Panettone is like fruitcake . . . many varieties . . . many people who never ate any of them but just hate it . . .
good stuff is good stuff.
lousy stuff is lousy no matter what the box says . . .
Aug/Sep I make a pre-WW2 recipe fruitcake(s). mega-fruits/nuts/etc. it usually last until March - but this year we had multiple cousins as house guests - who ate prodigious quantities of Granny’s Christmas Cookies and the fruit cake . . . my grandmother always sent everyone home with a 3 gal metal tin of cookies . . . she was much loved by her grandchildren - and as demonstrated this year, , , she is now gone, but they still love her cookie recipes.
I just saw (yes, in February) some Roy panettones at my local independent markets, both chocolate and cherry-pistachio, presumably well past their prime but stil $59.99 (I’m in the Bay Area).
We really enjoyed this peach, chocolate and amaretto Colomba made by Galup, a bakery that has been around since 1922. I will try Galup panettone next Christmas.
BarneyGrubble
(Fan of Beethoven and Latina singers)
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I bought another marrons glacés one made by a different company. This one I really like, so much so that my wife is threatening to buy me another. Some threats have to be fulfilled
Price hike alert… Panettone, good ones, from the shop I have been buying from for the past five years or so, have just increased in price from 29 euro to 39 euro! Have decided to not buy these this year, and just go for regular ones at my local supermarket.
Of course I couldn’t contain myself and have just bought two!
The expensive ones, 39 euro a piece… New brand to me.
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Presunto
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Went to the beautiful Patiscceria Piemontese here in Cagliari (Sardinia) and bought one this morning. The only one I want is pistachio, it happens to be the most expensive item in the shop.
Pasticceria Piemontese is one of the highly regarded pastry shops in the capital. Owners of my lodging buy their panettone from here.
DeLaurenti’s offered panettone this year in the most beautiful Dolce & Gabbana tins. Three versions! I would kill for those tins, but I won’t pay $60 to $195 for one ( or three, and I don’t need the bread/cake at all).
