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Zepole is fried dough.
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What do Italians eat during carnevale?
Italians eat a variety of foods, all rich and "fatty"- Martedi Grasso (aka Mardi Gras) means "Fat Tuesday". It is a last chance to eat richly & party before the relative austerity of Lent begins. Foods like gnocchi (potato-pasta dumplings), tortelli (meat or cheese-filled pasta), Castagnole (fried dumplings similar to the street- fair staple Zepole) are all eaten. Different variations of these foods appear all over Italy. One very polpular one- not for the squeamish- is Sanguinaccio di Carnivale- a bitter chocolate "pudding" flavored with fresh pigs blood. It was "banned" from public sale in 1992 for health-law concerns but everybody still makes it locally, much like how they make their own wine, etc. Its important to note that in Italy- as in much of Europe- the festival of Carnivale actually starts the day after the Epiphany (the daya of the Three Kings, usually Januray 6th, and a bigger holiday in many countries than Christmas itself). The weeks of festivities & parades culminate with the gorging on Fat Tuseday.
What foods do Italians eat during Carnevale?
Italians eat a variety of foods, all rich and "fatty"- Martedi Grasso (aka Mardi Gras) means "Fat Tuesday". It is a last chance to eat richly & party before the relative austerity of Lent begins. Foods like gnocchi (potato-pasta dumplings), tortelli (meat or cheese-filled pasta), Castagnole (fried dumplings similar to the street- fair staple Zepole) are all eaten. Different variations of these foods appear all over Italy. One very polpular one- not for the squeamish- is Sanguinaccio di Carnivale- a bitter chocolate "pudding" flavored with fresh pigs blood. It was "banned" from public sale in 1992 for health-law concerns but everybody still makes it locally, much like how they make their own wine, etc. Its important to note that in Italy- as in much of Europe- the festival of Carnivale actually starts the day after the Epiphany (the daya of the Three Kings, usually Januray 6th, and a bigger holiday in many countries than Christmas itself). The weeks of festivities & parades culminate with the gorging on Fat Tuseday.
