In late April along with the seeds that my father sent me from Sicily were the seeds of Cucuzza (lagenaria longissima) and now in my pots on the terrace The Cocuzza grew. So I cooked the pasta with tinnirumi of Cucuzza is a pasta of Sicilian cuisine, I was born in Termini Imerese - Palermo. Young leaves and apexes of Cucuzza I also dice the Cucuzza and cut into small pieces by hand spaghetti, tomato, garlic, basil, olive oil and parmigiano. Recipe
"Cucuzza Squash Drill Team" Associated Italian Farmers in California
P.S. For Jim a old Sicilian proverb
Crita= Clay
Cui zappa crita, arricogghi sita.= Whoever cultivates clay, harvests silk.
Hi Filippo, never heard of cucuzza, but they look great. Your pottery at the bookstore look beautiful too, congratulattions.
RispondiEliminaYour post totally made me hungry for spaghetti... Yumm-o !!!!
RispondiEliminaThank Linda. When I was a child in Sicily I hated the taste of Cucuzza, perhaps because my mother cooked (boiled with only olive oil)
RispondiEliminawhen we had stomach problems because it is very refreshing and purifying. But now I like cucuzza also to my two sons Ludovica and Tancredi.Given that you have a garden I try to send you the seeds of Cucuzza, if you want.
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filippo, grazie for the proverb, i'll commit it to memory. i like the shot of the italians in california marching with their squash. they look like loofah.
RispondiEliminaJim, Cucuzza belongs to the same family:Cucurbitaceae, but dfferent genre
RispondiEliminaloofah sponge is genre Luffa
Cucuzza is genre Lagenaria as the bottle squash.
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Your recipe sounds delicious! I've never had that kind of squash. And congrats on your pots at the bookstore!
RispondiEliminaThanks Judy, I send you the Cucuzza seeds if you want , climbs over the garden and makes a lot of shade in summer.
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