You are firmly in the lead on the inventive nonsensical stabinthedark stakes!!!!

cause me to throw a crisp £5 note into Just Giving, with no competition! Oh dear oh dear. John Motson moment coming on. I'll put £2 in for the particular "Motty" word that describes the reaction to Moxie's mini quiz for abruzzo!

Both items are foody. The region where I live is home to them both.

Thank you boys for all your efforts!

Big hugz

Moxie

Well Trotters, you have definately won the stab in the dark prize! Your baked pasta dish is only a partial answer. It is a lasagne of about 12 pasta layers with a very rich filling containing loads of giblets. It was first baked for an Austrian General Wincis Grezzi (or something similar) and became a favourite for him. At local festas it is usually far more simple and less offaly.

Ciausculo or ciauscolo or ciabuscolo is nothing to do with cherries! It is a fresh pork sausage the size of a salami but not dried as much so it remains soft and pink. It is eaten raw. There is also a liver (fegato) version which is very rich and dark. The best examples can be found in a tiny shop at Stazione Monte San  Martino on the road from Amandola to Servigliano. 

So Mr C, my dosh'll be in the pot tomorrow.

Over and out