
Matilde Milano
The recipes of Tina
Interviewed in 2012, Matilde "Tina" Milano, born in 1943, tells her experience gained in factory of Sordevolo. There she worked as a darner. She left this job for his real passion: the countryside. She remembers the past landscape of Sordevolo, its gastronomy and traditional activities, such as the washing. She closes the interview telling her memories of her youth, when she attended the elementary school.
Video table of contents
- Presentation
- Walkig to Pollone
- Working in a factory
- A house for winter, another for summer
- The love for the countryside
- A typical summer day
- From work to the cheese firm
- The making of tuma cheese
- Salting the cheese
- Tometta cheese
- Soup, milk and wine
- Breakfast
- Spring food
- Al fricc 'd pulenta
- Al fricc 'd pan
- Al fricc 'd patäte
- Al fricc 'd pìcu
- Mountain beet
- Al fricc dël marghè
- Mountain spinach fry
- La fondùa giàuna
- Fried polenta
- La balòta
- Al fricc 'd maiàl
- Fried salami
- Soups
- Chestnut soup
- Roasted chestnut soup
- Minestra con le castagne fresche
- Chestnut beat
- Butter!
- Butter making
- Butter mould
- Cheese selling
- Chestnut collection
- Chestnut and fire
- Chestnut thrashing
- Chestnut selection
- Washing linen
- Butter for the Virgin of March
- Arnica
- Sheep recovery
- Working in Sordevolo...
- Elementary school in Sordevolo
- Nicknames
- Brother, school, trouts
- Elementary school
Interview information
Country: IT
Region: Piemonte
City: Muzzano
District: BI
Suburb: Bagneri
Altitude: 565m s.l.m.
Matilde Milano
Date of birth: 12-23-1943
Languages: Piemontese, Italiano
Document by: Eleonora Agnolazza
Video by: Luca Ghiardo, Marta Nicolo, Battista Saiu
Created: 19-12-2012