We are still on the search for a Tuscan Bean Pot for our friend. We've had verdi fagioli, bianco fagioli and just fagioli, but when we ask what they cooked them in, a very blank stare is returned. One problem with the first part of the search (you remember our first pass at what might be a Tuscan Bean Pot) was that we were in Umbria. Of course, no TUSCAN bean pots in Umbria! So now that we are in Tuscany, we feel that our search will be fruitful, or for our good friend who wants the pot, flowerful! We were at Il Falconeri, where fagioli could probably be their best in Tuscany and when we asked about the pot, we think they started cursing in Italian something like only true Tuscans could use a Tuscan Bean Pot to make true Tuscan Beans and we American imposters were doomed for failure. But our good friend has a Tuscan heart. We press on the search! This large pot was on the terrace with several others at Il Falconeri---cold this possibly be the Tuscan Bean Pot we've been searching for? We thought we had hit paydirt for this particular search because of the geraniums blooming from the pot. But alas, this is a mere "flower pot," not a Tuscan Bean Pot. We do have lots of recipes for Tuscan Beans--fagioli, so our good friend will be able to treat her family with variations on a musical theme for dinner. But we are still on the search for that pesky pot! We've just got to get a grip on this search. Ciao for now!
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| Tuscan Beans can only be cooked from Tuscan water drawn from well at town center...this one at Monteriggioni. Good beans, no pot! |
All the pictures are lovable and awesome. The dome pictures is much inspiring.
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