tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post2861342326504543951..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: St.George's Day.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-73967924808609129112009-04-24T06:55:00.000+10:002009-04-24T06:55:00.000+10:00Hello my old friend Marisa (go and check out her b...Hello my old friend Marisa (go and check out her blog, dear readers)- I didnt know St George was an Italian saint too. Thanks for the lovely bread story.<br />Louise - thanks! good to hear from you again!The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-28908664079573909712009-04-24T04:44:00.000+10:002009-04-24T04:44:00.000+10:00Happy St. George's Day, Janet!
What a refreshing ...Happy St. George's Day, Janet!<br /><br />What a refreshing post:)<br /><br />Thanks for sharing...~~louise~~https://www.blogger.com/profile/07335196139849995706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-18739670401975735642009-04-23T17:55:00.000+10:002009-04-23T17:55:00.000+10:00Saint George is also the patron saint of Ragusa Ib...Saint George is also the patron saint of Ragusa Ibla in Sicily. The modern part of the city of Ragusa was built after a very bad earthquake in1693 and this part of the city has Saint John as their patron saint.<br />The festival of San Giorgio is celebrated in Ragusa on the last Sunday in May and not on the 23rd April.<br /><br />The legend of Ragusa’s Saint George was born in Palestine towards the latter part of 200 AD. He slew a terrible dragon whose ferocity could only be appeased when it was offered victims (preferably young and juicy). It just so happened that the princess of Ragusa was to be next sacrifice and George, the courageous soldier and knight, appeared on his horse and with his mighty sword slew the dragon in the name of Christ. Naturally the Ragusani converted and were baptized.<br />On this celebratory occasion apart from much feasting and dancing devotees go to church where large loaves of bread in the shape of a crown (called cucciddati in Sicilian and not to be confused with the biscuits filled with dried figs) are blessed. The statue is carried around in the streets of Ibla (it lives in the beautiful baroque church of Saint Giorgio where I was baptized) and the bread is then symbolically distributed to those who plant wheat so that they can be granted a good harvest.<br /><br />Marisa Raniolo WilkinsMarisa Raniolo Wilkinshttp://allthingssicilianandmore.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-87677733953402069472009-04-23T15:09:00.000+10:002009-04-23T15:09:00.000+10:00Well, the cleverness of the first "recipe" is most...Well, the cleverness of the first "recipe" is mostly lost on me; but today is my husband's birthday and I made Ice Cream, using a very similar procedure to recipe #2 except I'm lucky to live in a modern age of freezers and automatic ice-cream makers. Also I used coconut cream instead of heavy cream...KThttp://sparkledesign.net/Fidget/noreply@blogger.com