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Opening hours for most shops are generally from 8.30 am to 12.30 and from 4.30 until 7.30pm. Almost all close on Sunday - except cake and fresh
pasta shops - and for half a day during the week depending on the town. There are, however, many out-of-town supermarkets outside larger places that are open all day every day.
The typical grocer's shop - alimentari - has most of the food on shelves for you to help yourself, except for the delicatessen counter for cheese, cold meats, etc., where you also need to ask for bread. When ordering from the delicatessen counter, most things are sold in units of etti (un'etto/due etti) one etto is 100 grams or slightly less than a quarter pound. For small quantities it is common to use a half etto (un mezz'etto).
A grocery wordlist:
cheese - formaggio
- pecorino nostrano (local ewe's milk cheese)
- parmigiano (parmesan)
- parmigiano gratuggiato (grated
parmesan)
- gorgonzola
milk (full/semi-skimmed) - latte (intero/parzialmente scremato)
fresh cream - panna fresca
bread - pane (bought by the half kilo or kilo (mezzo kilo/un
kilo)
"parma" ham - prosciutto crudo
cooked ham - prosciutto cotto
olives - olive
Unless you use a supermercato, you will have to buy fruit and vegetables from a frutta e verdura shop. Stocks are strongly seasonal, out-of-season exotica has mercifully not yet caught on in the Marche.
A fruit & veg wordlist:
apples - mele
aubergines - melanzane
bananas - banane
broad beans - fave
courgettes - zucchine
cucumber
- citriolo
fennel - finocchio
figs - fichi
french beans - fagiolini
garlic - aglio
lemons - limoni
lettuce - insalata
melon - melone
nectarines - pesche noce
onions -
cipolle
oranges - arance
peaches - pesche
peas - piselli
peppers - peperoni
potatoes - patate
rocket - rucola
tomatoes - pomodori
water melon - cocomero/anguria
Meat in the Marche, as in the rest of Italy, is of a very high quality and therefore expensive. Look out for the word nostrano meaning "local" for the best produce. Butcher's shop in Italian is macelleria.
A butcher's wordlist:
beef - manzo/vittelone
veal - vitello
chicken (breast) - pollo (petto di pollo)
lamb - agnello
liver - fegato
pork -
maiale
rabbit - coniglio
steak (beef/pork) - bistecca (di manzo/di maiale)
sausages (excellent) - salsicce
turkey - tacchino
mince/ground beef (lean) - carne macinata (prima scelta)
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