"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> Giusi wrote:
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>> I wonder if you can still call them profiterole if they have ice cream.
>> It's supposed to be pastry cream. My kid ate them every other day this
>> week in Florence-- for breakfast.
>>
> What a way to live! <sigh>
> Does one get jaded having such abundance of wonderful food easily
> available to them, I wonder? Sure beats donuts and pop-tarts, eh?

Perhaps, but we certainly ate well any time in Italy. It was not just the
fancy restaurants, but the small local shops as well. Prepared food in a
supermarket was also very good. I once read that the Italians spend a
larger percentage of their income on food than any other country.