nonnaB
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Cranky pig. Sorry you had a bad experience with carbonara . Its a fantastic dish but the problem having a takeaway is the eggs and cream conjeal as it gets cold .its a dish youhave to serve immediately its prepared. Try it at home you'll find its different alltogether.
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Philmayfield
Yep thats us. Both our son and daughter have carried on the family tradition here in Italy.
I presume you went to both or if you're like a lot of people followed Alex from trattoria conte.
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Lizzie Ive just this minute remembered his name. Does his wife Maggie go in still? Just say hello from Brenda and Alessio
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Creep.
Hope your son is coping well and the pain doesnt last
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PeteB
Giorgio and his wife Heather used to work for us at La Buca on Thurland st. when we are in Nottingham we often pop into La capanna.
Next time you go say hello to him and his partner whose name escapes me at the moment. I should remember it he spent an afternoon at our house and got through nearly a full bottle of grappa. My husband had to follow him home to Mapperley to make sure he got home safely.
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Sounds like Efisio. I think they all used to have their favourite names for clients. When helping ladies on with fur coats they'd say in Italian " here madam let me help you with your scruffy rabbit"
Naughty but funny to them. Occasionally jokes like that would backfire
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John Albert
Rhinegold. Sorry to inform you but Rodrigo died quite a few years ago. I was a friend of his before 1970. After he sold I think he did stay on as manager . Dont know who owned the premises but I know Jesus who eventually had it whether as manager or tennant I cant say.
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Yes Ian I knew Efisio and I'd forgotten that he managed Valentinos for Carlo Slaviero who is now at Derby.
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Hippogirl yes the Beaujolais used to be where the second Trattoria Conte was at one time . The first one being on St James' st
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Hi 68fb
Pasquale Sorrentino was my husbands ex partner at Da Vinci West Bridgeford when they first opened. The partnership didn't last long and my husband got out quick......... They had worked together at Trattoria Conte and he did our wedding reception, I remember all the boys that worked for Ermete at that time. I didn't realise he was also at the Rhinegold.
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These are pellets and stove
You can image these plus water in a garage. They swell and are delivered on pallets stacked up.
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Not pallets....pellets. They are basically sawdust or similar pressed into thick pellets for burning in central heating stoves. We have one in the kitchen . It uses a 15 kg bag a day and heats the house and hot water. They are fantastic. Timeable and gives out great heat. They are very popular here.
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A few years ago during the floods someone had stocked up on wood pellets for his stove. He stored them in a garage! After the water had retreated on opening his garage door he found a wall of solid wood.
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But they have the courage to pick themselves up and start again
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Fly this is what happens here people helping people. Some floods happen every yearin some areas and its always just before Christmas. Theres a great contingent of students who help they were eventually called angels of the mud.Nice to think the young ones arent just lazy.
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Like it or not, Nottingham has what we do not have here. My daughter said the other day that christmas in Italy wasn't the same as in Nottingham. The shopping centre near us has only a few bits of tinsel up. There isnt the atmospere. Ok we are in a small village and we have a tree but its an outline of led lights and we have a nativity scene locally made from wood, but you are lucky to feel christmas.
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A little bit of silliness in view of the bad weather we've been having.
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Dear Mr Fog and Mr Jack Frost.
Thankyou very much for the pathetic plea I made to you the other day. Mr Jack you must have put very hot water in your hot water bottle for now the temperature has gone from minus 6 to above almost reaching 10 of course Mrs Sun has something to do with it too, with shining she has made the sky a lovely blue. You of course Mr Fog had some thoughts for us poor mortals and I hope your cold has cleared for good. Its a pleasure to go for a walk or even to look outside.
Thankyou once again.
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Yes Stephen many city names change in the translation. Nice becomes Nizza. Surnames its guess who, Hughes becomes juugs.
Some letters are missing from the italian alphabet and when theres an english letter they dont know how to pronounce it.
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Sorry Mercury Google Earth won't allow me to copy photos
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Fynger it was more or less what I wrote before hope this one has found its home!
Mercury sometimes it is like heaven living here but its a very damp/ humid area. We are between the alps and the coast not far from Asti. We are in the middle of vineyards and its depressing to see the vines wither every year . From the corner of our road we can see Monviso. Its beautiful in winter with the tip all snowed up but when its foggy....its that horrible wet fog that looks like fine drizzle. I rather you think that everywhere was smothered in mist than fog. One of our neighbours took a photo and placed it on google with the early morning mist over the vineyards. Really beautiful, I'll try and find it if it will allow me to post. Tuscany is beautiful in any weather and we also have some wonderful views. Unfortunately when you live here or anywhere else for that matter it takes a tourist to point out the beauty and to appreciate it.
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Dear Mr Fog
I'm writing to you to ask if you aren't tired. For more than 15 days with 7 more to come you have been haunting us. we are getting very depressed not being able to see our gate and trying to avoid the ditches on the road when we drive. Who's in charge of this atrocious weather? Are you in cahoots with Mr Jack Frost? Why don't you step aside for a while and let Mrs Sun show her beautiful face. We feel so much better when she shines , she makes us feel happy. I know that after the next 7 days Mrs Sun will be shining and keep us happy around Christmas but please Mr Fog have pity on us and have a word with the powers that be. I'm fed up with trying to defrost my car in a morning. This morning I used a full can of deicer and it still wouldn't budge. If you can do no more than breathe have a word with Mr Jack Frost to put a hot water bottle in his bed to warm him up a bit.
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Ive been tattooed too. I have my CT scan on 14 th. Start my diet Saturday .Its nice to be well looked after
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Yes Mercury I know Aperol very well and its also a refreshing drink on its own as is San Simone.
The Rhinegold
in General Chat about Nottingham
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Ian you are going back a while. We used to sometimes go there on a sunday or rather my husband did. He often went to buy salami, cheese, olives etc. On arrival home I would ask where is everything . The reply was always ....well er...I had to wait at the level crossing and I was hungry!
Mingaloni left and we started going to Giorgios further along they had a lot more selection. You probably know they became big and started in wholesale. Sadly Giorgio died a while ago he'd been quite ill.