sommocolonia

The ever present Lake Angels in Barga are starting to make themselves known and felt outside the walls of the city. On the 25th April they have organised an event in Sommocolonia, the small village overlooking the city. As you can hear in the interview recorded today with Mario Milano, the spokesman for the group, they will be promoting the local cheese and wine makers of the area.

The Angels have been interested in the local food culture with a series of events going back over the years including just recently in 2011, the best traditional castagnaccio – the classic sweet dish from this area made from chestnut flour (article here)

In 2009, they were involved in cooking and preparing Polenta which is made with ground yellow or white cornmeal, ground maize (article here ).

In 2009, they were interested in the wild mushroom Grifola frondosa, known in this area as the Grifone (article here)

And way back in 2007 they were all in Piazza Angelio busily preparing sausages (article here) and the Biroldo which is made from all of the parts of the pig which cannot be used for ham, joints, or in sausage making ….. in short – all of the scrap bits which are then boiled up in the blood. (article here)

All of the Lake Angels article that have appeared on this site over the years can be seen here

* è possibile visitare anche il piccolo Museo della memoria…gestito dalla Associazione Ricreativa Sommocolonia

La scampagnata del 25 aprile – tempo permettendo – quest’anno sarà d’obbligo a Sommocolonia.

I Lake Angels e l’associazione ricreativa Sommocolonia hanno infatti preparato una giornata all’insegna della tradizione con degustazioni di vini e formaggi della zona per riscoprire il bello e il buono che ci circonda

I più pigri potranno raggiungere il borgo in macchina, per tutti gli altri l’appuntamento è invece in piazzale Matteotti (ore 11.00 – davanti alla Pasticceria Lucchesi) per raggiungere Sommocolonia a piedi, con la passeggiata organizzata dalla Pro Loco Barga. Tappa intermedia presso la Sosta dei Diavoli a Ponte di Catagnana e poi su fino in cima passando per la vecchia mulattiera.