Pig sweetbreads sautéed in oil and then seasoned with fennel, cooked in a covered pot called a tegame.
A type of covered shallow pot with two handles in which food can be fried on the top of the oven and then removed to the inside to casserole.
Char(r) usually refers to the Arctic char, an uncommon freshwater fish of the same family as salmon, trout and related to grayling and the vendace or powan. It is found in rivers and lakes of northern Europe, north western United States and Canada and in the Great Lakes. They are migratory fish, like salmon and trout. They have a steely blue-grey back with salmon-pink speckles on the sides and a red underbelly. They have sweet firm flesh which varies from white to pink, dependent upon its own diet, and with good flavour, some say better than trout, being something like a cross between trout and salmon.
The trailing runners of zucca, or cucuzze in Sicily, have long stems, tendrils like pea shoots, tiny buds and small green leaves. The stems are cut and discarded; only the buds, tendrils and aromatic leaves are used. Tennerumi is never eaten raw. Cooked, they are tender with a subtle, lemony taste. They are used in a soup peculiar to Sicily called "minestra di tennerumi".
