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or in our local dialect busìe (pronounced with a French u) are what these traditional Carnival pastries are called in Piemonte. In other Italian regions have different names: chiacchiere in Lombardia, frappe in Emilia, galani in Veneto, cenci in Toscana, etc.

Apparently, they go all the way back to ancient Rome when they were fried in pork fat.

But this batch is much fresher, as I made them yesterday (and fried them in sunflower oil)

Here you have a selection of single (strips of dough) and of double ones i.e. sweet ravioli filled with jam.

Adrian enjoyed them, and so did our neighbour

Buon Carnevale!

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: London, SE20

I've spent the week-end at my parents, and in fact I'm still here.

I am supposed to fly back to London tomorrow night but there are two strikes in the way: British Airways (my flight is supposed to operate, but you never know) and an Italian strike of airport ground staff.
Well, we'll see what happens!

The weather has been grey and drizzly at times, and haven't done much at all. Going out upsets parents as they want me at home.

Today my best friend Franco and his parents were invited round to lunch.
It was a big lunch: 4 starters, 2 main courses, a soup, 3 desserts (you can see pictures of quite a similar lunch from 2 Boxing Days ago here).

One of the desserts - brought by our guests - was a huge tray of delicious, eat-in-one-mouthful pastries, one of my favourites.
I think I'd probably order such a tray as my last meal!