http://www.italylogue.com/food-drink/italian-gelato-flavors-decoded.html

My favorites are numerous, and some of the ones I love are hard to pair with other flavors, so sometimes I make it tough on myself to get the perfect flavor marriage. Some of my old standbys are (in no particular order): caramello, amarena, cioccolato all’arancia, lampone, and cioccolato fondente. The one I have the hardest time pairing is liquirizia – husband says I’m crazy to even like it, but I can’t help it. I like black licorice. I usually go with fior di latte as a 2nd flavor for that one, but I’m always on the lookout for a better combo.

For no reason I can figure out, I really like amarena & caramello together…

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Great info Jessica, thanks I haven’t even seen black licorice gelato…strange since that’s *such* a huge thing here in Calabria…our liquirizia…l’oro nero di Calabria

And oh, those pastries!

I so love gelato and all Italian desserts – wish I had more access in A2.

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They are black cherries, but that’s all I know. I think you need to get your Italian neighbor to start a bakery or gelato place….

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Oh Judith, even the half empty, sleepy, poor villages in Italy must have gelato! I think it’s in the Constitution

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Yes I think living in a city you can get very used to doing anything you want, when you want it, but that’s just one of the features of life here that anyone who’s staying for the long haul must adjust to; not everyone can, but for me, eh, where do I have to be in two minutes flat? Everyone’s always late in Italy anyway

Shhh, I didn’t say that….

Oh, God, I love gelato. Must be my Italian genetics. I just found out 2 days ago that there’s a Polish Bakery near my appartment that sells gelato.

It’s not exactly the same though. I would *kill* for a real, Italian, gelato.

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I still think some gelato is better than nothing at all So nice to see you here!

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Hey maybe you should start a gelateria in your tons of free time Kristen Don’t worry; I’ll enjoy some for you here!

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Well…it’s better than nothing I suppose

Now, as for ice cream. We’re addicts. There’s always ice cream in our freezer. And I’m thinking we’re gonna pile the kids in the car later and go get ice cream as my anniversary treat. I like to mix it up with my ice cream, but if I could only have one it would be whatever had a chocolate base with loads of chocolatey mix-ins. Love me some chocolate.

And for the record, I think that it’s ok some days to have ice cream for dinner. The kids LOVE me on those days!

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Chel, you *know* all comments are welcome! And I, too, love watermelon Italian ice–definitely my favorite flavor! If I’m going soft serve ice cream? Either vanilla or a vanilla/chocolate twist…but ALWAYS with rainbow sprinkles in a cone Mmmmm….

If this is too personal a question, obviously feel free to delete the comment. Part of my fascination is that both villages my mom grew up in were small, and most people would bike 10km to the bigger town on a regular basis, and even 20 km to the larger one, because the autocar and the train ran only once an hour etc – and to me that feels incredibly isolating. My mom talks about visiting her friend in the next village over and walking 5 km each way when her bike was broken. Obviously things are different now — some people have cars and motorini (sp?), but many don’t.

Anyways, long rambling comment short (not really), I was just curious how easy it is to get around your part of Calabria since it doesn’t sound like you have a car or a bike, yet you do not seem isolated at all

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Badolato Superiore and the Marina are about 3 km apart; I usually take a bus down to get there. It’s no big deal once you know the schedule They run less frequently than hourly, but really if you’re going somewhere and then have to take a bus back, that usually ends up working out well because it gives you time to do whatever you want, and there are always different buses running to the Marina, and since P’s parents are there, I can always pop in and visit them if I’m off schedule.

Now Gioiosa is certainly not close; it’s several towns down–probably a good hour, maybe even more driving. I wouldn’t go there just for gelato, certainly, but it is the best place I’ve found around here, which is why I wrote about it

Next time have an extra scoop of either nocciola or nutella for me. With panna of course!

You don’t have to tell me twice Ariana