The last quiz question “What kind of Ticino cocktail is a Bianco Sporco” (bianco = white, sporco = spotted; i.e. off-white) proved to be more difficult than expected. René was the only who knew the answer. Mix 30% Campari with 70% Prosecco Sparkling wine (which can be substituted with white wine) on ice results in a refreshing “Bianco Sporco”. Congratulations; the bottle of Malbec is his.
In Switzerland the protection of environment and recycling resulted in having the Swiss collecting (almost) everything, be it glass, paper as well as aluminium and they have a point. If latter also applies to collecting coffee creamer lids I more than doubted though. Well, the industry became more innovative and started to print advertising messages and pictures onto these lids; even Ticino had its own series of coffee creamer lids. The Swiss even founded Clubs, Associations and Collectors Exchanges on the subject of Coffee Creamer Lids (this is no joke!).
Today’s quiz: how many different Ticino pictures were produced? A sample is shown on the left hand side. Every correct answer until April 30th, 2010 wins a bottle of Las Marias Estate’s Malbec.
