The Food: Ferragosto

Ferragosto always takes place on August 15th. Here in the United States, if you are Catholic, it is known as the Assumption of Mary (the day that Mary is admitted into Heaven).  In Italy, I don't know, although I have experienced it first hand in Sicily, where there is naturally music, food and fireworks.  They carry the statue of the Saint Mary out of the church, and bring it through the town or village while the fireworks go off above.  I remember seeing "piccolo pizza" which, of course, we would call a personal pizza here, but there they were about 7" round and were only a dollar back in the early 1990s.  Feasts in Sicily were not a "gouge fest" of prices to raise money for the church, or anyone, it was truly a celebration of the holiday.  I remember the pizzas having a slice of hard boiled eggs on it, as well as sliced olives.    

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