Tuesday, January 01, 2008

A GIFT FROM THE CAVA




Sicilians, as I've mentioned before, never even come to visit you for five minutes without bringing a gift and it was with great delight that I received, on Sunday, this carob tree from Linda and Gino. It is from the Cava D'Ispica so is very special indeed and, sitting as it now is on my balcony [it looks quite happy there] it is my ray of hope for the New Year. [I have written about carob trees here. ]

6 comments:

jmb said...

How lovely of them but I would not count on carob pods any time soon. However you can see what happens.

Leslie: said...

I'm pretty sure it was a carob tree that I saw in Taormina just outside the gates to the Greco Roman Theater. You'll be waiting a loooooong time for your little plant to grow that big! ;D

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Hi, jmb and Leslie. Yes, I'll have to have lots of pazienza!

Whispering Walls said...

It'll be interesting to see if jmb is right about your first harvest. Presumably it likes a lot of sun if it was feeding John in the desert?

Ellee Seymour said...

I can imagine your house soon fills up if visitors bring gifts all the time. I must admit I am the same. I would like to start making tasty delicacies like Nigella Lawson to take to friend's houses. I hope to be a domestic goddess in 2008.

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

WW. yes, I should think so. But Gino says it's important to water it, too. I'm sure you already are one, Ellee!

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