Posted on 05/29/2011 10:12:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
I’m part Sicilian, enough to get invites to the standard parties ;)
When I think of Sicilian art, it’s the cave art of Addaura, some ten thousand years old they say. You can see some on this page: http://www.sandrashaw.com/AH1L02.htm
Rather sophisticated for its era! Note it depicts humans in motion.
I thought the Elymians were older than the Sicanians
HAHA YES! WE WERE taught that way!
I have to admit, I’m a pretty bad culinary Sicilian.....I actually despise tomatoes =(....
The only way I’ll eat em is in marinara or salsa..
Yep... consider me completely Americanized (But I hate Mayo too!)
I think I have more the Greek Sicilian from the ancient times.
I’m not dark— like at all (though not quite as pale as a Briton)... nor do I have any of the typical Sicilian features other than one hell of a hairy chest (but baby face to match @ 29- lol). I don’t even have black hair or brown eyes!
Most people when I travel around the world think I am Serbian. I’ve had a Russian in St. Pete’s tell me if I wasn’t then he’d give me his wife and two daughters as well as the coat off his back, heh.
Vincenzo needs a little education.
There is nothing ‘phoenician’ about the Hebrew alphabet; it came from the finger of God. Each character was originally a picture of something.
More likely, the reverse is true. The Hebrew influence over the Greek characters is beyond question.
:’) The tomato didn’t make it to Euro-cuisine until after Columbus. Also, since it looks so much like the (poisonous but decorative) ‘Love Apple’ (a distant relative), and even took on that nickname, many wouldn’t try eating ‘em for a long while.
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