{"id":211,"date":"2006-09-11T13:44:56","date_gmt":"2006-09-11T11:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sararosso.com\/index.php\/2006\/09\/11\/wedding-feast-revisted-i-primi-the-pastas\/"},"modified":"2011-01-07T12:44:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T10:44:44","slug":"wedding-feast-revisted-i-primi-the-pastas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/11\/wedding-feast-revisted-i-primi-the-pastas\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Feast Revisted: I Primi, the Pastas"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Note: I do remember <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/September_11%2C_2001_attacks\">today<\/a>, but with all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/SPECIALS\/2006\/9.11\/\">great<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/in_depth\/americas\/2006\/11_september_five_years_on\/default.stm\">memorials,<\/a> I think it&#8217;s enough. I&#8217;d rather say today, let&#8217;s think about Peace <strong><em>everywhere<\/em><\/strong>, please.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like I mentioned in my last post, a few weeks ago we went back to the restaurant where we had our wedding reception\/lunch last year in Puglia. This was after the actual wedding and reception in California a few weeks beforehand. We kept the reception in Italy small for the same reason we kept it small in California, though you may not be able to tell with our 3 first courses that we served. Another Italian wedding may have as many as 5-6 first courses, some in buffet style, some sit-down.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nI let my mother-in-law plan the entire wedding lunch in Puglia, right down to the <em>bomboniere<\/em>, or wedding favors. I figured it was payback for dragging her and her entire family to California for their first flight, and making it a transatlantic one at that. Plus, I had done my time planning my wedding at my mother&#8217;s home, and that had been my show. This was hers. <\/p>\n<p>\nI sat back with a lightened load and became a participant instead of a coordinator. <\/p>\n<p>\nAbout half of the lunch guests came to Sante&#8217;s family&#8217;s house beforehand, I guess to give us good wishes and start the procession of cars. Normally we would have headed over to the reception from the church or <em>comune<\/em>, the town hall, but that had all been done back in California. I was still putting on last-minute touches and was interrupted often to kiss the cheeks of cousin so-and-so or friend-of-grandmother. <\/p>\n<p>\nWe also decided to forego the fancy cars that most bridal couples utilize on their wedding days &#8211; rented Mercedes and Lamborghinis, Uncle Beppe&#8217;s BMW, whatever you can afford or <strong>pretend to afford<\/strong>. Sante&#8217;s friends from Rome had the illustrious distinction of transporting us in their 2-door Ford Ka. It was great.<\/p>\n<p>\nUpon our arrival at the restaurant, I noticed that a lot of people were standing outside the entrance of the restaurant. We sat in the back seat of the car, waiting. They obviously saw us, and now they would go inside for our &#8220;big entrance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nThey didn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>\nFinally, Sante&#8217;s mother came and told us they were all waiting for us outside and that we should come inside. It turns out they all had big handfuls of <em>coriandoli<\/em>, paper confetti, to throw on us as we made our entrance. <\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><em>Trocoletti ai frutti di mare<\/em> &#8211; very similar to spaghetti, trocoletti are a handcut egg noodle that is a bit thicker. Sante&#8217;s mother makes this by hand as well. Different regions may call them something else.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/230290717\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/83\/230290717_585e0970f2.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Trocoletti ai Frutti di Mare\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\"><em>Risotto with frutti di mare<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/230290746\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/88\/230290746_d11fb8a8c4.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Risotto ai frutti di mare\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\">Luckily, I picked the best dish which wasn&#8217;t on the menu, but we did have at the reception last year. <em>Medaglioni ai funghi porcini con gamberetti<\/em>, medallions filled with porcini mushrooms and served with shrimp<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/230290671\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/66\/230290671_b0a58667a7.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Medaglioni ai funghi porcini con gamberetti\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><p align=\"center\">We didn&#8217;t relive the secondi a few weeks ago, but here is a picture of the <em>grigliata mista<\/em>, mixed grill, of last year.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/msadventuresinitaly\/236600498\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.flickr.com\/79\/236600498_b05235d04c.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"PugliaParty (142)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for letting me revisit the feast with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: I do remember today, but with all the great memorials, I think it&#8217;s enough. I&#8217;d rather say today, let&#8217;s think about Peace everywhere, please. Like I mentioned in my last post, a few weeks ago we went back to the restaurant where we had our wedding reception\/lunch last year in Puglia. This was after&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/11\/wedding-feast-revisted-i-primi-the-pastas\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,20,118],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-food","7":"category-italy","8":"category-puglia","9":"category-wedding","10":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4uB1-3p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":209,"url":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/07\/reliving-the-wedding-feast-antipasti\/","url_meta":{"origin":211,"position":0},"title":"Reliving the Wedding Feast: Antipasti","author":"Sara, Ms Adventures in Italy","date":"September 7, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Smooth and creamy move: Draw certain attention to yourself in a meeting by dumping a full yogurt drink directly in your lap while someone else is talking. 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