Geeky Cat Miusings

Some Italians celebrate saint’s day — it is customary to wish people well, and perhaps give a gift on the day the saint with whom they share their name — called Onomastico in Italian. March 19 is St. Joseph’s Day and Italians traditionally eat zeppole, a fried pastry that can be filled with ricotta or cream or covered with honey. Well, mom and I thought we should should get in on the celebrations and I bought a couple of fritters and we indulged ourselves by splitting them in two so that we both can have a taste of the ricotta and the cream (crema ) fritter.

I have never celebrated my Name Day - I always believed that there was no Saint Diana. But thanks to the Internet, I know now that I too have a Name Day: June 10—in honor of St. Diana of Andalò of Bologna. Maybe I will celebrate my Onomastico this year — I will need to have a traditional Diana dessert — what could it be???

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