tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post6893462387152003469..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Travelling in the Past by Katherine WebbMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13586735328753879402019-02-16T23:03:16.350+00:002019-02-16T23:03:16.350+00:00All of this is very glamorous but I agree there is...All of this is very glamorous but I agree there is an incredibly dark side. My parents were born in Borgo Celano at the beginning of the 20th century and having been betrayed by their country after WW2 were forced to emigrate to Australia. That dark history was heinous. I revisited the village and get a little angry that the dark history is covered up. To me it is akin to turning a conentration camp into a luxury hotel. If we do not learn from our past we are condemned to repeat it. Making trlli into accomodation places is just hiding the truth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633591332467586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58361029356806986592016-01-29T14:25:16.076+00:002016-01-29T14:25:16.076+00:00There's a new restaurant near the Borough Mark...There's a new restaurant near the Borough Market called Pulia ... specializing in Pugliese cuisine. meet you there! michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-55250003149575492602016-01-21T06:52:17.230+00:002016-01-21T06:52:17.230+00:00Fascinating post. There sometimes needs to be a ge...Fascinating post. There sometimes needs to be a generation or two distance before people are willing to look at and document the past. Perhaps as more people visit more will be revealed. Kate Lord Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278515379867576350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29033297971591330272016-01-19T21:43:43.340+00:002016-01-19T21:43:43.340+00:00Very interesting post - and more importantly a ser...Very interesting post - and more importantly a serious corrective to the arcadian versions of Italy's peasant culture. It's no fun being a landless labourer.conformable_katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998308731003158171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73683964551063867192016-01-19T21:40:18.373+00:002016-01-19T21:40:18.373+00:00I agree-It's hugely relevant to know the past,...I agree-It's hugely relevant to know the past, to acknowledge the origin of things. That up-cycled black pasta picture has a hint within it...the streak of red could easily remind one of spilled blood. I truly appreciate your post and all the past references carried forward into the present. Thanks for this.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62737414289282109142016-01-19T18:35:35.669+00:002016-01-19T18:35:35.669+00:00I can't wait to read the book. Yes, the thing ...I can't wait to read the book. Yes, the thing about the burned pasta is definitely ironic, to say the least. I wonder, though, if it derives from people whose lifestyles have improved but feel nostalgia for what they used to eat in childhood. It doesn't appeal to me, mind you! I hate charred food of every description, though that is very modish nowadays. Polenta, which is a luxury food in Britain, and sneered at by people who consider themselves 'more down to earth' was the 'Mus' of my Austrian peasant ancestors, and they ate it because maize was the staple crop in the mountain valleys, day in, day out, with no parmiggiano or other embellishments. The Scots ate porridge like that, too, didn't they? It was breakfast, dinner, and tea, just a staple - like rice in China and bread in Britain. All the same, I love polenta, and make it as a treat, but we have it as well-off farmers had it, with parmiggiano and tomato sauce, though not slathered in butter as they did. I think in some ways it's not a bad idea for people to appreciate simple food - but that aqua sale, like the 'Brennsuppe' in Tyrol, which was basically water thickened with a bit of flour, is probably a step too far. Though maybe someone will base a slimming diet on it! Send the idea to Gwyneth Paltrow? It's gluten-free if you have the dash of olive oil option. Vegetarian, carb-free..<br />Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57065809410765403752016-01-19T13:44:54.073+00:002016-01-19T13:44:54.073+00:00Thank you so much for your comments, Celia, Penny...Thank you so much for your comments, Celia, Penny, Katherine and Carol.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031215564445403747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-9548674862132698172016-01-19T13:36:40.685+00:002016-01-19T13:36:40.685+00:00Fascinating post and a salutary reminder of changi...Fascinating post and a salutary reminder of changing times and how what was the mark of desperate poverty in the past is now a tourist attraction, whether it is the Trulli, or the cuisine. I especially liked your observation that even the modern 're-discoverers' don't go as far as aqua sale when they extoll the food of the area. Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-11990241134017706842016-01-19T13:07:35.019+00:002016-01-19T13:07:35.019+00:00What a moving glimpse into a desperate past, Kathe...What a moving glimpse into a desperate past, Katherine, and no wonder that punitive economic structure matched with the Facist movement. Good luck with THE NIGHT FALLING - the history certainly sounds interesting.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-30583847680273023312016-01-19T12:15:12.949+00:002016-01-19T12:15:12.949+00:00I spent time a fair amount of time in Puglia for T...I spent time a fair amount of time in Puglia for The Olive Route books and then again for the documentary films of the same name. It is a wonderful region of Italy and as you so rightly say, there are clues everywhere in the nature and ruins that speak of its rich history. Puglia is producing some fine wines and olive oils and the farmers are working hard to find organic ways to farm their products.<br />Alberobello, of course, translates as Beautiful Tree and probably was intended as a tribute to the magnificent groves of Roman olive trees still growing nearby. I really look forward to reading your novel, Katherine.Carol Drinkwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837854482139736944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-66691917615124535612016-01-19T11:57:02.367+00:002016-01-19T11:57:02.367+00:00Fascinating post - thankyou Katherine! I want to ...Fascinating post - thankyou Katherine! I want to go there now, too! Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-69632745990952661932016-01-19T11:39:16.719+00:002016-01-19T11:39:16.719+00:00It's wonderful, Lydia! I hope you get your tri...It's wonderful, Lydia! I hope you get your trip there.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031215564445403747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20044732661725777012016-01-19T10:27:03.973+00:002016-01-19T10:27:03.973+00:00Yes! Completely with you. Still hoping to get to...Yes! Completely with you. Still hoping to get to Puglia, but all the more interested in going since reading this.Lydia Sysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613876235125755967noreply@blogger.com