Summer has officially ended and, whilst I am not a beachy person and rejoice in everything at last being open again, I will be sorry to see the end of the gelato season and of its companions cremolate and granite.
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| Left to right: granita di mandarino; cremolata di gelsi (mulberry); granita di pesche e fichi d'India (peaches and prickly pear, the latter being a late summer addition to the granita repertoire) |
My favourite peaches, pesche tabbacchierie, get larger and less sweet as August ends but then these delights appear:
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| Centre: frutta di Martorana Right: "cakes" of cotognata (quince paste)
Finally, I cannot let the summer end without sharing this with you: the other day, a Sicilian friend said he had spotted a British man coming out of the B&B opposite his house. I asked how he had known the man was British.
"Because he was wearing sandals and socks", came the reply.
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