In Sicily food is the center part of peoples lives. While they eat, they talk about what they will eat the next meal, what they eat yesterday, last christmas, their mothers last birthday party, coming christmas, nephews baptism and so on….

Food fiests are arranged all over the island and there is a feast somewhere almost every week. Many of them has become way commercial, but there are many local small feasts around where you can eat local delicacies. We visited a small village called Antillo, a hidden mountain village north of Etna in Messina province. So small that even the road gets tiny. Here the had the annual boar meat feast for only two days. Everything made in original style, even with wooden ovens.

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P? Sicilien ?r maten den centrala delen av m?nniskornas liv. Medan de ?ter talar de om vad de ska ?ta n?sta m?ltid, vad de ?t ig?r, f?rra julen, deras mammors f?rra f?delsedagsfest, kommande jul, bror- eller systersonens dop och s? vidare ….

Matfester arrangeras ?ver hela ?n och det finns en fest n?gonstans n?stan varje vecka. M?nga av dem har blivit v?ldigt kommersiella, men det finns m?nga lokala sm? fester runt d?r du kan ?ta lokala delikatesser. Vi bes?kte en liten by som heter Antillo, en dold bergsby norr om Etna i Messina provinsen. S? liten att ?ven v?gen blir liten. H?r hade den ?rliga vildsvink?ttfesten i endast tv? dagar. Allt gjord i originalstil, ?ven med tr?eldade ugnar.

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Here with local boar meat just from the butcher and a glass of local made wine for 50 cents.


H?r med lokalt vildsvinsk?tt direkt fr?n slaktaren och ett glas lokaltillverkat vin f?r 50 cent.

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The local bread is called Cuzzola. A very light bread where basic ingredients are local wheat, olive oil, salt… can not be found anywhere else in Sicily. Of course baked in old style owens with wood fire. In Sicily the variety of bread changes in each region and also the color. In this area it is more white, in Ragusa area more yellow. We decided to eat a Cuzzola sandwich for dinner, price was just two euro. Filled with grilled sweet pepper, olive oil and boar sausage. They also offer complete menus with first dish pasta, second dish grilled, wine and water for only ten euro.


Det lokala br?det heter Cuzzola. Ett mycket l?tt br?d d?r grundl?ggande ingredienserna ?r lokalvete, olivolja, salt … kan inte hittas n?gon annanstans p? Sicilien. Naturligtvis bakas i gammal stil med vedeldade ugnar. P? Sicilien varierar sorten av br?d i varje region och ?ven f?rgen. I detta omr?de ?r br?det mer vit, i Ragusa-omr?det mer gult. Vi best?mde oss f?r att ?ta en Cuzzola sm?rg?s till middag, priset var bara tv? euro. Fylld med grillad paprika, olivolja och vildsvin. De erbjuder ocks? kompletta menyer med f?rsta matr?tt pasta, andra matr?tt grillat, vin och vatten f?r endast tio euro.

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