Italy Revisited by Mary Melfi

Italy Revisited by Mary Melfi

www.italyrevisited.org

www.italyrevisted.org seeks to document Italian's cultural heritage by creating an extensive photo archive of the day to day life of farmers and townspeople living at the turn of the 20th century.

Keywords

  • mary melfi
  • country linens
  • vintage linens
  • peasants
  • folk sayings
  • linen trousseaus
  • migration
  • immigration
  • italian immigrants
  • italian families
  • molise
  • amaretti
  • biscotti
  • taralli
  • easter bread
  • italian farmers
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Cooking tools:

  • Wooden board
  • Rolling pin
  • Kitchen towel
  • Plastic wrap
  • Airtight container
  • Pasta machine
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Pot
  • Colander
  • Pan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Wooden spoon
  • Kitchen timer
  • Skillet
  • Ladle
  • Tongs
  • Dishes
  • Stove
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups water
  • A big pot of water
  • 1/2 tablespoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, whole [traditional method] or chopped
  • 2 cups dried white cannelloni beans or white pea beans (or 2 cans of beans, 19 oz each)
  • 1 bay leaf (optional)
  • 1/2 cup water [or more] in which beans were cooked in
  • 1/4 pound fresh pork belly, cut into bite-sized pieces -- 1 1/2 inches long by 3/4 inch wide (optional)*
  • 3 dried sweet red peppers
  • 1 teaspoon salt

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