Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods

Dreaming at the fish market

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It is this time of the year again. The time when the cod find its way back to Lofoten to spawn (is my English correct I wonder......) I walked down to the fish market after work today, to buy cod, roe, liver and tongue, and now I, Terje, Ingrid and Marius have had a feast!

While I was busy buying my fish, the owner of the fish market, whom I know from childhood, came over and winked at me: "Tomorrow we will get cockles" He knows of my love for spaghetti vongole, Venice, the Laguna, Mauro and everything. I don´t have time to go back tomorrow, but Friday I will be there, and if you come to The House in the Woods there might be some spaghetti vongole left for you......though, according to Mauro, not the real one.

 

If you don´t know my spaghetti vongole you can read about it in my blog, but to understand what it is all about you have to read it in correct order:

 

Spaghetti vongole the real way

 

Women´s night and spaghetti vongole

 

Seeking for vongole in the laguna

 

The spaghetti chef in his Murano kitchen

 

 

 

 

 

The spaghetti chef in his Murano kitchen

@brittarnhild

One of Mauros many goals in life is to teach me how to make the real spaghetti vongole.

One of my goals in life is to let Mauro teach me how to make the real spaghetti vongole

It started many years ago. I had been to Italy, I had eaten spaghetti vongole, I loved it and I tryed to make it when I cam home. And I blogged about it.

Mauro read the blog post, and commented right away: "this is NOT spaghetti vongole, come back to Venice and I will show you the real thing"

So I went back, Mauro invited me to have lunch with him at a typical local restaurant, among the gondola drivers in their striped sweathers, presented me to the owner of the restaurant as a famous travel writer.........and we had a feast, a lunch which lasted for hours, with the chef making the spaghetti just at my table.

 On the next visit he invited me out to Murano to have spaghetti vongole in Casa Mauro, then the next time after that he took me, Marta and Terje out in the laguna to catch our own vongoles.....

.....and then, last Sunday, a current highlight occured.

Chef Mauro making spaghetti vongole in Casa Mauro while we watched, and photographed, and asked questions, and hhs and ahs, and more ohs and more ahs.

I had spaghetti vongole every single day during our days in Venice. And there is no doubt. Absolutely no doubt. Chef Mauro´s is the best!

I ate so much I had almost no room left for the fish which followed, neigther for Barbara´s delicious homemade tiramisu.

 

Thank you Mauro. I´ll be back......
.....for more spaghetti vongole!

 

 

Here is the link to when I attempt to make spaghetti vongole

Here is my lunch as a "famous travel writer"

And here we catch vongole in the laguna.

Enjoy!