yes, you are correct ..i have several calabrian old timers i eat with ., that were born there, just about the same eating likes as sicilians..i am the latter.. zucchini flowers fried..madonna!
You're killing me. Zucchini flowers are the best part of the summer
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The cardone, though. Man, they don't even have them all the time at the Arthur Avenue Market. And you know what my Mother used to say about the Market, right?
If they don't have it, it doesn't grow .
She used to call them
come sedani fritti 
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