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