Aloe and goodbye.

As usual I went on yesterday’s annual Aloe solidarity march from Smerillo to Montefalcone. I dipped out of the lunch as it was polenta - not a personal favourite. However on Friday Pat and I went to the Peruvian Supper at Le Logge  - part of the €25 cost went to support Aloe. It was supposed to kick off at 8.30 but didn’t actually get going until well after 9 which meant it was almost midnight before we got home and well past by the time I got back from walking the dogs for a brandy. Fra Mago had been at the meal going round the tables doing his card trick. Much to Pat’s relief he didn’t come to ours.

  I palled up with Valentino and Cecilia on the walk. Valentino said he understood the Peruvian dinner hadn’t been well attended. I agreed - there were about 30 people there and none from Montefalcone. He put this down to the relatively high price of the meal. I didn’t contradict him, but Pat and I are sure it was owing to the innate culinary conservatism of the provincial Italian. A few years ago we went to a fried food festival held in the Piazza Arringo in Ascoli. There were stalls from all around the world including Japan and South America as well as all the Italian regions and an English one selling soggy fish and chips.  They had few customers. However the one selling food from the Marche region had an enormous queue!

  Yesterday evening we went to Ancona  for Pat to catch the plane to England - she’s there until the 19th leaving me to take care of the host of plants she restocked the courtyard with the Saturday before last.


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