Any curiosity about life in Italy? How it is really like to live in the northern part of the boot shaped peninsula?
So, I am a father, I love and have cats and dogs, live in a small town in northern Italy, and and I work full time in a field related to software, technology and loosely transportation. I also lived in Rome, one of the biggest northern italy metropolies, and in smaller places like Pisa.
In a previous life I traveled around lots of the world and in my current life I am training for an Ironman.
All of this, while living in the above mentioned country.
Specially for US lemmiers, but also people from other parts of the world, anything you want me to explain, clarify or just answer about all of the above?
Now I live in Piedmont. Local food is not really an highlight I guess.
“Bagna caoda” is an anchovy and garlic dip eaten with fresh vegetables. Meh.
“Fritto misto” is a mixed platter of fried everything, from liver to vegetables. Meh.
“Albese” is raw minced meat with olive oil and parmesan, this is actually pretty good.
“Vitello tonnato” is sliced beef, cooked, with a sauce tuna based, kind like Mayo but with tuna, this is also pretty good…
In Piedmont, there is also a very famous local race of cows called “fassona”, the meat if pretty great, specially steaks.
But if you like wine, well, search Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera, Nebbiolo… and also “Erbaluce” di Chivasso. Piedmont is great on wines. Barolo is kind of the king of wines… My father has a few very old bottles still. We opened a bottle from the year i was born, when i turned 40. And it was amazing… (other bottles of the same age where meh, so it’s hit and miss, but still 40 years???)