[Sca-cooks] Trionfi and April trip

[Olwen the Odd]

Just me chiming in here with my usual
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<TAKE PICTURES!!!!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Olwen, who else?

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>If the weather doesn't cooperate--- not a whole lot.
>But there's a peacock on the table.....
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>Johnna
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>Sue Clemenger wrote:
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>>Gosh, no! <completely insincere grin>
>>So what kind of "trionfi" are you making?
>>--maire
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>>Johnna Holloway wrote:
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>>>What are Trionfi or Trionfi di Tavola ?
>>>
>>>Trionfi, according to John Florio’s Italian dictionary of 1611,means 
>>>“triumph.” Here the word refers to the sweet sculptural components of the 
>>>Renaissance and Baroque Italian banquet. No funeral, festival, 
>>>procession, wedding, state visit or state banquet was complete without an 
>>>elaborate display of created sugar works or trionfi.
>>>
>>>Can you tell that there's a handout and that there will be an article?
>>>
>>>Johnnae
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