I wanted to change things up a bit for this post, so instead of writing everything down I made a video. It took me forever to edit because I talked for ever, but I cut it down to 9 minutes. I hope you enjoy. Let me know if it doesn't work.
Ciao Ragazzi! Quick side-note: I've noticed a pattern here... I write these blogposts every four days. Just something I've noticed. Anyhow...
This blog will be short. I can sense it. Know why? Of course you don't know why. It's because all I really have to tell you is how I studied for my midterms all weekend long. Yep, that's all I did. I studied, studied, studied until I was certain chunks of gray matter would be stuck to the wall. Yes, my brain felt that fried. I only had two midterms to study for: Italian 101 and Art History.
OH! But I have to tell you something super exciting!!! I took a break from studying and checked my email. And guess what was in my inbox? I'm not waiting for your guesses. Chicken Soup for the Soul is publishing another story of mine!!! Whoop! Whoop! Ok back to the boring stuff. So, I studied and studied and studied and studied some more and then... Tuesday came. Then I took my midterms. I actually felt really good about Italian. I don't normally feel that good on my Italian test. Then Art History came and I felt fantastic on that! I felt good on everything except for the dates. I suck at remembering dates.
After our Art History exam we went into San Lorenzo's church where the Medici family is buried. It was such a cool church, to say the least. There were a bunch of German architects students making sketches inside the church, learning from the best: Mr. Brunelleschi. Every measurement in the church is precise and is very proportional. Brunelleschi learned this from the Romans where he studied the design of the Pantheon. It was very fascinating. I learned that Saint Lawrence was burned on a grid... um, that's no fun. I also learned that Donatello, a good friend of Cosimo, is buried parallel to Cosimo. I found this to be incredibly interesting.
Wow, Tuesday was yesterday. Weird. Ok, so last night we all got dressed up. Well, the girls looked super snazzy and elegant... me on the other-hand... well, I looked my normal self... like a dork. I wore a dress and... wait for it... tennis shoes. I'm one of those dorks who goes for practicality. It was raining so my Toms would only give me wet feet and blisters. Also, I have really bad feet and my shoes have these awesome inserts in them that help me survive. Yep. I have a picture so you can see I wasn't joking here. It might not be on here when I first publish this post because it was taken by someone else's camera. But once I get it I will definitely post it.
Gorgeous models and... the dork in the tennis shoes.
So, anyhow--there I go rambling again--we got dressed up and I went out to dinner at Gusto Leo with my two awesome friends (the same ones I went to Rome with). Once again, if you are planning on going to Florence... GO TO GUSTO LEO. They have the most delicious pizza EVER!!! Ok, after we went to Gusto Leo we walked (of course we walked, we always walk) to the Opera, which I believe was at this place called St. Marks Church. I was really surprised. I thought we were going to the theater, but no, it was a church. It was a much more intimate feeling. Not that many kids enjoyed it, but I did. I even picked up on some of the Italian words, which made me feel spiffy. This is first song we heard. I recognized it from Twilight (strangely enough), it is in the scene where Edward takes Bella to his house.
Yep, afterwards we walked home. The girls got some gelato (I didn't. I need to save money.) and then we all hung out at the Santa Croce at night. It was fun. Then I went home and went to bed. Yep. Super exciting. Arrivederci! ~Amanda
I have been here for 32 days. You know what that means... a little over a month! Wow. Craziness. I have been out of the country for over a month now. I have been in Italy for over a month now. Ahhhhh! (Good "Ahhhhh!" by the way.)
You: Yes, Amanda I think we get your point. You have been gone for a little over a month now... and we are thrilled. Me: Thrilled that I am gone? You: Yeah, uh, wha--no...? Me: Whatever we are moving on now.
I have some funny things to tell you on this post and my main inspiration for the funniness we are about to embark upon are my Facebook entries. I was just recently looking over them and started cracking up. This week was a rather funny one. So, let's start with my entries I'm still mulling over.
Dear Delicious Nutella Crepe, I am going to sing a Kiss song to you. Ready? Ok. "I was made for loving you baby. You were made for loving me." Love, Manders
Now, remember my little obsession with these delicious nutella infused crepes? Have I even talked about them on these posts. I'm sure I have. I talk about them ALL the time on Facebook. I really am obsessed with these delicious goodies. I am going to miss them so much when I go back home. Well, anyhow... the reason I wrote this post on my Facebook was because well... (Tears are going to spring from my eyeballs.) ...our (meaning my roommate and my) favorite crepe place, which is just right across the street from our apartment has been closed for three days in a row. What is the meaning of this insanity??? Our they closed forever?
We have been going crazy. Thursday night has become our Crepe Night, but that becomes a little difficult when there are no more crepes to supply on Crepe Night. It is the saddest thing in the world. We are literally having withdrawals. We NEED our nutella crepes!!!! So I really don't know what we are going to do about this situation. We will just have to find a new place that is open. They have these waffles they sell on the streets that smell ridiculously good and guess what they serve on these delicious looking waffles? That's right. Nutella.
Ok moving on to my next Facebook entry of the week. (These aren't in order by the way.)
Ok, so I was double checking my homework on Google translator and I totally messed something up. The sentence was supposed to say: Metto le chiavi della sul tavolo. Which means: I put the keys on the table. But instead of writing "chiavi" which means keys I accidentally wrote "chiava" which apparently--according to Google translator--means f**k. So, I basically just said: I put the f**k on the table. Great. And now [my roommate] will never forget this.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (as you can see off to the left, this gave me a good laugh). Yep, it was late at night, I was just double checking my homework and this came up. The funny thing about it, though, was that I had typed the sentence in, but didn't look down at it for a while because I was discussing something with my roommate, then when I glanced down at my screen I saw a really horrible, nasty, four letter word that rhymes with a ton of other words: firetruck, suck, duck, muck, luck, Chuck, buck, stuck, struck, etc.
At first I was stunned. Horrified. I could barely breathe. I couldn't have possibly written that. What had I done wrong? Well, apparently the only thing I did wrong was add an "a" where an "i" should have been. Craziness I tell you. My roommate saw that I has a most disturbed look on my face and asked what the matter was. I told her and then we both started cracking up so hard. I literally had tears in my eyes I was laughing that hard. Then my roommate kept posting stuff on my wall to remind me not to switch the "i" and the "a" around at which point I wrote this entry on my Facebook.
Next Facebook entry.
Ok, so I finished "The Art of Racing in the Rain." One word: FABULOUS! I am in LOVE with this book!!!!
Yes, this really was an absolutely fabulous book and I totally recommend it to EVERYONE, but the main reason I wanted to share this particular post with you was because I read something very interesting on one of my favorite author's
blog's bio page (good Lord that was a mouth full). Her name is Elizabeth Eulberg and she is a fabulous author by the way. READ HER BOOKS! They are really cute, quick reads. She has written "The Lonely Hearts Club," "Prom and Prejudice," and her third book coming out is called "Take a Bow."
Anyhow, I was reading the biography section of her blog and I came across an interesting section about her love to travel. Like me, she went on a study abroad trip, except she went to Switzerland for a little bit. She brought a couple of books from home with her and then finished them. Then she had to go to the small English section of the bookstore to buy some more books to read. Well, I though that was funny because I am in the same situation. I am on a study abroad trip. I brought books with me from home and now I am down to one. I will have to buy another book soon. I am friends with her on Facebook and I told her this. She thought that was funny and told me to have a blast. She is so awesome.
Next Facebook entry.
Pizza at Gusto Leo tonight! Yumminess is on its way! :)
Ok (Is it just me or do I say "Ok" A LOT?) so if you are planning a trip to Florence GO to Gusto Leo. Their food is delicious, ESPECIALLY their pizza. It is crazy incredible. I love, love, love, love, love, love, love, LOVE their food. I've eaten their twice already and almost screamed at the top of my lungs the pizza there was that good. I am not a tomato sauce person, but their tomato sauce is OUT OF THIS WORLD DELICIOUS. I got a salami pizza with bell peppers. Super duper alley ooper delicious people. Give them a try. I went there on Monday (I think... or maybe it was Sunday night) and then again on Wednesday night for a friend's birthday. Actually our whole Oregon group (except for one girl who, unfortunately, was sick that night) went out to dinner to celebrate my friend's birthday. She shares the same b-day as my brother: October 19th. (Happy Birthday Andrew!!!) It was a lot of fun. And the food was, once again, delicious!!!
Next Facebook Post.
Went to the Brancacci Chapel and personally saw the Expulsion of Adam and Eve. SO cool! :)
So, after I wrote this my mother's friend (you know who you are) thought that if I personally saw the Expulsion of Adam and Eve I must have been on some sort of drugs. Uh, no... I don't do drugs. Let me rephrase my sentence: Went to the Brancacci Chapel and personally saw the PAINTING of the Expulsion of Adam and Eve. So cool! :) There. Is that better? Are you convinced now?
Moving on... this was a neat trip. We didn't actually go with our Art History teacher because we only see her on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We went on Monday because this Chapel is, oddly enough, closed on Tuesdays. This was a very cool Chapel. This section of it, the part that depicts the life of St. Peter, survived a fire. I thought that was absolutely fascinating. St. Peter by the way (just watch my Art History snazziness unfold) was the next follower of Christ. He took over the church after him. AND if you ever see a picture of a saint being crucified upside down it HAS to be St. Peter because Peter WANTED to go this way. He did not want to be crucified the same way as Christ was because he did not feel nearly as worthy as the savior. This is why in Rome it is called St. Peter's Basilica because Peter was buried there. Interesting eh?
Next Facebook post.
This is Cosimo the Elder.
LOVED learning about the Medici family today. SO fascinating!!! :)
Before I delve into this one I just want to make an interesting note: Boy do I like to leave smiley faces after all my Facebook postings? I just must (that rhymes) be that wonderful optimistic gal who has to leave a smiley face after every entry. Or maybe I am part Barbie doll...? No, that is impossible on SO many levels. Moving on to my main point. (Remember earlier, about me telling you that I am a gemini and our thoughts like to jump around like chimpanzees on crack? Yep, just had that little moment of crackin' chimpanzeeness.) What was my main point anyhow? OH YES! The Medici family. Yes, I was absolutely FASCINATED by them. It amazed me how such a small family run banking business ended up being one of the most powerful families in all of Europe. I was also fascinated with the fact that Lorenzo the Magnificent adopted little Michelangelo!!!! Craziness right??? Michelangelo was adopted by the Medici family!!! My mouth literally dropped open when I discovered this news.
Seriously. It dropped open. I was that fascinated. Haha. I sound like such a nerd. Oh well, so be it. After class that day I walked down to the Duomo and then strolled down the Medici Palace, which was originally drawn up by Brunelleschi (You know, the guy who completed the Dome?), but was then refused, maybe because his ideas could have been too lavish and the Medici didn't really want to be in the public eye.
I think that is about it for this week. Oh hold on! What about yesterday? Here was my post.
Went to an outlet mall today to go see some spiffy stores like Gucci, Armani, Prada, etc... and practically everything was 50% off. So instead of paying 1,500 euros for a coat you can just pay 750 euros. Hahaha. Craziness!
Yes, my friends and I took an hour bus ride (which made me SUPER car sick) through the hills of Tuscany for this mall. This mall had some really nice coats, but honestly... 500 euros for a freaking coat? 210 euros for a scarf??? Even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't have paid for that. You can find something that looks just like that coat or scarf for a MUCH cheaper price at Target. It was funny. I kind of looked like bum in the shops. My eyes had a lot of exercise. They kept getting big and small and big and small and BIG! Would you like to know what I ended up paying for? A cappuccino that costed me 1.75 euros. Yep. Haha.
Ok I'm pretty sure that is about it. I have to study for my midterms this weekend. I feel very confident about my Art History class. Alright folks. I will blog to you later.
Four (quattro) days have past since I last wrote to you awesome blog readers of mine and I guess the main reason for this is that I don't have any pictures of the things I did this weekend and also, I just feel that you might find what I have to say a little bit boring because here's the thing, I didn't go to Rome and I didn't have some crazy catastrophe involving the creatures of the night who lurk in your mattress, staining your linens with bloody stools. (Ugh! I hate those things SO much!!!) Nope, this weekend I sort of just hung out. It was really relaxing too.
Ok, so lets see, Friday... what on earth did I do on Friday? Hmm... by the way, I am not trying to be suspenseful here, I am literally writing my thoughts out at the moment because maybe this will help me remember what on earth I did on Friday. Goodness gracious. I am having a huge brain fart. Is this what happens when you turn 19... am I already deteriorating??? Oh! Guys! I remembered now. I went to see Andrea del Castagno's "Last Supper" for an Art History assignment.
It was such a cool experience. I remember talking about this in my Art History class at Sprague with Mr. Nickel. It was awesome how everything we discussed in his class came flooding back through my mind. I seriously thought I lost everything from that class because--believe it or not--the pain medications made learning difficult. I'll give you a little excerpt of what I had to deal with in class.
First of all, you need to imagine me sitting there, desperately trying to grab hold of this information he was throwing at us, but I couldn't because basically I looked like and had the mental capacity of a zombie. (This is pretty much how all of Art History at Sprague went for me.) Mr. Nickel: This painting was done by-- Amanda: OUCH! I'm in SO much pain. Wait who was that painting done by? Mr. Nickel: And was commissioned by-- Amanda: OUCH! Sharp shooting pains!!! I want my mommy! Crap, who was it commissioned by? Mr. Nickel: They completed it around-- Amanda: Owe! Owe! Owe! I am going to die!!! Dang nabit. I am never going to absorb anything from this class.
But turns out I did retain some of the things he taught us in that class as I looked up at this fresco. I was amazed. I mean, I was literally amazed. Here is a little excerpt from my essay on this painting.
My eyes went directly to the marble panel behind Jesus because while the other panels are nearly solid reds or blues this panel is a chaotic entanglement of reds, blues, and whites. The white in it is reminiscent of a lightning bolt ripping through the center of the panel, looking as though it were about to crack it in half. This is fascinating because if we take a closer look at the following figures below this panel we will see St. John, Judas, Jesus Christ, and St. Peter. It should be noted that Judas--the only apostle whose halo is absent--is not only separated from Christ, by sitting opposite to him at the table, but also by that lightning-bolt-like strike through the panel. It looks as though it is coming right between the two men, which is intriguing since Judas betrays Jesus. Additionally, symbolizing the chaos that breaks loose when Jesus reveals to his disciples that one of them will betray him.
Yep, afterwards I went back home and cooked up some lunch. I think I already mentioned this earlier, but man, I REALLY love to cook. I never knew this about myself. I mean, I would cook a little bit back at home, but I never enjoyed it as much as I do now. It's to the point where I'd rather cook than go out for dinner. I have these food vouchers that I have yet to use up because of how much cooking I've done at home. I have 20 vouchers left, meaning I have to eat out about 2 or 3 times a week now. That seems kind of funny. I need to eat out more often. I love to make salads and pasta. Oh my good golly gosh... and I love, love, LOVE to put some fresh garlic in the pan with some olive oil. Yum. Yum. Yum. Yum. YUM! After I made myself some lunch I went walking around town. You know, getting my exercise in, since I hadn't been walking around enough as it was (Being sarcastic here by the way--I literally walk EVERYWHERE!). I walked into a couple of shops like H&M and Zara and a bunch of other places. I must say: Florence is a very stylish town. As I was walking down the streets I smelled so many good treats. They have these waffles you can buy with hot Nutella poured on top of them. I definitely need to get one of these soon. It was very cold this day. You know when it gets cold enough to where your ears start hurting? Yep, that is what happened to me. I need to wear my cute hat next time it gets that cold. After I walked around I talked to my mommy on skype. I love skype. Skype makes me happy.
My roommate was gone on a day trip that day, so it was just me in the apartment and you know what I did? Go ahead... take a wild guess? Once again, I am doing the suspense thing to you again. But You Are Probably Skipping This Part. Come on, what is something I really like to do OBVIOUSLY? Got it yet?
WRITE!!! I love to write. So, that is what I did. I worked on my book, which is coming along quite nicely now. I am REALLY, REALLY, REALLY excited about it and can't wait for the day when the world gets to read it. I got a lot done on it that night and was very pleased. It was a very enjoyable night.
My book is about a wolf. That is why I added this seemingly random picture.
Then I walked across the street and got a Nutella (Can you see a theme running through these blogs?) infused crepe with caffe gelato. Too delicious, especially good on that cold gusting day.
Saturday I woke up early and volunteered with at this Goodwill-like store with my three friends. We unloaded boxes of clothes and put them away. I was a folding machine. It was fun. I enjoy volunteering. Plus we had to use our Italian skills to the best of our abilities since the lady who ran the shop only spoke Italian. Here are some of the things I understood.
Vestiti = clothes
Aiuto = help
Yep, I think that was pretty much it. Oh wait! She did say: Come si dici? Which means: How do you say (and then you point to whatever you want to know the word to)? And then she pointed to the pants, which we jubilantly responded with: Pants! By the way, I say: Come si dici? A LOT! Haha.
They actually had some really fantastic pieces of clothing in there that were only for 3 or 5 euros and I'm talking about nice winter coats and sweaters as well.
I met a lady from Nigeria there. Here name was Mara. And then another lady was volunteering there, she was from Brazil, but she also lived in America and her name was Maria. Maria was so much fun to talk to. She was hilarious and we got along very well. I told her how I was thinking about transferring to school at NYU and she told me about how her kids went there. We were discussing this as we contemplated which summer clothes should go in the ugly pile. It was a lot of fun.
Later I don't really remember what I did that day... but do I ever remember what happened that night. Ugh!!! Here is what I wrote on my Facebook:
"Italians, did you really have to party until five... let me repeat that... FIVE IN THE MORNING??? I don't need to wake up to Katy Perry's song 'Firework' and a bunch of Italian men yelling. If it was that loud from inside my apartment you all must be deaf now. Grrr!!! :P"
Yep, so I basically didn't get any sleep that night. My friends keep telling me that if I can't beat them then join them. Um... NO! Sorry. Not going to happen. I like my sleep thank you very much.
So then the next day, Sunday, my roommate and I were beat. We hadn't gotten ANY sleep that night because of that stupid party that went on till 5:30am. I wish I was exaggerating here, but I am not. We were sick because that is what happens when you do not get enough sleep. You get sick. We just hung out in our apartment all day. We slept in till 12:30. I haven't slept in till then in a really, really, really, really long time. I mostly just listened to my iPod. I felt guilty to be in bed at that time, but I really didn't feel good.
And that my friends was my weekend. Sorry if that was boring for you to read. I know it was not the most exciting thing for me to write. I'm sure something more interesting will come up this weekend though.
Oh, by the way, before I dismiss this post off into this world, I want to add one more thing. I am currently reading this book called "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein and it is one of the best books I have ever read. It is funny, well written, creative, gut-wrenching, and just a down right GOOD book. I totally recommend it. I am almost done with it, which means I only have one more book left to read that I brought with me. Then I will have to go to the bookstore and get another book to read.
Ciao Ragazzi! Side Note: This blogpost is going to be MUCH shorter than my last entry. GASP! So, today (oggi) I would like to tell you about what I did on Wednesday night. On Wednesday night I got a free meal, but guess what...??? Are you guessing? Probably not. I bet you're skipping this bit. But if you are actually reading this--don't you love the suspense I'm building?
I cooked this meal! And it wasn't at home. I went with a fairly large group of other students to this nifty little place called "IN TAVOLA," which is a fabulous restaurant where these hilarious, gorgeous, amazing Italian chefs help you cook a meal that you eventually get to eat in the end. All the measurements were already set up--all we had to do was chop various veggies, crush things, and stir things. Here is what we made:
Eggplant Caprese (Caprese di Melanzane)
Potato Gnocchi
Tomato & Garlic Pasta Sauce (Sugo all'Aglione)
Meat Sauce Bolognese (Ragu' alla Bolognese)
Sweet "Salami" (Salame Dolce)
Too bad you can't see his eyes. :(
The guy that directed our group was ridiculously cute! He was the youngest of all the chefs, definitely way closer to our ages. (This sentence is specifically for Muriah) Oh my goodness... *sigh* and he had these great chocolate brown Italian eyes that can simply unstitch a person. He kept saying "my love" to each and everyone of us, which totally got distracting. He kept calling me Signoria Biondi, which basically means Miss Blondie. I thought that was hilarious. I don't remember his name. I don't even remember him telling us his name, but oh man... do I remember those eyes. Ok *coughs into fist* back to business. So the first thing we fixed up was the dessert. The Sweet Salami, which I realize sounds disgusting--I mean who eats meat for dessert? Gross. Well, don't judge so quickly! Yes, the title has Salami in it, but it is only called that because when it is done it sort of looks like salami. What we did was crushed up a bunch of animal-like crackers, mixed this with sugar, egg yolk, butter, coco powder, and Marsala. I did the mixing by the way and I had a blast doing this too by the way. I never realized how much I liked to mix things. It was a strange epiphany I had. After getting this all stirred up we rolled in up into tin foil and then placed it into the refrigerator.
Next we chopped up things like tomatoes and potatoes. I don't really remember much about this other than I've never actually peeled a potato before and I was worried I was going to cut myself because that's what I do (NO! That's not what I meant! I don't cut myself. I'm just always find ways of injuring myself. Accidentally, of course! Remember the doctor's office is like my second home? Like? It is.).
Then we mashed these potatoes up and then mixed them up with the ingredients they gave us. Oh! So, Harry, one of the AIFS coordinators, was video tapping the whole event and as we poured the species and flour onto the mashed potatoes I said: It looks like mac and cheese. Well, Harry, misunderstood me, turned off his camera, and then told me he thought I said: It looks like meth and cheese. Yeah. I didn't say "meth and cheese." I said "mac and cheese." To be honest, I don't even know what meth looks like.
Don't you just love my apron?
So, anyhow. We rolled out our little ropes of smashed up potatoes and then cut them into these cute little squares that looked like delicious fluffy edible pillows. Yum. Yum. Yum. After these were cut up, we tossed them into the boiling water. Then we followed our handsome Italian man down these incredibly steep stairs to where we would be eating. A cool (literally cool, it was chilly down there) cellar where tons of wine (vino) bottles were stored.
Making Potato Gnocchi.
Then the food came out. And goodness gracious was it delicious!!! So, so, so, so good. The meat sauce with potato gnocchi was out of this world delicious. So fluffy. Such great flavor! Oh man... my mouth is watering again. Great. I could really do without the droll spilling out of my mouth onto the keyboard. Then came the eggplant with the the oregano, tomatoes, and mozzarella. I don't know if you knew this about me, but I kind of have this thing for mozzarella... I LOVE IT!!! Absolutely LOVE it!!! So, needless to say the eggplant and mozzarella was absolutely delicious!!! (Man, I'm just loading this paragraph with exclamation marks. Haha.)
Oh man, and after that came the sweet salami! Yum. Yum. Yum. (Total understatement here, by the way.) It looked like thick chocolaty pieces of salami. It was amazing. I basically inhaled those things and then when I got stuffed, I just put about 10 pieces into a napkin to take home. Haha. Well, that's about it for this post. I know... I'm weirded out by its shortness too.
Oh wait! Let me share the recipes with you. My mom and my friend's mom requested this. So, of course I will share them with you. I will only write the full details of my favorite one and then just the ingredients of everything else. Let's start with my favorite. Sweet "Salami" (Salame Dolce) 100 g. sugar 2 egg yolk 150 g. butter 2 teaspoons bitter cocoa powder (cacoa bitter) 1/3 cup sweet liquor (Marsala) Procedure: Heat the butter in a double saucepan until it is melted but not hot. Mix the sugar and the egg yolks until the mixture has become a soft cream; add the melted butter, cocoa powder, liquor, and the ground biscuits. Mixing well until the dough has become rather firm. Shape into the form of a salami and wrap in aluminum foil; chill in the refrigerator for several hours. Serve well chilled, cut into slices as you would real salami. Conserve in refrigerator. Yield: 4-6 servings. Potato Gnocchi: 1 kg. of white potatoes 90 g. of flour (all purpose) 40 g. cornstarch 30 g. durum-wheat flour 1 egg yolk Pinch of ground nutmeg Salt and pepper to taste Tomato and Garlic Pasta Sauce (Sugo all'Aglione) 800 g. fresh tomatoes Extra virgin olive oil 5 whole cloves of garlic 4 small peperoncino (small dried chili pepers - optional) 5-6 whole basil leaves Salt and pepper to taste Meat Sauce Bolognese (Ragu' alla Bolognese) 2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 onion, minced 1-2 carrots, minced 1-2 celery, minced 250 g. ground beef 1/2 red wine 500 g. fresh or canned tomatoes, peeled Salt to taste Pepper to taste Eggplant Caprese (Caprese di Melanzane) 1 eggplant Flour as needed 1 large Mozzarella cheese, sliced 2 fresh tomatoes Basil as needed, chopped Sunflower oil as needed for frying Breadcrumbs as needed Salt & pepper to taste
Whew! That was a lot of typing to do. Till next time! Arrivederci! ~Amanda
