pajata
English
editEtymology
editFrom Roman and central Italian pajata (standard equivalent: pagliata).
Noun
editpajata (uncountable)
- The intestines of an unweaned calf, used as food.
Estonian
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editpajata
Italian
editNoun
editpajata f (plural pajate) (Roman and central Italy)
- Alternative spelling of pagliata:
- the jejunum of an unweaned calf (or, rarely, of a young ox) containing chyme, cut up into short segments with tied up ends, used as food
- (cooking) a dish consisting of the above entrail cooked with onion, lard, parsley, and celery, with addition of tomato sauce and white wine (also used as dressing for pasta)
- 1871 September 2, “Dialigo [Dialogue]”, in La frusta - Giornale politico morale [The whip - Moral political journal], page 806:
- C'ho (a proposito) na porzioncina abbondante de pajata de vitella, ch'è proprio ar mifone, cor sugo de pommidoro tirato …
- By the way, I have this nice, big portion of calf pajata, that's really good, with thick tomato sauce…
- 1981, Bernardino Zapponi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Tullio Pinelli, directed by Mario Monicelli, Il marchese del Grillo [Marquis Del Grillo], spoken by Olimpia and Marquis Onofrio Del Grillo (Caroline Berg and Alberto Sordi):
- [Olimpia]: Che sono?
[Onofrio]: Questi sono rigatoni co' la pajata.
[Olimpia]: La pajata... Che cos'è?
[Onofrio]: "Che è"?... Beh, è mejo che non tô dico, sennò... Mangiali, prima; dopo tô dico.- [[Olimpia]: Che sono?
[Onofrio]: Questi sono rigatoni con la pajata.
[Olimpia]: La pajata... Che cos'è?
[Onofrio]: "Che è"?... Beh, è meglio che non te lo dico, sennò... Mangiali, prima; dopo te lo dico.] - [Olimpia]: What are these?
[Onofrio]: These are rigatoni with pajata.
[Olimpia]: Pajata... What's that?
[Onofrio]: "What's that," you say?... Well, it's best that I don't tell you, or... Eat them first; then I'll tell you.
- [[Olimpia]: Che sono?
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