Nathalie Chiva wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:17:05 +0200, "Luca Pinotti"
> > wrote:
>
>> "Nathalie Chiva" >
>> wrote in message ...
>>> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:16:03 +0200, "Luca Pinotti"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Italian: many, too many... Risotto alla milanese, soup of
>>>> shellfish, bucatini all'amatriciana, rigatoni con la pajata...
>>>
>>> Pagliata, pagliata? I'd sell my soul for some pagliata in umido....
>>> Rome is beckoning!
>>> So, you're Roman? (Well, I've never seen pagliata anywhere else)
>>
>> No, I'm not roman. But I well know rigatoni con la pajata.
>> Unfortunately, du to the crazy cow, pajata in not allowed at this
>> moment. Just remember the taste... :-(
>>
>
> Oh, too bad :-(. In France they lifted most restrictions due to Mad
> Cow Disease, and I heard that in Italy the Fiorentina is allowed again
> though.

Yes fiorentina is allowed because the meat comes from a particular strain of
cow that has never been infected by the disease.
I do not know why pajata was banned. I hope that is allowed again, but I
haven't been in Rome for two years.
I'll check.

Luca