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From: "Chris Vendettuoli" <>
Subject: Easter customs/foods
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:15:09 -0400


Hi all.

Is it the same in other US cities? We in Rhode Island on Easter
morning visit the cemeteries of all our deceased loved ones.
Cemeteries are quite decorated in not just the obvious lilies,
but hyacinths (all colors) and tulips (all colors). This is of course
after the Easter egg hunt, and before the family dinner.

Rhode Island had a large Italian population but now decreasing.
In the capitol, Providence, there is a particular neighborhood one
would call "Little Italy" but locals just call it Federal Hill (or "The
Hill".
This area too has seen a deterioration in Italian heritage. There is
one very popular store that sells meets, breads, macaroni where
a couple I know prepares food there, and they are from Caserta.
I grew up with at least one GOOD Italian bakery in every nearby
town, but those are few and far between.

The reason why I bring up bakeries is that the one I used to get the
best rice pies from (a few blocks from where I grew up) went out
of business. It was run by several siblings, the youngest and last of
which was over 80 and who died in the past several years. I only
came to discover rice pies about 15 years ago. My mother was from
England and didn't cook much Italian food. The only item we would
get once in a while were almond biscotti (or known in Rhode Island
as "jaw breakers"). No more rice pies, at least not worth the $12, so
it
won't ever feel like Easter for me again.

Bye.

P.S. Is that pie with the wheat kernels for Easter or for any time?

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