More than just a sandwich. Here is the palatelle that is eaten in honor of the Madonna of Materdomini
What do you eat in August? nell 'Agro Nocerino-Sarnese there is no need to think about it too long, as the answer is already obvious.
More precisely, between the night of 14 and 15 August, the tradition says that the faithful go on pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Materdomini in Nocera Superiore (province of Salerno) to celebrate theAssumption of Mary, which occurs the very day of Mid-August. Once you arrive at your destination, eat the typical one palatella is a must.
There legend it tells that the Virgin appeared in a dream to a peasant woman named Caramari, inviting the faithful to dig in a very specific point, under an oak tree: right there buried a painting of a Madonna with child was found and so, in the 1061, the basilica was erected in his honor.
As told in the novel Ninfa Plebea by Domenico Rea, this religious festival unites sacred is profane: «… it would have been difficult to keep united between the crowd of the church and the one that was waving outside scattered among the stalls of the sellers of 'e' o musso, of loaves stuffed with curdled milk, corn snails seasoned with garlic, stalls of sellers of 'mpupata'.
Among prayers, tammos and traditional dances, it is time to taste the palatella with the ‘mpupata. It is a poor dish, a loaf of bread from the particular form: the ends are two knots that make it look like a candy.
Originally, on the eve of the Assumption, meat was not eaten: the peasants on pilgrimage to the Sanctuary carried with them this sort of loaf, stuffed with two simple ingredients. The filling is called 'mpupata and is composed of pickled eggplant with oregano, garlic and chilli and salted Cetara anchovies. Even today, the little pile is specially prepared in this way.
In combination can not miss the wine with percoche and, finally, o mellon and fuoc (fire melon), or thewatermelon.
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