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Forum: Italy
Dec 18th 2020, 1:46 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

When it goes to seed-which it does very quickly just save theseeds and grow again the following year.
Forum: Italy
Oct 14th 2017, 9:10 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Thanks Isakat but none of your suggestions will work for me. I ended up using Greek yoghurt.
Forum: Italy
Oct 11th 2017, 12:01 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

So not the lovely stuff I used to buy in the UK?-what a shame.
Forum: Italy
Oct 11th 2017, 12:00 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Thanks Brian, guess I'll have to make do with substitutes :(
Forum: Italy
Oct 11th 2017, 9:54 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Hi, Can anyone tell me what sour cream is in Italian please? I can't find it anywhere- the word nor the product.
Thank you
Forum: Italy
Mar 4th 2017, 9:27 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

This is a daikon. Boring but lengthy
Forum: Italy
Feb 27th 2017, 6:37 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

It is indeed a daikon otherwise called Chinese radish. I believe it's rather bland and recipes that call for it say that it won't make any difference to some dishes if you can't lay your hands on...
Forum: Italy
Jan 28th 2017, 8:18 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

I love Crodino and chunky rind from marmalade is perfect in a bacon bits & potato salad
Genziana is a different animal and absolutely awful
Forum: Italy
Nov 17th 2016, 9:20 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Italian Christmas food here is mainly just more of everything they normally eat, apart from an awful Abruzzese festive soup which is scrambled egg and bits of spinach in broth. When we asked an...
Forum: Italy
Jul 13th 2015, 7:28 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

No, it's true :)
Forum: Italy
Jul 12th 2015, 4:15 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Celery leaves as flavouring for your tomato sauces-throw them away before serving of course.
Forum: Italy
May 17th 2015, 2:57 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Most probably you're right. Take chicken breast for example. They never cut it into chunky pieces for maybe curry or nuggets-it's always sliced dead thin breadcrumbed and fried-can't get the taste of...
Forum: Italy
May 16th 2015, 9:54 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Todis "in-house" butcher sell belly pork by the slab. It's wonderful especially when you can get a piece with the skin on (sometimes they take it off) for crackling. The butcher could not understand...
Forum: Italy
Apr 5th 2015, 9:05 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

There won't :amen:
Forum: Italy
Apr 5th 2015, 9:04 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

No problems with cauliflower cheese-if there's any cheddar left.
Happy Easter to you both also-although for us it's the same as any other day because we don't have a religiously inclined bone in our...
Forum: Italy
Apr 2nd 2015, 4:09 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

I spent ages today making 28 little puff pastry parcels of camembert and all I ended up with were bags of pastry and melted cheese all over the baking tray :(
Forum: Italy
Jul 15th 2012, 1:01 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

I'm too old for you-Hell I'm too old for myself :rofl:;)
Forum: Italy
Jul 10th 2012, 6:31 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

It's like a dessert-that's why. Short, sweet, aromatic and to the point. I love the stuff.
Forum: Italy
Jul 2nd 2012, 4:46 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Hi
amido de mais i.e. cornflour is always in Todis and Twinings breakfast t bags in Coal-expensive but if you really want it it's available.
Forum: Italy
Oct 3rd 2010, 3:50 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Help!! Please!
Have just spent all day making Salsa Romesco (ish) from scratch and to my palate there's something missing. Anyone out there do this with a handy hint for the acidity layer? have...
Forum: Italy
Sep 16th 2010, 4:47 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

why so much cake?
Forum: Italy
Sep 2nd 2010, 2:49 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Molto grazie!! now I can sleep at nights (mostly)
Thank you Gio
Forum: Italy
Sep 2nd 2010, 5:40 am
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

"peanut butter is supposed to be healthy in reasonable amounts its part of the abs diet"- that makes me feel less guilty - thank you
Forum: Italy
Sep 1st 2010, 5:59 pm
Replies: 1,429
Views: 260,051
Posted By Pica

Re: The Comfort Zone. Favourite food, drinks, where to buy, and recipes.

Beans are good!
But.. personally I have a major addiction (30 years and more) for Sun Pat peanut butter and get through a large jar at least monthly. Is there a source anywhere in Abruzzo?
I will...
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