SHOW & TELL

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We are back from Italy since yesterday afternoon, so I don't have to show a lot yet. Apparently it had been very hot (in the 30°C, 90F) in Belgium while we were away and my poor flowers on the terrace looked like this :



I hope they will recover again, I hadn't told my neighbor to water them, as it usually always rains in Belgium and she had seen it. Never mind, next time I will know better. It also was the first year I put flower pots on the patio !

The last evening we spent in a beautiful restaurant in a little town near the lake and





had as starter (!) mussels with grilled garlic bread for my husband, followed by polenta with gulash



and grilled eggplant slices with parmesan cheese for me and then a grilled trout with grilled vegetables.



the last look out of my window and then we drove home.

SHOW & TELL - ITALIAN FOOD

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Today I will give you a little glimpse of all the good things you could eat in the Garda Lake region. As a part of Northern Italy belonged to Austria, there are still many austrian specialities especially bacon which is called "Speck" (the german word).


This big piece of "Speck" was hanging on a restaurant's ceiling


Pizzas with all kind of ingredients and for all tastes




Pasta in all sizes, shapes and variations and all prepared in a different way. It is impossible to name all the plates you can eat. I loved very much pasta with seafood, or alla carbonara (with speck, eggs and parmesan cheese) or simply just with olive oil, fresh basil, garlic and parmesan cheese.





If you make the pictures bigger you can see all the different kinds of pasta which are sold and this is only a small part of all what exists !



A very good starter is "Carpaccio". These are paper thin raw slices of beef, prepared with lemon juice and on top thin slices of parmesan cheese. You can also put basil on top.



and of course the well known mozarella with tomatos


There are many trout breedings around the lake and in the mountains. It is an ideal place to eat a very fresh trout just coming out of the water. This is the one I had for my birthday. It was grilled and served with baked slices of zucchinis and fresh little potatoes.


she didn't have a very friendly smile !


There were a lot of fruits around but very, very expensive ! We couldn't believe it. Italy had always been so cheap for fruits and now it's the same or even higher price then in Belgium./





There is such a variety of ice creams it is unbelievable. I think it's the country with the best ice creams !



My favourite drink was called "frappé al Limone" which was an ice cold drink made with lemon ice cream, crushed ice cubes and milk. Although I don't like milk at all, it tasted very good and was really very refreshing.

Now don't think that I put on weight, even though I ate like a horse, everything was so good, but if you eat exactly the Italian way then it is very healthy and you don't get fat. I haven't seen a lot of Italians with overweight.