Friday, February 12, 2010

CHIACCHIERE TIME

I love chiacchiere, the thin biscuits made during the Carnival season, especially if they are drizzled with chocolate, like the ones atop this selection



or homemade like these, which were sent in to the School by a student's mum today:



Chiacchierare is the verb "to gossip" and the biscuits are so named either because their shape resembles that of old women's tongues or, more likely, because of the "psst" sound they make when the pastry is dropped into the hot oil.

8 comments:

RNSANE said...

Those look delicious - how nice that students bring little gifts to their teachers!!

Nerys said...

Gnam!! Those look delicious, I love carnevale food!

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Hi, Carmen. It is very thoughtful of them. Cin cin and Happy Carneval, Nerys!

CherryPie said...

Gossipy or not they look delicious :-)

Betty said...

Those look sooooo good! I bet they smell good too.

Whispering Walls said...

Perfect with a cappuccino

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

They are really light, Cherie. That's my excuse, anyway! They do, Betty. Superb, WW.

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

They are, Liz. YOu should come over and try some!

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