A type of comber fish. Painted comber or lettered perch, more common in the Mediterranean than in the Atlantic. A bony fish with very good flavour, useful for soups or cooked whole. The skin looks almost as if it has been written on.
"Little strands." A type of pasta from the Amalfi coast of Calabria in Southern Italy, scialatielli are like short, slightly widened strips of tagliatelle, and are sometimes ‘pinched’ in the middle. Scialatielli are usually cooked with zucchini (courgette) and muscles/clams, or alternatively served only a fresh cherry tomato and garlic sauce.
A name in Vicenza for bladder campion, the leaves of which can be cooked and used in place of spinach. Bob, of Bob and Jenny's Bed and Breakfast in Vicenza, mentions that it may be used in omelettes or to stuff tortellini as well.
