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Italy. Hells to the yeah!

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    NEKEgger said:
    As probably the only Italian citizen on this forum, I agree that Italy is a fantastic place!  I would, however, never go to a Michelin star restaurant in Italy.  They don't serve Italian food, and the food you can get just about any neighborhood restaurant is fantastic at a fraction of the price.  The key is to avoid the tourist trap restaurants.
     Interesting take but he has 2 stars in several places in Europe. He actually did pay homage to Ischia- It was all locally sourced and in his grandparents original home. It was Italian food- just too fancy for me. Had those same fish and veg ingredients all week they were excellent. Locally caught fish, zucchini blossoms, olive oil, etc. very good. Just not pre-chewed. And the Cig dessert smelled just like the train station in Napoli when i got off the Ferry the next day :)

    It was in our plan to hit up this place and we did. We definitely got our $1200 worth in jokes alone. All good


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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,883
    "damn Americans . Can never appreciate the finer aspects of my  twice regurgitated gastronomic masterpieces."

    Hopefully this will be the only miss in an otherwise great vacation so far.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    Bucket list
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    edited June 2017
    Chubbs said:
    Bucket list
    Amazing, Chubbs. I'm with the same guy i met you at the masters with. Hope to do that again some day. Hope you are well buddy
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132

    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Chubbs said:
    Bucket list
    Amazing, Chubbs. I'm with the same guy i met you at the masters with. Hope to do that again some day. Hope you are well buddy
    And we were both talking about the  "roadie beer in the shower" thread from years ago earlier tonight :), 
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    Vatican City do it
    “There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,985
    Did you get to St. Peter's?! 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    GrateEggspectations said:
    Did you get to St. Peter's?! 
    Not this time. It's a big place. We will be back. 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,880
    Looks and sounds like a heck of a good time. Enjoy you vacation brother Tex and stay safe.  

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,985
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    Did you get to St. Peter's?! 
    Not this time. It's a big place. We will be back. 
    As Gordon Ramsay would say, "that's a shame". 

    Easily the greatest sight I've ever seen.

    You will have to go back.  
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 9,985
    edited June 2017
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

    She's preserved pretty well. 

    (Sung to the tune of the Maybeline theme song....)

    "Maybe she's born with it.....

    Maybe it's Jesus' foreskin!"
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,977
    Still looks better than the crack hos downtown 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,178
    St Catherine of Siena, nice, that's my parish in Austin.  I had no idea there was such a backstory on their patron saint.

    Any chance you could bring a toe back?
    Love you bro!
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Cool stuff brother CenTex!  Tobacco in an artistic desert, no bueno.  Great trip for sure. 
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    Legume said:
    St Catherine of Siena, nice, that's my parish in Austin.  I had no idea there was such a backstory on their patron saint.

    Any chance you could bring a toe back?
    Working on it. There is a line for her body parts but I think that if I explain to them that I am American I will get preferential treatment. 

    Crazy story but jut one of hundreds. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Legume said:
    St Catherine of Siena, nice, that's my parish in Austin.  I had no idea there was such a backstory on their patron saint.

    Any chance you could bring a toe back?
    Working on it. There is a line for her body parts but I think that if I explain to them that I am American I will get preferential treatment. 

    Crazy story but jut one of hundreds. 
    Pro-tip on getting her body parts:  Don't tell them you're an American. I'll explain later.
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  • SaintJohnsEgger
    SaintJohnsEgger Posts: 1,826
    bgebrent said:
    Cool stuff brother CenTex!  Tobacco in an artistic desert, no bueno.  Great trip for sure. 
    I had a Cohiba fresh from Cuba last Saturday after eating butts and ribs with my bros. That is as close to tobacco as a desert that I want to come.
    Marshall in Beautiful Fruit Cove, FL.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    nolaegghead said:
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Legume said:
    St Catherine of Siena, nice, that's my parish in Austin.  I had no idea there was such a backstory on their patron saint.

    Any chance you could bring a toe back?
    Working on it. There is a line for her body parts but I think that if I explain to them that I am American I will get preferential treatment. 

    Crazy story but jut one of hundreds. 
    Pro-tip on getting her body parts:  Don't tell them you're an American. I'll explain later.
    Noted. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    And here's the foot...
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,178
    So...the rest is in the Vatican somewhere?  Any chance you're heading back that way?
    Love you bro!
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    I read today that there are many saint parts scattered about. Saint Anthony of Padua has his tongue in a jar somewhere. We went to the museum of torture as a "fun" side trip in Montepulciano today. It was disturbing but way less so than any of the cathedrals we were in this week. We thought we were in for a little gallows humor at the museum but we all walked out totally silent and needed a moment to regroup. Then we went to the Catherdral in Montepulciano and there was way more morbid stuff- severed heads, crucifixtions, plague, tombs of dead important people in the floor. These people were sick. 
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Chubbs said:
    Bucket list
    Amazing, Chubbs. I'm with the same guy i met you at the masters with. Hope to do that again some day. Hope you are well buddy
    And we were both talking about the  "roadie beer in the shower" thread from years ago earlier tonight :), 
    Haha. You aren't living without a shower beer. Good times and keep em coming
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    Cooking class. Handmade ravioli stuffed with spinach cut from her garden an hour before she came over and ricotta. Finished with sage butter. Chianina Veal roulade stuffed with sheep's milk cheese and prosciutto. Topped with fresh sage and pan fried in garlic butter. Salad made from the garden, wine made up the road by the owner of our house 





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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    And leftover ravioli tonight. Blistered tomatoes,
    peccorino, pancetta. Maybe even better tonight. 


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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    Awesome.  Just awesome.
    (now only 16 stone)

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    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,132
    Better pics of the veal roulade (out of order of course) 
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    I'm speechless.. Awesome. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    Damn man. Killing me. 
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