{"id":688,"date":"2011-04-09T09:16:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T09:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=688"},"modified":"2011-04-09T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T09:16:20","slug":"facciamo-un-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/facciamo-un-picnic\/","title":{"rendered":"Facciamo un Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday morning was the beginning of a beautiful warm spring day. Not a cloud in the sky, a chorus of birdsong, lucertole<\/strong> (lizards) scuttling about over the terrazza<\/strong> and  darting into shady cracks in the old stone walls. <\/font><\/p>\n

"Stavo pensando" dice mio marito "perch\u00e9 non invitiamo Claudio e Annalisa a fare un picnic su da noi?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

"I was thinking" said my husband "why don’t we invite Claudio and Annalisa up for a picnic?"<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

"S\u00ec, oggi ci devono essere anche Giovanni e Gabriella" ho risposto<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

"Yes, Giovanni and Gabriella should be there today as well" I replied<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

"Vabb\u00e8, adesso gli do un colpo di telefono"<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

"O.K, I’ll give them a ring now"<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Claudio, Annalisa, Gabriella and Giovanni were contentissimi<\/strong> (really pleased) to be invited.<\/font><\/p>\n

"Ma cosa dobbiamo portare?" fa Claudio<\/font><\/p>\n

"But what should we bring?" asked Claudio<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

"Non lo so, magari un po’ di focaccia, un po’ di formaggio, e dell’insalata. Poi per il resto ci pensiamo noi"<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

"I don’t know, perhaps a bit of focaccia, a bit of cheese and salad. Then we’ll sort out the rest"<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

Gabriella, who lives near La Spezia, went round to the fornaio<\/strong> and bought some tasty focaccia<\/strong>, then to the supermercato<\/strong> for il formaggio<\/strong>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Annalisa and Claudio sorted out l’insalata<\/strong> and Giovanni le bibite<\/strong> (the drinks).<\/font><\/p>\n

Geoff, in the meantime, realized that the aia<\/strong> (the old stone threshing area that we use as a patio), where we wanted to picnic, was a macello<\/strong> (mess), and spent a couple of hours moving building materials, tools, rocks, etc. to make it presentable. Then out with the table and chairs that had been stored in the ripostiglio<\/strong> (store room) for the winter.<\/font><\/p>\n

Ecco tutto pronto!<\/strong> (That’s everything ready!)<\/font><\/p>\n

Come \u00e8 bello sedersi fuori sotto il sole di aprile con gli amici a mangiare. C’era persino Mim\u00ec la gatta a tenerci compagnia.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

How lovely it is to sit out under the April sun eating with friends. There was even Mim\u00ec the cat keeping us company.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

\"April<\/a> <\/p>\n

gli iris nel nostro giardino<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

Sulla tavola c’era:<\/strong> (on the table there was:)<\/font><\/p>\n

focaccia<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

focaccia integrale <\/strong>(wholemeal focaccia)<\/font><\/p>\n

pane cotto nel forno a legna<\/strong>  (bread cooked in a wood fired oven)<\/font><\/p>\n

gorgonzola<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

pecorino stagionato<\/strong> (mature sheep’s cheese)<\/font><\/p>\n

pecorino fresco<\/strong> (fresh sheep’s cheese)<\/font><\/p>\n

insalata di lattuga, carote e mele <\/strong>(lettuce, carrot and apple salad)<\/font><\/p>\n

olio di oliva <\/strong>(olive oil)<\/font><\/p>\n

aceto balsamico <\/strong>(balsamic vinigar)<\/font><\/p>\n

due bottiglie di vino rosso<\/strong> (two bottles of red wine)<\/font><\/p>\n

acqua dalla fontana <\/strong>(water from the fountain)<\/font><\/p>\n

arance<\/strong> (oranges)<\/font><\/p>\n

banane <\/strong>(bananas)<\/font><\/p>\n

mele<\/strong> (apples)<\/font><\/p>\n

\"April<\/a> <\/p>\n

il paesaggio da noi in aprile<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n

…ma l’ingrediente pi\u00f9 importante? la compagnia di buoni amici!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

…but the most important ingredient? the company of good friends!<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Saturday morning was the beginning of a beautiful warm spring day. Not a cloud in the sky, a chorus of birdsong, lucertole (lizards) scuttling about over the terrazza and  darting into shady cracks in the old stone walls. "Stavo pensando" dice mio marito "perch\u00e9 non invitiamo Claudio e Annalisa a fare un picnic su da…<\/p>\n

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