not only for Halloween!

cucuzze
make /cook it as you like
it's always cucuzza!

there are different ways of saying in Sicilian about cucuzze..that is pumkins or squash ...

I got this picture from Mariella, a collegue and friend of mine, who immediately thought it could be good here!

A piece of Sicily....a cucuzza is served....

Ucca ca nun parra, si chiama cucuzza...
Bocca che non parla si chiama cucuzza

Engl: if you don't say anything, you're a cucuzza (stupid)

testa ri cucuzza
testa di zucca

Engl:cucuzza's head..about people with no brain at all

Do you know any?

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