In Search of…musings for my grandchildren while riding my bike…
Table of Contents And, Away We Go!?Nebaletan Word of the Day - Mooshad/Mushad1Q24 - Pizza UpdatePizza Review - Giuseppe's- Venice, FL And, Away We Go!? Jackie Gleason had a famous saying on the show the "Honeymooners" which was "And away we go!" So, once again, "And, Away We Go" as we're off to Campania! It … Continue reading And Away We Go!?
As I continue to explore the topic "My Towns" it seems that I've been disparaging My Town, Rochester, NY. I've not tried to be negative, but Rochester has a history of self-deprecation. As far back as the early 1950's Rochester had the designation of "Smugtown." TABLE OF CONTENTS Smugtown Is it Darktown or Smugtown? Nebalatan … Continue reading My Towns 5 – Smugtown!
I've not written since last fall when we were traveling, but now that we're traveling again, I have some time to write. So let me start with a recap of Homemade Pizza from late 2022 through mid 2023. But first a Word of the Day and a story: Nebaladan (Neapolitan-American) Word of the Day Finamen … Continue reading Global Entry…DENIED!? & 2022 – mid-23 Homemade Recap
To say that I wasn’t a fan of Midnight Mass would be an understatement! I was pretty young when I saw through the ruse that’s the church, and all of its draconian practices designed to extract money from people in the guise of that’s the path to eternal bliss (as if they know…but the Bible … Continue reading Midnight Mass or Booze Run!? Caputo Blue & Mercurio’s Experiments
A definition and quick story first. Then below is further info on Caputo Blue vs Caputo Red flours, some insight from the professional pizziola, and next bake in the Ooni Karu 12. As promised, here are updated tables at the links below:1. Great Pizza Search - Homemade Pizzas (217 made in 2022)2. Great Pizza Search … Continue reading 7 fishes? Make that 0!
It’s been over a month since my last blog post. Don’t worry…been riding (and wrecked) and making and buying lots of pizza (143 homemade and 32 purchased pizzas this year!)! I will catch you up on part of that in this post. Neapolitan Word of the Day Cheddar Cheese - there is no word for cheddar cheese … Continue reading St. John’s Cafeteria Pizza – Was it Brick or Cheddar?
One of the big things I notice in Italy when we visit is the difference in music between what I hear versus what I know. The music I hear while there now is "Contemporary Italian." What I know if "Old Italian" which is that of my parents and UNCLE FRANK'S ITALIAN MELODIES! I'm not sure … Continue reading Uncle Frank & Ooni Bakes #2
These events were just before we left for Italy (eataly?!) I'm unsure if it's just me, but I get a nostalgic melancholy whenever I leave somewhere, even when I'm returning to people that I love. Thus was the feeling upon leaving our southern home for our friggin cold northern abode. Last Cappuccino and Cornetto at … Continue reading Yes, Pizza by Another Name – Piz #2
On 4/8, I used my grill top pizza oven for the 1st time. If you recall from my posting at that time, I used Publix dough since I couldn't make my own. Although it was a very good pizza, it was not the elusive "GREAT". I felt that I could do much better with my … Continue reading Grill Top Pizza Oven – #2
Piz (pronounced PEETS) is short for a specific pizza that my mother, aunts, and grandmas made around Easter. Piz is one of two different piz (come on…) that we'd have around that time: One piz was savory with eggs, moozadell, parmagian, rigott, pepperoni, preciute with pastry crust on bottom, top, and sides. I'm totally unsure … Continue reading Piz – A Pizza by Any Other Name…
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