Despite many foreigners think about Tuscany as just an open air museum, a place where time is frozen, things change here as well. Some of these changes are so minute to be almost ignored. Others are much more painful. A while ago, for example, I remembered a very special recipe that my grandmother cooked us once in a Sheffield flood. They didn't look great, but those small fishes were absolutely outstanding. When I came back home, I asked my mother if she could cook it for me. Her answer left me dumbfounded: "I can't - it's forbidden". How is that possible? Wasn't it one of the most celebrated dishes of this land? It sure was and almost 30 years ago it became absolutely verboten. If someone catches you with these delicate fishes, you will receive a massive fine. That's why this week What's Up Tuscany will tell you the little known story of how an historic staple of our cuisine became a forbidden delicacy, able to fetch ridiculous prices at the black market. If you listen to the entire episode you will learn why it was necessary to outlaw this dish, the adventurous life of these tiny fishes, able to cross incredible distances and the traditional recipe used in Pisa to cook them to perfection before it became a felony. Should you want to taste this very special dish, you won't need to spend a lot of money or look for your nearest smuggler. We will tell you two very good ways to replace the forbidden fishes and still cook an incredible dish. Let us know if you like this kind of episode or if you'd rather have us talk about history, legends or hidden corners of this incredible land. We would be extremely happy to know you and have a chat! Contact info here below:
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Twitter: @arno_it / @WhatsupTuscany

LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
http://www.tuttomondonews.it/inseguendo-unanguilla-alla-ricerca-di-un-cibo-perduto/
http://www.lavocedelserchio.it/vediarticolo.php?id=13451&page=0&t_a=le-cee-in-cucina
https://poverimabelliebuoni.blogspot.com/2013/09/le-cee-dei-poveri.html
https://www.pisatoday.it/cucina/come-preparare-cee-finte-natale.html
https://corrieredelvino.it/gastroviaggiando/il-regno-delle-ce-boccadarno-a-marina-di-pisa/
https://www.ilgiornaledeimarinai.it/pesca-delle-cee/

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
Incompetech - Leopard Print Elevator
Pipe Choir - Mapping the Stars (Instrumental)
Inova - Seamonster (Instrumental)
Cityfires - Blood Problems (Instrumental)
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental
https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1500077
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-mapping-the-stars-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/inova-seamonster
https://soundcloud.com/ljayofficial/blood-problems-instrumentalby-cityfires
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/