Coca-cola-hiccups- bridge-of-sighs. Spaghetti-Coca-cola-gondola….perfect recipe for hiccups.
I have a long-standing animosity for the hiccups and I am pretty sure I am not alone on this. There are some of us in this world who are diaphragm-challenged. The little spasms come and can last an hour, a day, or maybe even continue on and off for 5 or 6 days. Do you have any idea how terrible that feels? And nothing works, I’ve tried it all. Not even I have a successful recipe.
This past week I have been very lucky to be traveling abroad. I have also been terribly saddened by learning that there is a widespread conspiracy against the Venetians.
In Venice there is work being done around the ‘Bridge of Sighs’ and the ‘Doge Palace.’ As the sign says, the City of Venice cannot pay for the repairs so they have acquired a sponsor to help float the costs.
In order for the sponsor to reap a fair amount of business, they have a permit to make the world’s biggest scrim and cover the scaffolding around the corner of the Palace and on the ends of the famous bridge. So they’ll be showing up in tourist slideshows all over the world until the work is complete. Of course they will be. This is Coca-Cola.
And what could go better, on a hot summer day, with fresh tomatoes or some fried baby soft shell crabs than an ice-cold Coca-Cola with no ice? Nothing. What could go worse with the hiccups? Niente.
Hiccups
aqua frizzante
caprese salad
a few sips of cola
fried baby soft shell crab
more frizzy water
more cola
bread dipped in olive oil
more cola
more frizzy water
spaghetti alla vongole
more cola & more frizzy water
gelato: any flavor
Hiccups guaranteed or your euros back.
The gondoliers have traded in “O Sole Mio” for “Pizza, Pasta, Coca-Cola, Gondola.”
