If you find the scungili, please post where. My neighbor is looking high and low for it. Thanks!

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7 Fish Dinner
 

We are living in Rome across the street from a lovely neighborhood restaurant ("hostaria") run by Mario. If I can speak enough Italian, we'll ask if he is having a 7-Fish Dinner -- and we'll take photos of the feast.

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We still celebrate Vigilia di magro (abstinence from meat) here, and had over the years to meet the seven fish tradition served baccala several ways, anchovies usually in salads, shrimp dishes, clams mussels and sea scallops in a variety of ways, calamari ( stuffed or sautee) capitone alla (eel) but only once to please my father, smelt, haddock, cod oglio e olio, pasta primevera, cheese raivoli, gnocchi and my wife would kick in her perogi (one of my mothers favorites) various desserts and cookies .

Buon Natali!

P.S. Perhaps someone can extend our repertorie for this year's celebration?

I bring it from NY/NJ/Pa........when we visit the grandchildren...if you happen to find it here it is way overpriced. In dire need try Amazon.com

whatever your custom ..it is surely a blessing to have those memories..and they can be passed down from generation to generation.. the 7 fishes are all different because it was where your grand parents resided in what provine of Italy and how rich or poor they were.. mine were naples and brut.. I grew up in Town Plot which was the Italian section in Waterbury Connecticut.. any one from Waterbury??/