Claudia Boggio
Cortereggio Canavese Piattella Bean
Claudia Boggio was born in 1982 and interviewed in 2013.
She is a young grower of the Piattella bean. In the interview she describes some peculiarities of the Piattella bean and its system of cultivation and marketing. She explains the particular packaging used for the bean: a glass jars.
During the interview she also shows the main gastronomic uses of the Piattella bean: the tofeja, a typical winter dish the region, soups and salads.
Eventually, Claudia Boggio describes the cult of St. Besso in the Soana valley.
Video table of contents
- Passion for and recovery of the Piattella bean
- The combined cropping of the Piattella bean
- The production regulation
- Of manure and corn
- The tofeja soup
- Harvesting and processing the beans
- The market of the Piattella bean
- Farmer market in San Giorgio Canavese
- The Piattella bean and carnival
- Labour and satisfation
- Other crops
- St. Besso
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: San Giorgio Canavese
District: TO
Suburb: Cortereggio
Altitude: 245m s.l.m.
Wikipedia: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortereggio
Urls: Scheda Piattella canavesana di Cortereggio - Sito Fondazione Slow Food per la Biodiversità, Sito Associazione Piattella canavesana di Cortereggio, Sito dedicato alla storia e alle tradizioni di Cortereggio, Cortereggio Canavese Piattella Bean - The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity
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Claudia Boggio
Date of birth: 07-03-1982
City: Chivasso
School: High school or Secondary
Profession: Farmer
Languages: Italiano
Bibliography:
Aa.Vv. (2012), Guida ai Presìdi Slow Food: per scoprire i prodotti che raccontano l’Italia, le osterie che li cucinano, mangiare e dormire dai produttori, Bra, Slow Food editore.
Belletti P., Nada E. (1995), Variabilità isoenzimatica in fagiolo comune (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), "Italus Hortus", vol. II, n. 3, pp. 39-46.
Piccinino F. (2013), Una gran Piattella, in “Barolo&Co.”, XXXI, n. 1, pp. 104-105.
Sitography:
http://piattellacortereggio.altervista.org/
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofeja
Document by: Gianpaolo Fassino
Video by: Luca Percivalle
Created: 26-06-2013
