Kadang-kadang bikin kangen juga suara-suara para penjaja kaki lima di tanah air, apalagi kalau lagi males masak atau hanya pingin ngunyah....atau kedinginan pingin makan bakso panas pedes, wedang ronde, atau musim panas pingin makan rujak, es cendol....hmm menulisnya saja sudah membuat aku ngiler.... Beberapa sore yang lalu karena malas banget masak, akhirnya ke warung kaki lima deket rumah. Kita jajan di warung kaki lima. Dua orang wanita, ibu dan anak yang lumayan berisi, berada di balik jendela kaca sibuk membuat pesanan: Piadina. Mereka sudah kenal sama Ben jadi tiap kali ke sana biarpun cuma untuk say hi, Ben pasti mendapat jatah seperempat lingkaran piadina. Piadina adalah makanan rakyat khas dari daerah Romagna, sejenis roti yang tidak " di kembangkan". Sebenernya aku tidak berani menyamakan Piadina ini dengan roti jenis lainnya karena takut para Romagnola marah. AKu pernah baca di salah satu blog yang dengan guyon menamai piadina dengan "chapati from Romagna"..ugh...beberapa komennya rupanya dari orang Italia ( romagna) beringas seperti orang kebakaran jenggot karena cuisine mereka di samakan dengan cuisine lain. Menurutku Piadina hampir mirip dengan Pain Azime / Pane Azimo/ Matse hanya tidak crispy. Bahan-bahannya: tepung gandung, air, garam (preferably from Cervia), bicarbonate dan lard. Adonan di biarkan mengembang sebentar lalu di uleni dan gilas dengan matarelo. Once rolled out, the piadina is placed on the teggia, the typical round clay tile, and is left cook on the flame for two minutes, taking care to turn it in a clockwise direction as tradition dictates using a flat blade knife, and piercing the holes on the surface. Kios-kios kaki lima yang menjual piadina ini biasanya buka pada sore hari, tapi ada beberapa biasanya di centro yang buka pada saat jam menjelang makan siang. Biasanya piadina di makan panas - panas dengan cara di belah dua sehingga berbentuk setengah lingkaran lalu di dalamnya di isi dengan prusciuto crudo ( ham), irisan parmiggiano dan sedikit daun rucola (rocket salad) atau dengan keju khas dari romagna juga Squacquerone. Bentuk lain cara penyajiannya dengan di lipat di isi di dalamnya seperi calzone, namanya cresicone. Isinya biasanya daging sosis ( salsicia) dengan tumisan sayuran hijau seperti bayam atau daun bit dan bawang putih. Atau bisa juga di isi seusai selera...

La piada the legend:

Romagna's famous piadina, known in dialect as pié, pjida, or pièda, and italianized as "piada" (the name derives from the Greek platys, through the Latin term plattus or "plate") has ancient origins.Fans of this round flat bread, one of Romagna's culinary glories, say it was founded by Aeneas, shortly after his arrival on Italian shores, prior to his founding of Rome.The story goes that when the hungry exiles from Troy came ashore, they found nothing but a few pieces of wild fruit to eat, and so were reduced to eating the flat bread that they usually used as plates. Aeneas' father, Anchises, had in fact prophesized that before Aeneas found the place where he would build his city, he would become so hungry that he would be reduced to eating his plates.

Definisi di bawah ini diambil dari Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Friendship is a human relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of putting the other's interest before one's own. Their tastes will be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. Menurut Wikipedia; ada banyak jenis friendship. Silahkan google saja untuk mengetahuinya lebih lanjut. Kadang-kadang aku berpikir setelah membaca definisi diatas: berarti aku tidak mempunyai begitu banyak teman di sini ( Italia), selain teman hidupku: Nathy dan Ben. Ada seorang Amerika yang aku kenal sewaktu kita sama-sama di prenatal course selalu bilang begini setiap kali secara tidak sengaja kita ketemu di centro: I'll call you..( yeah..sure). ..sampai sekarang juga masih nunggu.... I did call you couple of time...remember.. Tulus tidaknya seorang teman baru kelihatan kalau kita mendapatkan kesusahan: A friend in need is a friend indeed. Kalau begitu; berapa gelintir teman yang aku punya di sini (selain Nathy dan Ben)? Yang jelas orang Amerika yang aku kenal di prenatal course itu bukan dan orang lain yang mengaku sebagai teman selama 3 tahun tapi menghilang ketika kita dalam kebingungan karena ulah suaminya....jelas bukan.... Dari beberapa orang Indonesia yang tinggal di sini yang aku kenal sepertinya ada beberapa orang yang bisa menjadi true friend. Tidak banyak, yang penting berkwalitas. Teman-teman yang aku kenal lewat internet, pernah gak kalian punya pertanyaan yang konyol seperti diriku ini?

Dengan semakin bertambahnya korban akibat flu burung ( yang terkahir di Tangerang beberapa hari yang lalu) dan penyebarannya yang sudah sampai ke Turki dan Romania, mau gak mau aku jadi tambah concern. Karena, keluarga di Indonesia mempunyai hubungan yang sangat "dekat" dengan perburungan ( baca ayam):

1. Salah satu kakakku bergerak di bidang peternakan ayam dan tiap hari bergubungan dengan ayam
2. Di rumah bapak & ibu, selalu ada piaraan ayam atau jenis unggas lainnya, selain sebagai persedian untuk di konsumsi juga sebagai hobby.

Di sini aku mau berbagi hasil berita dari BBC, semoga bermanfaat.

Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/health/3422839.stm The spread of bird flu - also known as avian flu - which has led to human deaths in South East Asia, is causing concern. But what is the disease and what are the possible risks to humans? Q: What is bird flu? Like humans and other species, birds are susceptible to flu. There are 15 types of bird, or avian, flu. The most contagious strains, which are usually fatal in birds, are H5 and H7. The type currently causing concern is the deadly strain H5N1. Even within the H5N1 type, variations are seen, and slightly different forms are being seen in the different countries affected in this outbreak. Migratory wildfowl, notably wild ducks, are natural carriers of the viruses, but are unlikely to actually develop an infection. Domestic birds are particularly susceptible in epidemics. This is why the confirmation of H5N1 in birds in Turkey and Romania is causing concern. Pakistan has seen cases of the H7 and H9 strains of bird flu in poultry, but no cases of these strains have been passed to humans Q: Is it possible to stop bird flu coming into a country? The fear, after the Turkish and Romanian findings, is that H5N1 will spread across Europe. Because it is carried by birds, there is no way of preventing its spread. But that does not mean it will be passed to domestic flocks. Experts say proper poultry controls - such as preventing wild birds getting in to poultry houses - which are present in the UK, should prevent that happening. In addition, they say monitoring of the migratory patterns of wild birds should provide early alerts of the arrival of infected flocks - meaning they could be targeted on arrival. Q: How do humans catch bird flu? Bird flu was thought only to infect birds until the first human cases were seen in Hong Kong in 1997. Humans catch the disease through close contact with live infected birds. Birds excrete the virus in their faeces, which dry and become pulverised, and are then inhaled. Symptoms are similar to other types of flu - fever, malaise, sore throats and coughs. People can also develop conjunctivitis. Researchers are now concerned because scientists studying a case in Vietnam found the virus can affect all parts of the body, not just the lungs. This could mean that many illnesses, and even deaths, thought to have been caused by something else, may have been due to the bird flu virus. Q: How many people have been affected? As of 20 October, 2005, there had been 118 confirmed cases of avian flu in humans in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, leading to 61 deaths. In comparison, Sars has killed around 800 people worldwide and infected at least 8,400 since it first emerged in November 2002. Q: Can avian flu be passed from person to person? There are indications that it can, although so far not in the form which could fuel a pandemic. A case in Thailand indicated the probable transmission of the virus from a girl who had the disease to her mother, who also died. The girl's aunt, who was also infected, survived the virus. UK virology expert Professor John Oxford said these cases indicated the basic virus could be passed between humans, and predicted similar small clusters of cases would be seen again. It is not the only instance where it has been thought bird flu has been passed between humans. In 2004, two sisters died in Vietnam after possibly contracting bird flu from their brother who had died from an unidentified respiratory illness. In a similar case in Hong Kong in 1997, a doctor possibly caught the disease from a patient with the H5N1 virus - but it was never conclusively proved. Q: Does this mean there is likely to be a large outbreak of bird flu? Experts are concerned that this could happen. But in the Thai case, the virus was only passed to close relatives and spread no further. In addition, it had not combined with a form of human flu. This is the real fear. Experts believe the virus could exchange genes with a human flu virus if a person was simultaneously infected with both. The more this double infection happens, the higher the chance a new virus could be created and be passed from person to person, they say. Concern has also been raised by research which showed that the virus which caused the 1918 pandemic was an avian flu virus. Q: What would be the consequence if this did happen? Once the virus gained the ability to pass easily between humans the results could be catastrophic. Worldwide, experts predict anything between two million and 50 million deaths. Q: Is there a vaccine? There is not yet a definitive vaccine, but prototypes which offer protection against the H5N1 strain are being produced. But antiviral drugs, such as Tamiflu which are already available and being stockpiled by countries such as the UK, may help limit symptoms and reduce the chances the disease will spread. Concerns have been prompted by news a Vietnamese patient has become partially resistant to the Tamiflu, drug experts plan to use to tackle a human bird flu outbreak. Scientists say it may be helpful to have stocks of other drugs from the same family such as Relenza (zanamivir). Q: Can I continue to eat chicken? Yes. Experts say avian flu is not a food-borne virus, so eating chicken is safe. The only people thought to be at risk are those involved in the slaughter and preparation of meat that may be infected. However, the World Health Organisation recommends, to be absolutely safe all meat should be cooked to a temperature of at least 70C. Eggs should also be thoroughly cooked. Professor Hugh Pennington of Aberdeen University underlined the negligible risk to consumers: "The virus is carried in the chicken's gut. "A person would have to dry out the chicken meat and would have to sniff the carcass to be at any risk. But even then, it would be very hard to become infected." Q: What is being done to contain the virus in the countries affected? Millions of birds have been culled in an attempt to stop the spread of the disease among birds, which would in turn stop it being passed on to humans.