Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sonninese Holiday Sweets: Cannelicchi
Someone recently left a comment looking for Sonninese holiday sweets/cookies. I talked with my cousin in Sonnino and she said that "Cannelicchi" are a traditional dessert. The ingredients are in Italian with an admittedly poor English translation below them (I used a free translation service. Enjoy!
Ingredienti:
4 uova
circa 1/2 kg. farina
un barattolo di miele
olio
fogli di limone o piccoli cestini di carta
Preparazione:
Impastare le uova con la farina, fino ad ottenere una pasta abbastanza consistente, ma non tropo dura.
Lavorare la pasta e tagliare a bastoncini della grandezza di un mignolo. Ritagliare come piccoli gnocchi.
Friggerli nell'olio ben caldo e scolarli.
Versare il miele in una padella, scioglierlo al fuoco e, unire i cannolicchi. Amalgamare bene il tutto fino a quando non si sente il profumo del miele.
Togliere dal fuoco e disporre i cannelicchi in piccole porzioni sulle foglie di limone, precedentemente lavate e asciugate oppure dentro cestini di carta o ancora tutti insieme dentro un piatto (v. foto).
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Ingredients:
4 eggs about 1/2 kg. flour a lemon of sheets oil honey of can or small baskets of card
Preparation:
To mix the eggs with the flour, until to obtain an enough pasta consisting, but not hard metaphor. To work the pasta and to cut small sticks of the size of a pinkie. To clip like small gnocchi. To fry them in the quite warm oil and to drain them. To pour the honey in a pan, to dissolve it to the fire and, to unite the cannolicchi. To amalgamate well everything until does not hear itself the perfume of the honey. To remove from the fire and to arrange the cannelicchi in small portions on the leaves of lemon, previously washed and dried or inside baskets of card or still all together within a dish (v. photograph).
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Sonninese olive oil gets rated one of the best!
Check out the article...I'm looking for a way
http://en.greenplanet.net/news-in-brief/news-in-brief/1174-flos-olei-the-world-best-olive-oils.html
http://en.greenplanet.net/news-in-brief/news-in-brief/1174-flos-olei-the-world-best-olive-oils.html
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Restoration of San Michelle Arcangelo
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Rastime: Te Pozzeno Da No Lampo!
As I have writen before, "rastime" are old Sonnninese sayings that, while sounding rude, are said with love.
This weeks rastime is : Te pozzeno da no lampo
This translates to "I hope you get struck by lightening"
This weeks rastime is : Te pozzeno da no lampo
This translates to "I hope you get struck by lightening"
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Zio Nicola and family
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Pescrai - post crass
The Sonninese dialect is a living, breathing language with adaptations and inventions. My relatives in Sonnino have been a great resource in helping me understand the unique characteristics of Sonninese.
"Postcrai" is an example of a word that has ben adapted by Sonninese speakers. It means in 3 days in Sonnninese but in Latin really means in 2 days . Click below to listen.
"Postcrai" is an example of a word that has ben adapted by Sonninese speakers. It means in 3 days in Sonnninese but in Latin really means in 2 days . Click below to listen.
A sad passing
Two days ago my great-uncle Nicola D'Angelis passed away. When my wife and I first visited Sonnino, Nicola was one of the first relatives we met. He threw his arms in the air and gave us huge hugs and then immediately told us that we had to come over for lunch! He told us stories of working in the butcher shop with my great-grandmother when he was a child.
Every time we visited Sonnino we were greeted by that same excitement. Spending time with Uncle Nicola was something we always looked forward too and will miss profoundly.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Nganiaturo per la pittia: Pasta board
The Sonninese word for the board that you use to roll out the pasta is "nganiaturo per la pittia". My spelling is probably off. I have my great-grandmothers pasta board that I use when I make my own pasta. Click below to hear my cousin Maury.
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Sonninese wine in Tennessee?
Yes indeed. The Ippolito family, who are origionally from Sonnino, own a B&B and winery in Tennessee. They make a wine called "Sonnino Sunset". CHeck out their website below. They have information about ordering their wine.
http://www.coreyippolitovineyardbandb.com/our_wines.htm
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Book of Sonnino postcards
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Sonninese word: Alluccare
I found this very interested. We often hear about the Latin roots of english word, not the other way around. My cousin Maurizia told me that the Sonninese word "Aluccare" comes from an adaptation of the english "to look". She said that this started being used when Americans were in Sonnino during WWI. Click on the button to listen to the pronunciation.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Video of religious procession (the Madonna) in Sonnino
I found this video in a Google search. It's a nice little montage and has some good pictures of Sonnino. Click on the link to view the video.
Ogni sette anni - la processione della madonna delle grazie di Sonnino
ogni sette anni - la processione della madonna delle grazie di sonnino
Ogni sette anni - la processione della madonna delle grazie di Sonnino
ogni sette anni - la processione della madonna delle grazie di sonnino
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Alley in old Sonnino
I took this video so that people could get a real-time experience of what it's like walking through the historical section of Sonnino. This is one of the longer alleys...it was tricky trying to video and walk down the the smooth cobblestone steps at the same time!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Sonnino's on Priceline.com
Who knew. I recently typed in "Sonnnino, Italy" into Google and saw that about 7 links down there was a link for "Hotels near Sonnino". If you click on the link Priceline does indeed provide a list of hotels near Sonnino...I've even stayed a few of them. Give it a try.
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