"Pandora" > wrote in message
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> In autumn and winter, here in Italy, we use to eat a certain kind of
> vegetable called "Radicchio". This is a link where you can see the photo:
>
> http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/radicchio.htm
>
> The taste is a little bitter, but we like it for this reason. We mix it
> with green salad (like lettuce, for example), or we make a very very good
> seasoning for pasta (you mix, for example radicchio with sausages). For
> these recipes it is better using "Radicchio di Chioggia or Verona, which
> is ball shaped (see the photo in the link). The other kind "Radicchio di
> Treviso" is long shaped and is good for BBQing.
> Today or tomorrow, I would like to make Ravioli (handmade) filled with
> ricotta and radicchio (Gnam Gnam).
> I would like to know if you have Radicchio in Usa and other country of the
> world.
> Cheers
> Pandora
>
>
yes we have it here...it's the only "lettuce" my mother can eat without
getting extremely uncomfortable heartburn! All the other types, but
especially iceberg and butter lettuces cause problems

I'll have to try out the risotto though...sounds interesting :-)

Maria