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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2017 17:21:24 GMT
I was reading about another European seasonal tradition celebrated by many Italians and Italian-Americans, "The Feast of the Seven Fishes", typically held on Christmas Eve. The Southern Italian feast- also known as La Vigilia- features seven types of seafood.
In New Orleans several restaurants are offering their takes on the tradition.
Anyone else familiar with this tradition? Bixa? LaGatta?
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 11, 2017 21:55:32 GMT
Casimira, I know about the tradition, but not from my family. I do know other people of Sicilian descent who say it was a big deal in their families. I think many traditions are extremely regional. A cousin recently listed the different names for cuccidati and they were radically different even in places as close together as Palermo and Cefalù. (The Brocato family is originally from Cefalù, I think. If you go by there, you might ask them the original name for the fig cakes.) Sorry, I digressed. But I did give you an excuse to go to Brocato's.
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Post by lagatta on Dec 11, 2017 23:37:48 GMT
There are many Italians for whom there is no "meat" (in the mammalian sense) or poultry at the Christmas Eve table, and not just in the deep South. It is often meatless (in the Catholic sense) in Portugal, and of course in Poland.
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