Today's main meal was much lighter than yesterday's. Sorry I failed to take any pictures at all.
Lunch started with the minestra, which in this case was escarole served in a light broth. The second plate was meats, e.g. some sausages and beef, cooked in the same broth.
The sides or contorni were puree of potatoes and a local dish called panzerotti: these are little logs of mashed potatoes filled with cheeses and salt cured meats, then dipped in bread crumbs and deep fried.
After this we had three types of salami, couple kinds of cheeses, some good melon of a type I don't see in the US, and a strange salad called "l'insalada di rinforzo". This is a bed of cauliflower covered with olives, hot and sweet peppers, and eveykind of garnish you could imagine.
Also struffoli, Christmas cookies, and I cannot remember what else.
Most guests were still too full from last night's meal and didn't manage to eat much today. And on Monday it's still a holiday, the feast of St. Stephen, so we have to do it all over again!
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