coffano di pietra

/kohf-FAH-noh dee PYEH-trah/
[Italian] plural coffani di pietra

A local dialect word in Venezia Giulia for 'arca di Noe', so-called because the shell is said to resemble Noah's Ark. It is usually eaten raw, when it is quite tough and chewy, or cooked like mussels and included in pasta dishes.

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