{"id":11634,"date":"2016-05-18T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=11634"},"modified":"2016-05-17T22:17:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T20:17:49","slug":"tasty-italian-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/tasty-italian-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasty Italian Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Food dominates all here in Italy, and wherever they are, whatever the occasion, Italians love discussing it! Here&#8217;s a typical example:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">The setting:<\/span><br \/>\nA small Yoga class in a little Italian country town<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"> The characters:<\/span><br \/>\nSerena (the yoga teacher) and the students (all ladies).<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Insegnante: &#8220;Adesso sdraiatevi e portate le ginocchia al petto cos\u00ec da rilassare la schiena e il corpo&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nTeacher: &#8220;Now lie down and bring your knees to your chest in order to relax the back and the body&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Daniela: &#8220;Oddio, mi tornano su i peperoni che ho mangiato a pranzo&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nDaniela: &#8220;Oh my god, I ate peppers at lunch time and now they are coming back up&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Anna: &#8220;A me le cipolle &#8230; proprio non le digerisco&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnna: &#8220;For me it&#8217;s the onions &#8230; I really can&#8217;t digest them&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/Robinia_Pseudoacacia_flower-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"Robinia Pseudoacacia Flower 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11666\"  alt=\"Robinia_Pseudoacacia_flower-001\" width=\"530\" height=\"701\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/Robinia_Pseudoacacia_flower-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/Robinia_Pseudoacacia_flower-001.jpg 484w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/Robinia_Pseudoacacia_flower-001-265x350.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Annalisa: &#8220;Io a pranzo ho fatto le frittelle di fiori di acacia&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnalisa: &#8220;For lunch I made fritters with acacia flowers&#8221; <em><span style=\"color: #808080\">(N.B. the tree that the locals call acacia, which grows wild here in Lunigiana, is actually <span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robinia_pseudoacacia\" target=\"_blank\">robinia<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Maria Grazia: &#8220;Che buone!&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nMaria Grazia: &#8220;They&#8217;re really good!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Cristina: &#8220;Frittelle di fiori di acacia? come le fai?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nCristina: &#8220;Fritters with acacia flowers? How do you make them?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Annalisa: &#8220;Faccio una pastella con acqua, farina e un pizzico di sale, ci metto i fiori di acacia \u2026&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnalisa: &#8220;I prepare a batter with some water, flour, and a pinch of salt, then I put the acacia flowers in it &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Cristina: &#8220;Ci metti tutto il grappolo?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nCristina: &#8220;Do you put the whole bunch in?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Annalisa: &#8220;No, i fiori li stacco dallo stelo principale perch\u00e9 resta troppo duro, li rigiro bene nella pastella e poi li friggo a cucchiaiate in olio ben caldo&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnalisa: &#8220;No, I remove the flowers from the main stalk because it&#8217;s too tough, I mix them well with the batter, and then I fry by them dropping spoonfuls of the mixture into hot oil&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Maria Grazia: &#8220;Ci metti anche un uovo nella pastella?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nMaria Grazia: &#8220;Do you put an egg in the batter as well?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Annalisa: &#8220;No, niente uovo perch\u00e9 senn\u00f2 copre il sapore dei fiori&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnalisa: &#8220;No, no egg because otherwise it covers the flavour of the flowers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Insegnante: &#8220;Ma le frittelle sono dolci o salate?<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\nTeacher: &#8220;Are the fritters sweet or savoury?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Annalisa: &#8220;Appena salate. Con un bicchiere di vino bianco leggermente frizzante fresco sono favolose&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnalisa: &#8220;Slightly savoury. With a glass of chilled white slightly sparkly wine they&#8217;re fabulous&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Maria Grazia: &#8220;Io le spolvero con lo zucchero a velo, somigliano alle frittelle di mele&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nMaria Grazia: &#8220;I dust them with icing sugar, they&#8217;re like apple fritters&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11668\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001.jpg\" aria-label=\"I Fiori Di Sambuco 001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11668\" class=\"wp-image-11668\"  alt=\"I_fiori_di_sambuco-001\" width=\"530\" height=\"354\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001-350x234.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080\"><strong>Una Farfalla Prete si posa su dei fiori di sambuco.<\/strong> A Priest Butterfly rests on some elderberry flowers. <\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #808080\">Photo: Wikipedia.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Rita: &#8220;So che si possono fare anche i fiori di sambuco fritti. Come si fanno?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nRita: &#8220;I know you can also make elderflower fritters. How are they made?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Alda: &#8220;Fai la pastella uguale e poi ci immergi i fiori sambuco, tutta la testa tenendola per il gambo che ne lasci appena un centimetro, e quindi li friggi. Anche i fiori di sambuco fritti sono buonissimi&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nAlda: &#8220;Prepare the batter in the same way, then dip the elder flowers in it, the whole bunch, holding it by the stalk, which you leave just a centimetre of, and then fry them. Elderflower fritters are really good too&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Insegnante: &#8220;A parte i fiori di zucca, ovviamente, ci sono altri fiori che si possono cucinare?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nTeacher: &#8220;Apart from pumpkin flowers, obviously, which other flowers can you cook?&#8221; <span style=\"color: #808080\"><em>(see recipe for <strong><span style=\"color: #003366\"><a style=\"color: #003366\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/fiori-di-zucca-fritti\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fiori di Zucca Fritti<\/a><\/span><\/strong>)<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Daniela: &#8220;I fiori borragine&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nDaniela: &#8220;Borage flowers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Insegnante: &#8220;Come li fai?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nTeacher: &#8220;How do you cook them?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Daniela: &#8220;Fritti, come i fiori acacia&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nDaniela: &#8220;Fried, like the acacia flowers&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Insegnante: Aspettate un momento &#8230; questa \u00e8 una classe di Yoga, non un corso di cucina! &#8220;Va bene! Adesso silenzio! Basta parlare di cibo! Rilassate il corpo e la mente &#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nTeacher: Hang on a minute &#8230; this is a Yoga class, not a cookery class! &#8220;OK! Silence! Stop talking about food! Relax your body and your mind &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/05\/I_fiori_di_sambuco-001.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Food dominates all here in Italy, and wherever they are, whatever the occasion, Italians love discussing it! Here&#8217;s a typical example: The setting: A small Yoga class in a little Italian country town The characters: Serena (the yoga teacher) and the students (all ladies). 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