Podcasts Culture Living Villa Cappelli 055: Spring in Puglia

055: Spring in Puglia

Published: March 22, 2018, 5:45 p.m.

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Another quick catchup episode, talking about spring in Puglia, our new dogs, our spring projects, and other odds and ends of life in our villa in Puglia, Italy.

Topics we cover:

\\u2022\\xa0 How we lost our dog Orso recently

\\u2022\\xa0 And how we decided to get some new puppies

\\u2022\\xa0 Mina came to us from a farm in the Mugia

\\u2022\\xa0 Mina is a girl, which is what Paul wanted

\\u2022\\xa0 Mina is also a Maremmano, here\\u2019s a little about that breed:

- An Abruzzo sheepdog

- Used for centuries by Italian shepherds to guard sheep from wolves

- They have a solid, muscular build, a thick white coat, a large head and a black nose

- The coat is thick and long\\xa0and forms a thick collar (or mane) around the neck

\\u2022\\xa0 How Mina was terrorizing the casts, so we had to get Mina a playmate

\\u2022\\xa0 He is half Maremmano and half Dogo Argentino, though he looks all Dogo Argentino

\\u2022\\xa0 He has very distinct markings, and after a lot of suggestions from our Instagram friends (link), Logan came up with the name Duke

\\u2022\\xa0 A little about his breed:

- A large, white, muscular dog developed in Argentina

- Their primary purpose was for big game hunting, like wild boar

-\\xa0 Some say they look similar to American Pit Bull Terrier

-\\xa0 While breed as big game hunters, they are also trained for search and rescue, police assistance, service dogs, military work, and more

\\u2022\\xa0 Here are some pictures of them:

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\\u2022\\xa0 Our off-season projects

\\u2022\\xa0 How we\\xa0replaced our wooden raised beds with some beautiful stone raised beds

\\u2022\\xa0 The walls of the beds are drywall, meaning they don\\u2019t use any mortar

\\u2022\\xa0 The artistry of constructing these walls.\\xa0 Here is a video:

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\\u2022\\xa0 Then we constructed a beautiful shed in the back corner of our garden

\\u2022\\xa0 Here are some pictures of the shed as well

\\u2022\\xa0 All the materials we used to build the shed

\\u2022\\xa0 Paul\\u2019s other project, making olive wood cutting boards

\\u2022\\xa0 Here are some pictures of his work

\\u2022\\xa0 Here\\u2019s his holy cutting boards as well

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\\u2022 Here\\u2019s a link to the story about the Virgin Mary Apparition appearing in a window: http://www.tampabayskeptics.org/v9n4rpt.html

\\u2022\\xa0 Our winter weather here in Puglia

\\u2022\\xa0 We had a very good olive harvest this year, but it was a very late harvest

\\u2022\\xa0 Our new 3L tins

\\u2022\\xa0 We have a few new products:

- Some anchovy fillets

- Colatura di Alici, like an anchovy fish sauce

\\u2022 The Colatura is sort of like Garum, which was a\\xa0fermented\\xa0fish sauce\\xa0used as a\\xa0condiment\\xa0in the cuisines of\\xa0ancient Greece,\\xa0Rome, and later\\xa0Byzantium

\\u2022\\xa0 Paul helped come up with the name of company who makes the products in Amalfi, and the company\\u2019s name is Amalfin

\\u2022\\xa0 If anyone is interested in us carrying their line of tun products, let us know.

\\u2022\\xa0 It is high-quality tuna packed in oil

\\u2022\\xa0 Paul wants to know what it is called \\u201cTuna fish\\u201d?\\xa0 Why not just \\u201cTuna\\u201d?\\xa0 Is it a marketing thing?\\xa0 Does anyone know?\\xa0 Please let us know in the comments!

\\u2022\\xa0 Our new ceramic jugs to decant our 3L into a pouring jug

\\u2022\\xa0 How olives are drupes, making extra virgin olive oil essentially fruit juice

\\u2022\\xa0 Drupes include\\xa0coffee,\\xa0jujube,\\xa0mango,\\xa0olive, dates, coconut,\\xa0cashew,\\xa0almond,\\xa0apricot,\\xa0cherry,\\xa0damson,\\xa0nectarine,\\xa0peach, and\\xa0plum.

\\u2022\\xa0 Anyone interested in our culinary tour, there is still room. Click here for more information.

\\u2022 Michael\\u2019s podcast that we mention is here, so you can enjoy his playing on our out of tune piano.

\\u2022\\xa0 Our hashtag promotion. Just snap a dish you made with our products or you with our products, and hashtag #villacappelli on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.\\xa0 We will be choosing at random, one lucky winner each month to get a free bottle of our extra virgin olive oil.

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\\u2022\\xa0 How Saint Joseph\\u2019s Day is Father\\u2019s Day in Italy.

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