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Gelati
One summer we traveled through Italy for a month of a three month vacation. We were traveling on a budget that was so tight that our lunches were often gelati. We could have a restaurant lunch or dinner, but rarely both. We discovered that they were adequately nutritious and very inexpensive. If you have been to Italy, I don't need to tell you how wonderful Italian ice creams and sorbets are. That smooth melt in you mouth intense flavor is hard to forget. Gelati doesn't contain as much air as American ice cream. It is more dense and more smooth tasting. In Italy it is common to have as many as three flavors in a single small cup.
Here's a translation of the flavors of gelati.
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Albicocca |
apricot |
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Amarena |
sour cherry |
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Ananas |
pineapple |
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Arancia |
orange |
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Bacio |
chocolate with hazelnut pieces |
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Banana |
banana |
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caff� or Cafe |
coffee |
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castagna |
chestnut |
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ciliegia |
cherry |
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cioccolato |
chocolate |
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cocco |
coconut |
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cocomero or anguria |
watermelon |
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crema |
egg-yolk custard |
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datteri |
dates |
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diaspora or caco |
persimmon |
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fico |
fig |
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fragola |
strawberry |
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fragoline |
wild strawberries |
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frutti di bosco |
wild berries |
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gianduia |
milk-chocolate hazelnut cream |
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lampone |
raspberry |
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limone |
lemon |
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macedonia |
fruit salad |
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malaga |
raisin |
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mandarino |
tangerine |
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mela |
apple |
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melone |
cantaloupe |
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menta |
mint |
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mirtillo |
blueberry |
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more |
blackberry |
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nespola |
medlar, loquat |
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nocciola |
hazelnut |
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noce |
walnut |
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panna |
whipped cream |
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pera |
pear |
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pesca |
peach |
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pescanoce |
nectarine |
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pistacchio |
pistachio |
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pompelmo |
grapefruit |
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ribes |
black or red currant |
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riso |
rice pudding |
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stracciatella |
chocolate chip |
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stracciatella di menta |
or after eight mint chocolate chip |
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tarocchio |
blood orange |
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tartufo |
chocolate chip truffle (usually a lumpy-looking hunk of bittersweet-chocolate-studded dark chocolate gelato with a candied-cherry center) |
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tiramis |
Similar to tiramisu which is a rich trifle-like dessert |
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torroncino |
nougat |
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uva |
grape |
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vaniglia |
vanilla |
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viscole or marasche |
black sour cherries |
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zuppa inglese |
trifle |
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