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From: "Emily Variani" <>
Subject: Re: [ITA-Arberseh] A Cooking Challenge
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:11:40 -0500
References: <20040106214458.21413.qmail@web60804.mail.yahoo.com>


Anthony,

Thank you for the reminder about the onions. I knew I was missing
something. Mama sliced the onions thin in rings.

Emily
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From: "Anthony Mandola" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ITA-Arberseh] A Cooking Challenge


> When I was a child, my family did not make pizza. They made a dish from
Sicily call sfinciuni or faccia di vecchia. It was thick dough topped with
tomatoes, onions, oregano and grated Romano cheese. This sounds exactly like
what you are describing.
>
> carlosquiroga <> wrote:Back before Pizza Hut and all
the other American style pizzas were invented or promoted ( in the 1950's)
my wife had an Aunt that used to come to New Orleans from Bay St. Louis,
Miss. and baked a Bastella. Bastella or a name similar to it was made with a
thick dough, had anchovies, tomato sauce and several other ingredients. We
still remember clearly the delicious taste of that pizza like dish. My
wife's aunt was from Contessa.
>
> We will like to know if anyone have heard of it or has the recipe. Please,
if you, do not include your age because you have to be much older than we
are and that's old!! Ha! Ha! Ha!
>
> On a humorous side. My wife and I and another couple were in Venice after
a Greek Island Cruise in 2000 and we wanted to eat a true Italian pizza
before we came back to the US. We were staying near the airport overnight so
we asked a driver to take us to the best pizza restaurant in Venice. None of
us speak a word of Italian. The driver took us to a very nice like family
restaurant where none of the waiters or the people at the restaurant spoke
English. After a few waving of the hands (like many Italians and Spanish
people like to do) we ordered "THREE PEPPERONI PIZZAS. Guess what we had?
Scroll down for the answer, but before you do, think about it and see if you
know the answer.
>
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> Answer: GREEN PEPPERS PIZZA. And they were absolutely delicious. It seems
that pepperoni in Italian is green peppers.
>
> Carlos
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