A version of tagliatelle made in Puglia and used a soup with chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans) called ciceri e tria.
A name for spaghetti in Sicily, probably from the Arabic word "itriyah" meaning "long strands" of dough.
St George's mushroom. A small white or cream mushroom that appears in parts of Europe around St George's Day on 23rd April.
"Tricolour." A word used to describe dishes, often salads, which display the three colours (green, white and orange) of the Italian flag. In a salad the white colour is often provided by mozzarella.
Trieste is a province and capital town of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, a region north east of the Veneto, bordering Austria and the former Yugloslavia.
Small red mullet. A high quality fish of a different family from the other (grey) mullets, and which has a far better flavour and lean, firm flesh. Its liver is highly prized. Do not confuse it with gurnard, which has a slightly paler colour. This fish may vary from pinkish-reddish crimson to rosy pink in colour, with a paler underbelly and two long barbels on the chin. This variety is not quite so prized as Mullus surmuletus, which is slightly bigger and has yellowish stripes on its sides.
A name in Messina in Sicily for red mullet, surmullet. Sea woodcock. A high quality fish of a different family from the other (grey) mullets, and which has a far better flavour and lean, firm flesh. Its liver is highly prized. Do not confuse it with gurnard, which has a slightly paler colour. This fish may vary from pinkish-reddish crimson to rosy pink in colour with golden streaks and two long barbels on the chin.There is another smaller variety, Mullus barbatus, but this, Mullus surmuletus, is the most prized variety.
