Angela
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He was right. I come from a part of Italy that is still pretty rural, and some people still have their orchards and vines, olive trees and animals, even if they follow another profession. Even those that don't sometimes keep rabbits and chickens, and a few even have a pig that they fatten up all year. They're easy to feed given all the chestnuts we have. I'm happy to sometimes time my visits home to help with the grapes or the olives, but I'm always very busy when it's time for the men to go from place to place to do the hog butchering! I only heard it once, "heard" being the operative word, because I wouldn't go and look. I'm a terrible hypocrite given that I cook and eat pork so often. 
I'm surprised some of these things are no longer made in the Netherlands. We still make cima ripiena all the time, for example. Heck, I even make it here, although with veal breast and in the oven. Not tripe, though. I can't get people here to eat it, no matter how delicious the sauce.
I'm surprised some of these things are no longer made in the Netherlands. We still make cima ripiena all the time, for example. Heck, I even make it here, although with veal breast and in the oven. Not tripe, though. I can't get people here to eat it, no matter how delicious the sauce.