We mostly had skewers. I prepared the meat in nice cubes well in advance. I used chicken, marinated with rosemary, garlic and lemon. Then I had beef, marinated in wine and fresh thyme, and pork, marinated in lemon, black pepper and bay leaves. I prepared a lot of wooden skewers mixing the three types of meat, plus some little pieces of peppers, onions, two kinds of sausages, bacon and lard. I cooked the skewers with my usual mix of wood and charcoal, plus some pine cones that gave a distinctive flavor to the meat. We had two kinds of salad, fried zucchini, roasted potatoes, and peppers stewed with onions and tomatoes. We washed all down with beer and wine and those still moving had apple pie and chocolate ice-cream. We finish with chilled home-made Limoncello, which is an Italian sweet and strong liqueur made with lemon rinds.

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