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Funghi di Ferla, Ricotta

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Joe decided to join me at the market after all. I was on a mission to find thin ankle boot-height socks, cheap, and possibly some small silver earrings to go with a necklace that Maria Teresa and Mariella gave me. First, we had our espressi again at A Maidda, though the market push-cart espresso vendor makes a mean cup. Today turned out warm by 9:00 (dang you, AccuWeather), so he had cold drinks for sale as well. We hadn't planned on getting groceries, but there were fiori di zucca and funghi di ferla . I have nice slab-cut pancetta in our fridge. Boom! A risotto will be born. Fiori di zucca  Banana, datterini Funghi di ferla  As long as we were there, I got some beautiful datterini , which are sized halfway between a grape tomato and a roma, but with more flavor than either of those. And, because I try to balance sweets-only breakfasts with healthy ones, I got some bananas. Not to be confused with ananas , which means pineapple. Both of us actually browsed the vendor stalls on t