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The Chestnut and Porcini Mushroom in Caserta

Association "Montecaruso" presents the "Festival of Chestnut and Mushroom "^ Ed XII, 2 and 3 October 2010 in Sipicciano of Galluccio (CE). The event takes place in the alleys of the enchanting village of medieval Sipicciano Galluccio, with major stands of typical products of 'Alto Casertano where chestnuts will be distributed for free. In addition, a seminar on mycological and a naturalistic exhibit.

The event is aimed at enhancing and the safeguarding of typical products approved and the development of wine tourism in the Campania Region.

The Mushroom's "Volcano Roccamonfina" was inserted at the request of the 'Association Montecaruso, in the' National List of Traditional Agri-Products of the Ministry of Agriculture with the Decree of 10 July 2006, published in the Supplement to the Official Gazette No. 167, July 20, 2006. Enclosed is the full program. WEB: www.associazionemontecaruso.it . Facebook Group: The Mushroom of "Volcano Roccamonfina"

Adapted from Casertanews

"In the Middle Ages, the mushrooms were always viewed with suspicion even though it must be said that in the Court of Frederick II in Foggia, were often present in his banquets. Instead the sources tell us that Fred had definite ideas on the conservation of mushrooms" were to be bleached by boiling in salted water then "to be stored in small barrels. On the other hand, thanks to research and dissemination of knowledge implemented by the convents, at this time the fungus enters the kitchen also popular.

The fungus was so appreciated and studied in the Middle Ages and was considered such a delicacy and aphrodisiac to be put on the Index because it distracted from the Holy Office Pilgrims from the idea of \u200b\u200bpenance that had to be connected to the Jubilee Pilgrimage on the Via dei Romei .

"Fungi play an important role in medieval witchcraft, and if we think the practice of ointments, could traced back to this magic nature arising from the use of drugs of plant origin, such as hemlock, belladonna, willow, grass astrologer, Baccarat, the Bryonia, chervil, and stramonium, as I said, some types of mushrooms, to reach that state of trance or dream, during which the witch to make its flights. The Church, like the power of civil and secular city, did not nothing to interpret the folk culture that was, however, swallowed and erased in a demonic generalization, which, with the rise of the witch hunt, turned every manifestation and ritual in non-Christian worship of the devil. "