The first night that I arrived at my host families house they wanted to know what things I typically ate at home, in Canada. One of the last things I ate was pizza with pineapples and Italian sausage; so I figured why not indulge them and make it known that I eat pizza like any true Italian. Much to my surprise they were awe struck when I confirmed that in fact the pineapples go on top of the pizza. Apparently putting potatoes or eggs on your pizza is normal but pineapples is unheard of. It’s now been almost two weeks here and Momma decided it was time to sway my way and let me make a pizza myself w/ pineapples. Papa said that because it was my night I was the captain of the table, later to be renamed Captain Pineapple. One other random food fact is that Alfredo sauce does not exist here. As to its origin I do not know but it is a common misconception that you will find it in Italian homes. The pizzas were amazing, so many choices: Pizza w pineapples and Italian sausage, pizza with fresh mozzarella cheese and wieners, pizza with rosemary and olive oil & lastly pizza with 4 different fresh cheeses, all made by hand (even the dough). My pizza was such a hit that the neighbors (who’d heard about my crazy idea for putting pineapples on pizza) were delighted and even came back for seconds. I feel so happy that I’m learning how to cook things from scratch! I even know how to make my own mayonnaise, beer and gelato (although I doubt I’ll be dabbling in the beer or gelato anytime soon). After our glorious pizza’s we went in the backyard for homemade gelato (coffee flavor and blueberries and cream flavor) while listening to the easy listening of The Eagles. Pretty spectacular night!
On tonight’s menu: (I’m only sure of two courses, the rest is a mystery but there are always 4 even for lunch) - mussels a la tomato sauce
- Linguini made with Octopus ink (so it is black) I’m told it is a delicacy…
Oh and just a short mention: Since arriving in Italy I’ve had wine almost every day (it is served at both lunch and dinner) and I can honestly say the sight of it now makes me ill.
--> update: the octopus ink pasta was actually delicious (mixed with crab meat). After pasta came the mussels two types: first, mussels stuffed with bread crumbs, mozzarella and garlic. second, mussels in a light oil and tomato sauce with herbs. Then the bricks of cheese came out but I opted for the gelato instead (honey flavoured and coffee) . After dinner we smoked cigarettes while looking up at the moon and singing "italian" songs such as "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie" they got a kick outta that one.
p.s. think I've smoked too many cigarettes and now my throat tingles...I better not be getting sick.
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