SC - Venizia - off topic

[Brian Songy]

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>The old manager of the lodge was a WW II vet.  He told me that they =
used the twigs, leaves and already >squeezed fruit skins and pulp to =
make his grappa.  He also hinted at secret ingredients, one of which was =
really >moldy fruit pulp from early in pressing season... Still knocked =
my socks off!  We held the event outside Venice >near Aviano Air Base.  =
At the base of the Alps.  What a view!  Miss it something else.
>Balldrich
Aviano!!!  I was there from Jan to May 96.  Great place.  Where exactly =
did you hold the event?  Pra Da Plana (a hotel at the foot of the alps)? =
=20

Did you get to eat at L'Florin in Venice?  It is a restaurant that dates =
back to the 16th century, in San Marco square in Venice.  The food is =
okay, the prices were high, but the environment was excellent.  The =
architecture in Venice would dazzle even the most jaded individual.

My first exposure to grappa was in a little "no name" restaurant in =
Venice (once again, we were lost) during Carnivale (Mardi Gras).  :)=20

When we later went skiing at Piancovalo (in the Alps, north of Aviano), =
grappa accompanied us up the slopes.  In Piancovalo they had alembics =
(brass, table-top stills for making grappa) for sale;  I'm still kicking =
myself for not buying one.

Much of the  grappa comes from Basano di Grappa (Grappa Mountain?), a =
region of Italy right on the border of Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia).  =
Plain grappa is usually clear to straw color.  It is very common to find =
it flavored with a variety of herbal products:  anise, thyme, etc. All =
of the occurrences of flavored grappa that I encountered,  only a single =
herb was used in each type.

Obligatory cooking comment:  When was grappa (and other brandies) first =
made in Northern Italy?  What foods were commonly eaten in Venice in =
~1250CE ?  Tomato sauces?  Pasta?  Polenta?  Pizza?

Please excuse the off topics comments,
Brian Songy
USL/NIRC
Bxs3829 at usl.edu


P.S.  IMHO Anyone who visits North-eastern Italy should check out =
Palabonova (spelling?).  It is a city between Venice, Udine and Trieste. =
 In the late middle ages (I believe) they begun to build the =
fortifications, and continued into the early 20th century!  Lacking any =
significant terrain features it developed into a perfect "star fortress" =
;  The entire city is laid out in a geometric plan, with a series of =
concentric walls surrounding it.  From the inner (oldest) brick wall to =
the outer (WW I era) gun emplacements, it is 440 meters.  The scale and =
perfection of the geometry is impressive.  Few tourists visit it, so =
it's a nice change from some of the other sights in NE Italy (San Marco =
square, the Uffize, etc.).  Just my two cents.  YMMV.


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