- To make a frittata
See, for example, my recipe for frittata di zucchine or an unusual one with roasted peaches. - To make a mess
Whenever my mother sent me to buy eggs as a child, she would always warn me not to make a frittata, i.e. break some or all of the eggs. At the store they did not use cartons (a great invention, if you ask me) and wrapped the eggs individually in pieces of newspaper, so that they looked like giant candies. The padding provided by the newspaper was often insufficient and I would arrive home with a cracked egg, which, in my mother’s view of the world, was equivalent to having made a frittata.
Click on the button to hear me pronounce the Italian words mentioned in the post:
or launch the fare una frittata audio file [mp3].
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Fun and informative blog Simona! Good for you and welcome to the blogosphere.
Thanks for the link. I’ll do likewise.
Growing up in a food-o-centric Italian-American family (is there any other?), I have always been curious about the source of our food traditions, i.e. how real Italians cook at home, and how that compares to the Italian-American version I know so well. I am thrilled that you are going public with your inside view. There are so many little things I wonder about that don’t appear in the usual books on Italian cooking. Are you open to questions from your readers yet?
ValD’Ip
Thanks Val for your comment. I am definitely open to questions and to suggestions for words or expressions to feature in the blog. There is a section on the right panel called Suggest Words that I put there specifically to elicit such questions.