Now, normally I’d be here talking about content audits or social media or some such. But not today. Why? Because it’s Tortellini Day and because one of the topics I write about all the time is food.
Happy Tortellini Day! To celebrate, I present just one of the many possible origin stories for this pasta-rific treat.
Lucrezia Borgia – yes, THAT Lucrezia Borgia – was travelling and stopped for the night at an inn in the small town of Castelfranco Emilia. The innkeeper was so captivated by Lucrezia that he couldn’t resist the urge later that night to peek at her through the keyhole. There were only a few candles lighting in the room so all he could see was her navel, and that, only just.
Now this might not seem a lot to you but not a lot happens in Castelfranco Emilia and a new navel was no doubt a noteworthy event. Anyway, the sight of Lucrezia’s navel sent him into ecstasy and he rushed to the kitchen and created tortellini in its image.
Or, it might have been intended to mimic the shape of a turtle – intended to echo the architecture of the area where many 17th-century buildings allude to the turtle motif.
But you know, turtle are fine in their way but they are no Lucrezia Borgia. So, I know which story I’m sticking with.
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