eating during the war with sveva casati modignani istituto comprensivo san martino siccomario

EATING DURING THE WARWITH SVEVA CASATI MODIGNANI

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO SAN MARTINO SICCOMARIO

Lirerature and senses This year the students of the third class have

read the book Il diavolo e la rossumata (The evil and the rossumata, a sort of soup with eggs),an autobiographical novel of the writer Sveva Casati Modignani from Milan. It is a book based on senses, set in Milan during the Second World War, when the author was a child. In each chapter she talks about food that her mum and grandma prepared for the family. At the end of the book there is an appendix with all the receipes of her childhood.The taste of that food is connected to the feelings and memories of the beloved people.

Rice and potatoes

Among the main ingredients of Sveva’s receipes there are potatoes and rice, which in Lombardy, during the war, were the basic food for common people.

Sveva's recipesSveva's recipes(for 4 people)(for 4 people)

GRANDMA'S MINESTRONEThat evening the usual minestrone war delicious …

Different vegetables 2 tomatoes, peas,

beans, basil 4 spoons of olive oil 2 cups of Arborio rice 4 teaspoons of

parmesan Salt

RICE AND FROGSRICE AND FROGS Adults told us it was delicious… but I Adults told us it was delicious… but I

have always refused to eat thathave always refused to eat that

Gr 700 of frogs1 spoon of olive oil4 spoons of butter2 spoons of

chopped parsley1 chopped onion4 handful of

carnaroli riceSalt

RICE AND SAGE Not very healthy, but easy and

tasty. I prepare it when I am homesick for my childhood.

4 handful of superfine rice

2 spoons of butter

1 handful of sage

Sea salt

A piece of pumpkin (500 gr)

4 spoons of olive oil4 handful of

carnaroli rice1 glass of white

wineMeat stock2 spoons of

parmesanSalt

POTATO NUGGETS Grandma cooked fantastic dishes

using potatoes, for example nuggets. I’ve tried more and more to make them, asking for suggestions when my grandma was old and ill, but they have never been as good as hers.When I was convalescing those nuggets melted in my mouth without chewing, giving out taste and making me feel in Paradise.

PARADISE FOOD

1k potatoes 1-2 eggs 3 spoons

parmesan Lemon grated

peel 1 teaspoon

chopped parsley

Grated bread Oil or butter

to fry Salt

FOOD – PEOPLE - MEMORIES

A whole life has passed; people who lived with me in my childhood aren’t anymore here, but they are still living in my memories.