New Quiz Question

05/31/2009 - 10:54

Ok folks, I have not done a quiz question on this Community yet, so here's an easy peasy one for "Moxie's mini quiz for Abruzzo Just giving fund"What is Vincisgrassi and why is it so named?Also, What is Ciausculo?I'll put in my fiver on the two being answered correctly. I'll also put in a fiver for the best bluff/stab in the dark/nonsense answer!http://www.justgiving.com/italy-abruzzo-earthquake

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Hey Du.  People now too worried about their swimming pools to attempt the quiz. So. Vincisgrassi?  Something Leonardo was smoking when he was painting The Last Supper? Bet that's right. Now for Ciausculo...............................

Got it . It's an inedible dish created by the Fresh Cherry Marketing Board to increase the sales of their noxious fruit. Both correct eh DU?

In reply to by DavidUno

OK DU Vincisgrassi is a baked pasta from Marche which contains lean minced beef (and about 100 other things) - but may also contain testicles! Ciausculo (as I hinted yesterday) is a pork dish garnished with watercress and cherries. Never had either but the second sounds ok. Seems like the best idea would be for you and me to PM each other when we have a Quiz question.

Well Trotters, you have definately won the stab in the dark prize! Your baked pasta dish is only a partial answer. It is a lasagne of about 12 pasta layers with a very rich filling containing loads of giblets. It was first baked for an Austrian General Wincis Grezzi (or something similar) and became a favourite for him. At local festas it is usually far more simple and less offaly.Ciausculo or ciauscolo or ciabuscolo is nothing to do with cherries! It is a fresh pork sausage the size of a salami but not dried as much so it remains soft and pink. It is eaten raw. There is also a liver (fegato) version which is very rich and dark. The best examples can be found in a tiny shop at Stazione Monte San  Martino on the road from Amandola to Servigliano. So Mr C, my dosh'll be in the pot tomorrow.Over and out