| Message | My Grandmother's nane was Elisa Ippolito, maiden name Lupidi. She was born in the Abruzzi region in Villa S. Maria.
We have been searching via family members for some of Grandmom's wonderful recipes - and just can not find some. Two of these recipes are for dessert cookies that we used to enjoy in the Easter Season. The spelling of the names of these cookies is most likely not close to what I could print, so I will try to print them as they sound to me.
The first is a fruit filled cookie whose name sounds like "Chill - eats". The second is a wonderful treat tht contain chocolate, orange peel, and chick peas, and sounds like "Caa-jah-neats". Grandmom would roll the dough, spoon in some filling, seal the cookie like ravioli, and then Grandpop would fry them. When they finished cooking, the cookies would recieve a "rain" of sugar. Gosh - I can practically taste them now. We have asked our remaining relatives from our hometown in Downingtown, Pa, with no results. Hoping you may be able to help - and thank you in advance for reading this request.
I have found and tried many of the reciepes from your web-site, and have heartily enjoyed every one. Some brought memories floating back, and that was wonderful. This art of cooking seems to be dying a bit - and we want to keep as much as we can alive in our family.
Thank you in advance ofr any help you can offer - and I look forward to your reply, |