On Jul 17, 12:31*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:41:08 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins >
> wrote:
>
> > I'm glad you spoke up. My born-in-Italy friends tell me that spoons
> > are used there by young children and maladroit foreigners. We wonder
> > why even the most pretentious Italian restaurants here serve them to
> > everyone.
>
> I thought that spoon twirling thing was Sicilian.

My friends are from Rome. Maybe they think of Sicilians as maladroit
foreigners. :-)

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:31:28 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins >
wrote:

> On Jul 17, 12:31*pm, sf > wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:41:08 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm glad you spoke up. My born-in-Italy friends tell me that spoons
> > > are used there by young children and maladroit foreigners. We wonder
> > > why even the most pretentious Italian restaurants here serve them to
> > > everyone.
> >
> > I thought that spoon twirling thing was Sicilian.
>
> My friends are from Rome. Maybe they think of Sicilians as maladroit
> foreigners. :-)
>
It's interesting how different regions do things so differently in
such a small country. Recipes being local, right down to a particular
town, etc.


--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.