Tuscany, land of ways to say and funny expressions daughters of sympathy of those who live there, is describes with the saying: "my throat has the tight hole but enters the House and the roof".
This expression it dates in the years of famine, when poverty was raging between the Tuscan countryside and families preferred to be cautious and remember to check the "appetite" to avoid the risk of being in poverty.
The years in which poor foods served to feed poor families and the less noble parts of animals constituted the main dishes.
Here come the mixed boiled meat, offal culture and simple recipes, easy to prepare; the lamprey and its variants.
A legacy of old days, with difficult years like during the second half of 1200 or 12th century, that today, thanks to their taste underwent a resurgence and a single value.
Gone are the days of "la gola has the tight hole but enters the House and the roof" in the sense of eating little; Today "the Gorge has the tight hole but enters the House and the roof" is referring to the greedy person.
In Tuscany has returned to eat and especially to rediscover the authenticity and the unique taste of popular cuisine.
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