Octopus with Ladolemono
Although I’m neither Italian nor Italian-American, this yr I’ve decided to undertake the Italian culture of fish for Christmas Eve/Day dinner. The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Festa dei sette pesci) as a rule contains at the least seven fish/seafood dishes — the quantity of dishes varies by family. Per Wikipedia: There are many hypotheses for what the quantity “7” represents. Seven is probably probably the foremost repeated quantity within the Bible and seems over 700 times. One familiar concept is the quantity represents completion, as proven in Genesis 2:2: “By the seventh day God accomplished the work he had been doing; so at the seventh day he rested from all his work.” During the feast of the seven fishes, participants celebrate the completion of God’s promise of the Messiah by way of child Jesus. Other theories include: that the quantity represents the seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church; or it represents the Seven hills of Rome that encom...