On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:49:26 +0200, Victor Sack wrote:

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>> Pollo alla cacciatora

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Pollo alla cacciatora is very nearly
> pan-Italian, but most certainly not particularly Umbrian. It is said
> that if an Umbrian peasant is eating a chicken, then either the peasant
> or the chicken must be unwell.

Pollo alla cacciatora is not the peasants chick, but the hunters.
The only chicks hunters eat are phaesants, so alla cacciatora means the
style of preparation.

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Groet, salut, Wim.