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>>> I don't think that fillo will crush! Pasta fillo is a good idea! Then
>>> you need the iron tubes for frying cannoli. You put around tubes the
>>> dough and then fry or put in oven. Have you got them?
>>> http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu..._x_cannoli.jpg
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>>> I hope you will be able to eat them
>>> Cheers
>>> pandora
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>> Thank you so much for the link and for your suggestions, Pandora. No, I
>> don't have cannoli forms, but I have a friend who does. I can borrow
>> them from her if I want to experiment.
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> Oh yes! It's funny to use those forms!
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>> I had my very first cannoli ever last Saturday, which was my birthday.
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> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, then!!!!!
> A
>> friend took me to an Italian restaurant for lunch, and I decided to have
>> a cannoli for dessert. It was good, but very sweet! I guess I'm just
>> not used to eating things with that much sugar in them.
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> Me too. I don't like things too much sweet! I've eaten cannoli in Sicily
> but they weren't so sweet. They need few sugar, IMHO. You can make them as
> you want!
> And then, what else have you eaten in italian restaurant?
> Cheers
> Pandora
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>> Karen
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Molto grazie for the birthday wishes! :-)

My very favorite Italian food is manicotti, and that's what I usually order
when I go to an Italian restaurant. There are different ways to prepare
it, but this recipe is very close to what I've made in the past:
http://tinyurl.com/bhrao I cheat, though; I buy the prepared manicotti
pasta to make it easier. My favorite Italian restaurant makes the manicotti
pasta fresh, which is probably why it tastes so good!

Some of my other restaurant favorites are chicken or veal Marsala, chicken
piccata, lasagna...actually, I have so many Italian dishes that I love.
The very best Italian meal I've ever had was not in a restaurant, however.
My best friend's daughter-in-law is from Sicily, and she invited us to her
home for dinner a few years ago. I can't remember everything she made, but
I *do* remember it was spectacular from start to finish. She made a
delicious tiramisu for dessert, served with those tiny cups of espresso.
The tiramisu was made with just the right amount of sweetness - not too
much. This woman is very talented, and she is now in culinary arts school
learning to be a chef. She is going to make many people happy with her
fabulous meals!

Karen (who thinks she just might go to her favorite Italian restaurant
tonight)