence. I live in (moved recently), once predominantly, an Italian neighbourhood, where you can still find lots of deli/pastries shops, the butchers, the restaurants... I always go shopping for meat with my wife because I know that I'm going to get the best one:"...signora bella, prego...fresco vittelo,pollo...".
Speaking of Bosnian/Balkan food, we're carnivores. Also, we're stew lovers, bread lovers, pastries lovers...hm...sweet talkers, womanizers. There's one meal that we cannot live without it. Homemade filo-pastry pie known, in our language, as pita(not the same as Greek bread-pita). It is a staple of our cusine that we inherited from Otoman period. The most common are: burek(meat), sirnica(cheese),and zeljanica(spinich).
I know there's a huge Italian community in Canada. they made lots of money with restaurants and deli shops. good idea to go with your wife to get the best pieces of meat but be careful how they weight and price it! :) for this reason I go with my husband to my town market, not to be cheated with prices and all.
I guess I'm going to put up some weight next summer in Bosnia...very well. I drunk turkish coffee in croatia, is it the same in Bosnia? I learnt Bosnians are coffee fanatic.
anyway...this is the Italian nemesis, you're always talking about food in some way or the other. and the pity is that it's the only positive aspect of this declining country.
Well,there's a huge Italian community all around the world. Almost every bigger city in the North America has commercial and cultural neibourhood, Little Italy. Not as big as it used to be but still you can feel an atmosphere on weekend's shopping spree .
Speaking of Bosnian coffee, yes, you're right, we're are heavy coffee drinkers. There's no huge difference between turkish coffee in Croatia & Bosnia, only the method of preparation might slightly differ. Particulary in Bosnia, having a coffee is more cultural thing, the way of socializing and relaxing.
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so, I haven't won any cannoli.
my family screams, or better to say, they're a bit loud.
anyway, if you really really want to meet them you're welcome!
you'll discover something more about northern Italian unhealthy and fat food (as for the southern food, if you eat cannoli you're already an expert ;-))
meanwhile, Ice cream...LOL
You don't have to tell me twice...Can't you already hear knocking at your(parents) door. That's me, screaming without ice:"...viva unhealthy northern/southern Italian food..." One more time...louder...viva!
LOL.
actually I can't hear any knocking, though I'm almost 150 km. far from there.
but I'm sure my mum will call for my help finding a Bosnian/English (and what more?)speaker at her door. she doesn't speak any foreign languages, and uses lots of infinitives to talk to non-Italian (it's a real fun...). but she knows the international (?) language of feeding guests and treating them as kings and queens.
proposal: we could do a cultural exchange, I'm also eager to taste some Bosnian food. as for Canadian one, I'm not that curious...but it's just because I don't know anything about it and, as a real Italian, I've got lots of prejudices about others' food. ;))
Hi Lesha,
Speaking of food, without exaggeration, there is no better food than it is Italian.
Especially those regional specialties with the Mediterranean influence.
I live in (moved recently), once predominantly, an Italian neighbourhood, where you can still find lots of deli/pastries shops, the butchers, the restaurants...
I always go shopping for meat with my wife because I know that I'm going to get the best one:"...signora bella, prego...fresco vittelo,pollo...".
Speaking of Bosnian/Balkan food, we're carnivores. Also, we're stew lovers, bread lovers, pastries lovers...hm...sweet talkers, womanizers.
There's one meal that we cannot live without it. Homemade filo-pastry pie known, in our language, as pita(not the same as Greek bread-pita). It is a staple of our cusine that we inherited from Otoman period. The most common are: burek(meat), sirnica(cheese),and zeljanica(spinich).
Now, I'm getting hungry...
I know there's a huge Italian community in Canada. they made lots of money with restaurants and deli shops.
good idea to go with your wife to get the best pieces of meat but be careful how they weight and price it! :) for this reason I go with my husband to my town market, not to be cheated with prices and all.
I guess I'm going to put up some weight next summer in Bosnia...very well. I drunk turkish coffee in croatia, is it the same in Bosnia? I learnt Bosnians are coffee fanatic.
anyway...this is the Italian nemesis, you're always talking about food in some way or the other. and the pity is that it's the only positive aspect of this declining country.
forgive me, it's raining.
:)
take care
lesha
Well,there's a huge Italian community all around the world. Almost every bigger city in the North America has commercial and cultural neibourhood, Little Italy. Not as big as it used to be but still you can feel an atmosphere on weekend's shopping spree .
Speaking of Bosnian coffee, yes, you're right, we're are heavy coffee drinkers.
There's no huge difference between turkish coffee in Croatia & Bosnia, only the method of preparation might slightly differ.
Particulary in Bosnia, having a coffee is more cultural thing, the way of socializing and relaxing.
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