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> "Pandora" > wrote in message
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>>> I had my very first cannoli ever last Saturday, which was my birthday.
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>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, then!!!!!
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> Molto grazie for the birthday wishes! :-)
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> 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

Sorry I couldn't see them! The link doesn't work ((
But I have searched on google. I didn't know the existence of "Manicotti". I
like them, I want them! Why I don't see them in our supermarket? Thei are
similar to cannelloni, but they have grooves on their surface! I have in
house a package of this "Manicotti" but they are smaller and shorter, like
these follow that we call "paccheri" or "Schiaffoni"
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...% 3D%26sa%3DG
The only difference is that my "Paccheri" have the grooves that you say.

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!

Oh ! You make me very curious! And how they do to make grooves on surface if
they make by hands?
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> Some of my other restaurant favorites are chicken or veal Marsala, chicken
> piccata, lasagna...actually, I have so many Italian dishes that I love.

I like them very much too!!!

> 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.

Oh yes! In southern Italy they cook a lot! And all good things, especially
fish. have you eaten "pasta con le sarde"? It is typic of Sicily.

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!

Ohhhhh! I believe in what you say! You are very lucky to know her!
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> Karen (who thinks she just might go to her favorite Italian restaurant
> tonight)

Eat something also for me, then ))))
Cheers
Pandora
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