Re: tradition

Burned? why?  sounds like fun.  Have a taco and smack the vendor upside the
head with a confetti egg to vent your anger over not being able to eat it. 
Would work for me.
Kitty

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:53:25 -0700 Margaret Lauterbach
<melauter@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Many years ago, when we lived in Riverside,
> Calif., an article in the 
> newspaper said there'd be foods sold at the
> Cinco de  Mayo celebration in a 
> certain part of town.  They named tacos,
> enchiladas, tamales, and something 
> I'd never heard of.  My mouth watered, so I
> insisted we go there to taste 
> this unknown dish.  My disappointment was very
> profound when I learned that 
> this was not a food, but an eggshell filled
> with confetti and the end 
> sealed over with thin paper. One was to crack
> the shell against another's 
> head, scattering confetti.  I'm still burned
> about this.
> 
> Please tell me polpetti and braciole are foods.
>  What kind of foods?  Thank 
> you, Margaret L
> 
> >My Louis was also 100% Sicilian; his
> grandparents were from Sciacca
> >originally. I learned to cook some of his
> mother's specialties, and my
> >polpetti are THE BEST. He used to talk about
> Thanksgiving at their house
> >with lasagna and braciole, followed by the
> turkey and all the trimmings.
> 
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