Cross Continental Friends!!!

[SlowBill]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Marchese_del_Grillo

 

[SlowBill]

 

[theuglyduckling]

siamo nel 1809, nello stato pontificio, all'epoca occupato dalle truppe di Napoleone Bonaparte, il Marchese Onofrio del Grillo, nobile e guardia pontificia, ha una relazione con una cantante francese di teatro, osteggiato dalla madre, donna devota al papa

il marchese, già famoso per i suoi scherzi e la vita dissoluta, durante una delle sue uscite notturne, incontra Gasperino, povero carbonaro che vive di stenti e si ubriaca tutte le notti in osteria, praticamente un suo sosia, somigliante nell'aspetto e completamente opposto nei comportamenti

decide dunque di fare uno scherzo al povero carbonaro e alla sua famiglia, vestendolo come un nobile e infilandolo, ancora ubriaco, nel proprio letto

al mattino, risvegliatosi Gasperino, cominciano una serie di gag e incomprensioni, interviene addirittura un esorcista!

im sure the exorcism is funny to watch.

 

[theuglyduckling]

my internet would not work for a couple of days. tomorrow i am going to the fruit market and i will take some pictures.

 

[theuglyduckling]

today i went to the fruit market. i went with 64 dollars and left with 16 dollars. i bought at least 10 to 15 pounds of green bananas that cost 57 cents a pound. i bought 18 dollars worth. i bought 10 pounds of yautias but i am not sure how much they were a pound, but it cost me 20 dollars. and then i bought 17 plantains and in total those cost me 10 dollars. i took pictures of everything that i bought. i wanted to take pictures of the fruit market but i did not do that because there were to many people.

 

[theuglyduckling]

in the back is green bananas. the long brown tube looking things are yatias and to the left of those is the green plaintains.

 

[SlowBill]

Questa si che é una spesa tropicale!

 

[theuglyduckling]

now if only i had brought a box with me to put everything in...

all of that is going to be grounded up into masa to make pasteles with.

they also had a lot of other veggies and fruits like egg plant, sweet potato, other types of root veggies like the yatia, cilantro, pumpkin, pineapple, bitter oranges, bananas, mangoes and a bunch of other fruits that i have never seen before. i did only go to one stand but i think there were three other stands that were selling stuff too. at one point the lady was a little annoyed that i was making her work so much =]

 

[SlowBill]

ho visto che queste yatia sono radici, non riuscendole a collegare mentalmente, non ho idea di che gusto abbiano

in genere le radici sono molto amare, alcune cremose come lo scorzobianco e altre piccanti come il rafano

una verdura di cui si consumano fusto e radice è il sedano-rapa, un classico sedano con alla base un pollone grande anche quanto una palla

 

[theuglyduckling]

the yatia is textured similar to a potato but the taste is not like a potato i guess it is like how you described it to be. the one here is not spicy or bitter though. i do not like it plain, i usually will cook it with the sauce and beans, but on the island it is typically eaten with bacalao a salted fish. and they also mix it into the masa for pasteles or they will cook it in soups and stews.