In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
We're on a roll; we've started plotting a St. George's day festa for Sun Apr 23rd 06. We reckon we'll hold it in the local village car park........ I know St. Goerge was the patron st. of Genova, so I reckon that makes him Lunigenese(!)
We can then introduce the locals to the delights of English cooking......... any suggestions for 'corking' dishes?
...........plotting ;)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=tuscanhills]We can then introduce the locals to the delights of English cooking......... any suggestions for 'corking' dishes?[/quote]
.... Haggis? ;)
english food?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 12/20/2005 - 08:33In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Yorkshire puddings with proper gravy! never seen em out of the Uk, mind you Italians arn't too keen on gravy usually..Hm. Worth a try though. Having watched Jamie O trying locals out on non local food I wish you luck!
M
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=tuscanhills]We're on a roll; we've started plotting a St. George's day festa for Sun Apr 23rd 06. We reckon we'll hold it in the local village car park........ I know St. Goerge was the patron st. of Genova, so I reckon that makes him Lunigenese(!)
We can then introduce the locals to the delights of English cooking......... any suggestions for 'corking' dishes?
...........plotting ;)[/QUOTE]
Fab idea!! Talking about St George, did anyone in the UK watch the prog last Sunday (I think...) about the patron saints of the UK/Eire and their origins?? Very interesting indeed!
Stephanie
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=tuscanhills]We're on a roll; we've started plotting a St. George's day festa for Sun Apr 23rd 06. We reckon we'll hold it in the local village car park........ I know St. Goerge was the patron st. of Genova, so I reckon that makes him Lunigenese(!)
We can then introduce the locals to the delights of English cooking......... any suggestions for 'corking' dishes?
...........plotting ;)[/quote]
Seriously, sounds like a good idea. Just for the locals or open to other Lunigiana dwellers (... and prospective dwellers ;) )?
I have visions of pigs on spits, big fluffy baked potatoes, thick homemade sausages, apple pies.........
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=derekL]....just for the locals or open to other Lunigiana dwellers (... and prospective dwellers ;) )?......[/QUOTE]
Hopefully open to all-comers! The aim would be to invite as many Brits as we can muster and as many locals as we can; Brits can bring a dish, some other 'larger' times (hog roast........ohmegosh!) we'll need to think about!
[QUOTE=derekL].... Haggis? [/QUOTE]
You can keep your 'foreign' dishes and serve THEM up on Jan 25th, hehehehhehe.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
unfortunatly st george, is no longer a saint according to the vatican[they made him a saint] he supposedly came from the east, but was a warrior,so
a few years back he was decannonised.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
It's an amusing choice for an English patron saint; a Turk who is no longer a saint(!)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=giovanni]unfortunatly st george, is no longer a saint according to the vatican[they made him a saint] he supposedly came from the east, but was a warrior,so
a few years back he was decannonised.[/QUOTE]
Ahhh interesting!! I can't recall the programme mentioning that small fact hehe... typical!!
Stephanie
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=giovanni]unfortunatly st george, is no longer a saint according to the vatican[they made him a saint] he supposedly came from the east, but was a warrior,so
a few years back he was decannonised.[/QUOTE]
More ill informed rubbish in the forum. He is the patron Saint of England and Catalonia - his feast is 23rd April and he was a soldier in the roman army and martyred. The Catholic church has not de-cannonised him.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Wishful Thinker]More ill informed rubbish in the forum. He is the patron Saint of England and Catalonia - his feast is 23rd April and he was a soldier in the roman army and martyred. The Catholic church has not de-cannonised him.[/QUOTE]
Some info here:
[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1468580,00.html[/url]
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Oh, gowd!
OK, to save the blushes of:
[list]
[*]Catholic Church
[*]Brits
[*]Pedants
[/list]
We'll be having a William Shakespeare day festa ;)
And Saint Nicholas
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/21/2005 - 09:15In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
is also a Turkish saint buried in Bari of all places
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=tuscanhills]Oh, gowd!
OK, to save the blushes of:
[list]
[*]Catholic Church
[*]Brits
[*]Pedants
[/list]
We'll be having a William Shakespeare day festa ;)[/QUOTE]
Careful!!! - the Marlowe Society may be after you [pedants plus]
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Great idea! Everyone will have to come with a prepared bit of Shakespeare to recite. My own favourite is "Now, Gods, stand up for bastards"
But what to eat and drink? Mead? Grog?
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Alas, poor St. George. But I didn't know him very well. Neither did someone else, obviously. Anyway, much ado about nothing if you ask me!
Mead? Grog? To drink or not to drink. That really is the question! Not, methinks! Yuk! :)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=elainecraig]is also a Turkish saint buried in Bari of all places[/QUOTE]
San Nicola (aka Santa Clause) wasn't turkish, because he was born when Turkey wasn't Turkey at all, but just the greek speaking part of the Roman empire.
The Turkish came later, after 1300/1400
Some Baresi sailors stolen his bones on X century and now he's buried in Bari in a very beautiful cathedral, btw.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
And the only reason he has a red coat is ebcuase of Coca Cola advertising in the 1920s, before that he had various coloured coats but mainly green. :rolleyes:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
God help us all and save us from the influence of Coca Cola ,Viva la green I say !!!!!!!!!:)
Work
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/22/2005 - 16:51In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I have missed my visits over the last week or so, I havn't been able to get on as much due to work. Its idiot week this week, I have a sewing alteration shop and you can imagine some of the folk we have in. One lady today brought a pair of trousers for shortening and admitted she'd been wearing them too long for the past 4 months....................turned her away........stupid woman.......:D regulars I will bend over backwards for but silly people I'm not interested in 3 days beore Xmas day.......I've got more worries about the 4 bin bags of ironing I need to get done on Xmas Eve :mad:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Wishful Thinker]More ill informed rubbish in the forum. He is the patron Saint of England and Catalonia - his feast is 23rd April and he was a soldier in the roman army and martyred. The Catholic church has not de-cannonised him.[/QUOTE].
alas i was wrong,must have mixed up the 3rd rate as decannonisation,but
rubbish? well atleast you and another now know a little bit more about your
patront saint.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I've also just found out that as well as being patron saint of England, Saint G is patron saint of:
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[*]Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Germany and Greece
[*]Moscow, Istanbul, Genoa and Venice (second to St Mark)
[/list]
And on top of this, he's also [i]responsible[/i] for a decent cross-section of England as he's patron saint for
[list]
[*]Soldiers, cavalry and chivalry
[*]Farmers, field workers, butchers and saddlers
[*]Horses, riders
[*]Archers & Boy Scouts
[*]Sufferers from leprosy, plague and (ahem!) syphilis[/list]
What he had to do to qualify for the last one is unknown........
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=tuscanhills]I've also just found out that as well as being patron saint of England, Saint G is patron saint of:
[list]
[*]Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Germany and Greece
[*]Moscow, Istanbul, Genoa and Venice (second to St Mark)
[/list]
And on top of this, he's also [i]responsible[/i] for a decent cross-section of England as he's patron saint for
[list]
[*]Soldiers, cavalry and chivalry
[*]Farmers, field workers, butchers and saddlers
[*]Horses, riders
[*]Archers & Boy Scouts
[*]Sufferers from leprosy, plague and (ahem!) syphilis[/list]
What he had to do to qualify for the last one is unknown........[/QUOTE]
saint catherine is the PATRON SAINT of genoa....
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
A really good celebration of St. George takes place in Montegiorgio, usually over three days with great music, food, car show and the religious side too.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
If you hold a celabration on St George' s day can you let me know exactly where it is please. We are thinking of coming out that weekend.
[QUOTE=derekL]It's so quiet here just now! Where's everyone gone? Italy?[/QUOTE]
I`ve been wondering that too Derek! I think it`s this Christmas `thing`. Everyone`s rushing round doing their Christmas shopping, writing cards, going to office parties etc.