Italian Cooking Class~Strozzapreti all'arrabbiata~

Today, Made "Strozzapreti" from scratch. Literally meaning is " to strangle the priest" in Italian. It's quite aggressive expression! In a sense, it's very impolite naming.

There're two beliefs about the naming. One is that the shape of pasta can choke a person. The other is that they're so delicious that people eat them too much and are about to choke on them.

This pasta is origin from Emilia-Romagna. There're many communists in this area and the people have quite broad-minded to accept different culture and people. That's why this provocative naming is used in the area. Very interesting story, isn't it?

All'arrabbiata sauce is very beautiful. I like Italian red pepper.

Another meal was braised peas with panchetta. Braised them for around 40 minutes. Very soften. It also goes with short pasta!

Taro-san has been a fever since the day before yesterday. Every night the fever rises and in the morning it passes away.

As his doctor said, "Not only the flu but also something wrong with his stomach. It's natural that he has no appetite. You don't need to force him to eat. Breads, cheese, cracker and bananas, they're gently fine.

When we have a stuffy nose, we cannot taste propely. You may try to have a tea/coffee with pinching your nose! It's going to be disgusting!"

See. He unconsciously chooses foods he needs when he gets sick. There's a reason for him not to eat.

Hope he will get over soon.....