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> Pandora wrote:
>> 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:
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>> http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/radicchio.htm
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>> 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
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> Hi, Pandora, Yes, we have it here. While it was always available in
> gourmet green grocery stores, most of which were Italian owned and served
> in Italian restaurants, about twenty or more years ago, it became very
> popular and showed up in supermarkets and small fruit stores.

I hope it doesn't cost much!
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> Many Italian restaurants serve it as a salad with Belgian Endive and
> Arugula and call it Three Colored Salad.

Arugula! I've search now on google, yes...I love it! But why some people
call it "rocket"?
I thought the exact name for this plant was just this!!!!
Cheers
Pandora