Bar-B. Que for St. Lawrence

The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence

in the Carthusian Monastery Chapel at Padula, Italy

I was in Sicily on the Feast of St. Lawrence, August 10th, and to celebrate this martyr we searched for a restaurant serving "grilled" food. We found yoghi and booboo on Via S. Filomena in Catania. They had "worldwide cuisine."

Via S. Filomena

I had a mixed grill plate that included bar-b-que ribs, buffalo wings, home-made sausage abd thick bacon.

These symbols for St. Lawrence are above a staircase

in the Carthusian Monastery of Padula.

Horse Meat Markets and Restaurants

After New Years Day we found ourselves joining our friend Maria in Catania for a meal of horse and donkey meat. She took us to a street that boasted half-a-dozen macellerie equina e trattorie, "horse meat butchers and restaurants."
On the street and sidewalks butchers displayed their meats while cooks prepared meals on outdoor grills. People young and old, most arriving on motorcycles, pulled up and ordered dinner.
Some stood and ate on the street, others sat at tables on the sidewalk. We went inside to enjoy our meal.


From left to right:

Vincenzo, Larry, Maria, and the staff of Trattoria n'ta za Cammela