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"Chi va ai al mulino s'infarina." (One who goes to the mill gets flour on himself. He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled.) Welcome to another recipe edition from Adriana's Italian Bakery! This week's Italian recipes:
If dishes were wishes, then I wish you many. Enjoy this week's recipes! Arrivederci e a presto! Yours Truly,
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Spinach and Chickpea Soup
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Cauliflower In Egg Sauce
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Baked Potatoes with Salmon
Ingredients: Directions: Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F) Gas Mark 6. Halve the potatoes lengthways and scoop about 1/3 of the flesh from the center. Reassemble in pairs, wrap each pair in a sheet of foil, place on a baking sheet and bake for about 40 minutes. Meanwhile, put the smoked salmon, cream and lemon juice in a blender, season with salt and pepper and process until smooth and combined. Remove the potatoes from the oven, fill with the salmon cream and reassemble. Arrange on a warm serving dish, sprinkle with the chives and salmon roe and serve. This dish may also be served as a first course. Serves 4. That's it! Printer Friendly Version :: Submit Your Thoughts
"Only In Italy" is a daily news column that translates & reports on funny but true news items from legitimate Italian news resources in Italy. Each story is slapped with our wild, often ironic, and sometimes rather opinionated comments. And now, for your reading pleasure: US Ambassador: Italy Is An Economic Mess Rome - February 5, 2009 - Italy risks losing its status as a world economic power if its economy continues to perform so poorly, the outgoing American ambassador said Thursday. Ronald Spogli, sent to Rome three years ago by ex-president George W. Bush, explained that "the basic problem of Italy's economy is its long-term slow economic growth, which is much more serious than the current recession". Italy, he observed, "has over the years repeatedly ranked low in international rankings in regard to conditions for doing business and investing". The main reasons for this, the ambassador said, were "too much bureaucracy, a rigid labor market, organized crime, corruption, a slow judicial system, the lack of advancement by merit and an education system which does not meet the needs of the 21st century. However, at the root of Italy's slow economic growth was "a lack of unity" among Italians, Spogli said. "Unfortunately, I have no magic glue to offer which can keep this country together. Nevertheless, I'm not pessimistic. What I have seen in these past three years convinces me that this country can make it," the ambassador added. Speaking on Inauguration Day, January 20, Spogli said that no matter who takes his place as ambassador "nothing will change in the excellent relations which exist between the United States and Italy". "Cacchio", we can't get anything right. We need Emperor Constantine to help get us out of this crap.
"Italy, he observed, has over the years repeatedly ranked low in international rankings in regard to conditions for doing business and investing". We beg to differ Ronaldo. Our Prime Minister of Meatballs once stated Italy was a great country to invest in because "today we have fewer communists and those and those who are still there deny having been one."
PM of Meatballs: "Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries...superb girls."
So, the companies that make up the S&P 500 should understand it makes perfect business sense to invest in Italy and avoid countries with ugly women and ex-communists living in denial.
"too much bureaucracy..." Bureaucracy is our own beautiful lyrical opera full of sound and emotional singing. Wander into any post office, police headquarters or government office and you will hear an enchanting chorus of stamping, slamming and banging while long lines of confused Italians pray that they're in the right place and the right line for the document required. God forbid if they're not.
"Testa di minchiaaaa ha ha haaaa! If this is the wrong document, time, line, office, hemisphere, why don't you have any indication signs...you grandissimo figlio di una mignottaaaa la la laaa!"
"a slow judicial system..." Again, our Prime Minister of Minestrone has a logical explanation for this: "Eighty-five per cent of the Italian press is left-wing and among the judges it is even worse... There is a cancer in Italy that we have to treat: the politicization of the magistracy."
PM of Minestrone: "If they do that job it is because they are anthropologically different from the rest of the human race."
So, you see, once we lure these early prehistoric cavemen out of the court rooms with tiger meat and back to the caves where they belong then one will be able have a speedy and civilized court trial.
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