Comments on: Top 5 Things to Eat in Tuscany http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/ Nourish Your Inner Italian Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:38:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dee http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3160 Dee Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:52:22 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3160 That's where the term bread-winner came from as well, as I heard from a baker near Regello. Wartime rations. Good luck on your blog. Visit mine from time to time, I've only been going since June of last year and it's been a learning experience. Dee That’s where the term bread-winner came from as well, as I heard from a baker near Regello. Wartime rations. Good luck on your blog. Visit mine from time to time, I’ve only been going since June of last year and it’s been a learning experience. Dee

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3152 Vanessa Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:31:59 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3152 Dee, this is hilarious, in fact I think this is the way it went: They started fighting the salt tax and then realized then when they didn't put salt in bread, it would not go moldy- so they stuck it up the man TWICE! Ah!! Mangiafagioli it is! Dee, this is hilarious, in fact I think this is the way it went: They started fighting the salt tax and then realized then when they didn’t put salt in bread, it would not go moldy- so they stuck it up the man TWICE! Ah!! Mangiafagioli it is!

]]> By: Dee http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 Dee Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:58:51 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3150 Welcome to foodies! To mamaliga I spent a week in Regello also, was it thte same cooking school? As for saltless Tuscan bread, I thought that several hundred years ago the Tuscans fought the salt tax so still don't salt their bread. But then, the bean-eaters may just be telling tales. I've visited Florence many times and love that they work to live and don't live to work. I once ordered Bistecca alla Fiorentiina and my cohort ordered it well-done. The chef woudn't do it of course (thank goodness, poor Chianina was killed once already), so I chose another entree. Luckily fagioli a'l uccelletto was at hand. Thanks for your great blog. Dee Welcome to foodies! To mamaliga I spent a week in Regello also, was it thte same cooking school? As for saltless Tuscan bread, I thought that several hundred years ago the Tuscans fought the salt tax so still don’t salt their bread. But then, the bean-eaters may just be telling tales.

I’ve visited Florence many times and love that they work to live and don’t live to work. I once ordered Bistecca alla Fiorentiina and my cohort ordered it well-done. The chef woudn’t do it of course (thank goodness, poor Chianina was killed once already), so I chose another entree.

Luckily fagioli a’l uccelletto was at hand. Thanks for your great blog. Dee

]]> By: Pam http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Pam Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:12:03 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3132 Congrats on the foodie blogroll and nice blog you have! Congrats on the foodie blogroll and nice blog you have!

]]> By: napa farmhouse 1885 http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 napa farmhouse 1885 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:16:13 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3127 oh man....i do not think i could do a 5 item list....your 5 work..yet white beans, wild boar...and truffles in season can't be missed! maybe it could be a 10 item list?...i mean there is lunch AND dinner..right? :) oh man….i do not think i could do a 5 item list….your 5 work..yet white beans, wild boar…and truffles in season can’t be missed!

maybe it could be a 10 item list?…i mean there is lunch AND dinner..right? :)

]]> By: Mamaliga http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 Mamaliga Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:44:19 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3115 Aaaa Vanessa! This post is dear to my heart! I spent one superb week in Regello (close to Firenze) in the summer of 2006 - and since then I've never been the same! The Bistecca a la Fiorentina NEEDS to be eaten in Florence - out of the Chianina cow - that's grown only in that region - Cheers!! Gabi @ Mamaliga.com Aaaa Vanessa!

This post is dear to my heart! I spent one superb week in Regello (close to Firenze) in the summer of 2006 – and since then I’ve never been the same!

The Bistecca a la Fiorentina NEEDS to be eaten in Florence – out of the Chianina cow – that’s grown only in that region -

Cheers!!
Gabi @ Mamaliga.com

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3103 Vanessa Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:42:24 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3103 Judith, I agree, I love ribollita, but it is so seasonal... and Amy, I pondered over fagioli for a long time, too!! Hard to cut them... What would be your top 5 for Tuscan food? This is a question for everyone! Judith, I agree, I love ribollita, but it is so seasonal… and Amy, I pondered over fagioli for a long time, too!! Hard to cut them…
What would be your top 5 for Tuscan food? This is a question for everyone!

]]> By: Amy http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3102 Amy Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:41:19 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3102 I couldn't agree more with your list! If you had made a top 6 list, I would add white beans, they don't call Tuscans "mangiafagioli" for nothing. Those creamy white beans are really delicious. I couldn’t agree more with your list! If you had made a top 6 list, I would add white beans, they don’t call Tuscans “mangiafagioli” for nothing. Those creamy white beans are really delicious.

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://www.italyinsf.com/2009/08/24/top-5-things-to-eat-in-tuscany/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 Judith in Umbria Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:46:23 +0000 http://www.italyinsf.com/?p=931#comment-3101 I think it depends on when you are in Tuscany. I am a great lover of ribollita and will eat it everyday in fall and winter, but last week when the temperature was 98.6F I declined! Panzanella is a great summer thing in Tuscany (and Umbria.) My local dive carves la Fiorentina to order from Chianina, Danish beef or Italian non-Chianina beef. The chef says it must be at least 3/4 kilo, but he won't cook it less than rare. I eat it once every couple of years with friends and I like it on rucola with a drizzle of oil. Yep! I think it depends on when you are in Tuscany. I am a great lover of ribollita and will eat it everyday in fall and winter, but last week when the temperature was 98.6F I declined! Panzanella is a great summer thing in Tuscany (and Umbria.)

My local dive carves la Fiorentina to order from Chianina, Danish beef or Italian non-Chianina beef. The chef says it must be at least 3/4 kilo, but he won’t cook it less than rare. I eat it once every couple of years with friends and I like it on rucola with a drizzle of oil. Yep!

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