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The ‘Nfigghiulata of the town of Sortino

Nfigghiulata is a delicious dish for the whole family! The main ingredient is lesser calamint, a typical herb from Pantalica. A pastry sheet filled with various ingredients is rolled up on itself and baked. Once cooked, it's as soft as focaccia! The traditional ingredients it is filled with in...
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The gladiators’ diet

The gladiators lived in training schools,  familiae, run by an owner who fed them and prepared them for fighting. In the familiae, gladiators had to follow a special diet to improve their physical strength. This diet included many legumes, grains, onions, garlic, fennel seeds, fruit and dried fig...
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Unleavened bread

Unleavened bread, i.e. bread with no yeast, is a type of bread prepared with grain flour and water, like all other bread, but without the fermentation process. bread is used as a ritual food during Passover, in memory of the Jew's hasty escape from Egypt. It is said that during their escape the Je...
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