Friday, November 02, 2007
Rosolio
Rosolio is a sweet cordial which originated from a plant named sundew which I've never heard of. I'm picking the cordial is probably red but my dictionary was mum on that point. Such a drink would be nice to quaff on a warm Spring day like the one I'm experiencing here in New Zealand. Your invented rosolios were wonderful, as always. Sorry Brian, as a blonde, I couldn't put your meaning on the poll - even though I liked it! The winner, by a long way, was Raelha. Thanks, Raelha. Great work.
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Rosolio is a spread for cooking that is made by the crushing of rose hips. It is used in place of oleomargerine because of it's low cholesterol content
Rosolio is the proprietary name for a new red hair dye, whose Unique Selling Point is that it is taken as a pill. No more unsightly roots! It also has the advantage (or disadvantage) that all the hair on your body turns bright red.
The company also tried making a blonde pill, but it had the side effect of significantly reducing the user's IQ...
Rosolio was a Shakespearean character who never quite made it. He was supposed to be the lover of Juliet but our William changed his mind at the last minute because of the resemblance of the name Rosolio to the name Malvolio who was too much of a laughing stock to be a hero.
Well, Wordimp, you are so close with your meaning there!
Rosolio was actually the world's only singing rissole. Originating from Italy during the Victorian era, it/he toured europe performing 'Rissolo Mio' and other favourite operatic numbers. Thought to have been made by a musical chef, Rosolio's career ended tragically when it/he developed listeria and slowly turned green and was eaten by maggots.(Sadly there were no fridges in those days.)
He also had a brief affair with the lovely Mozarella Pizza, but eventually got cheesed off.
A term from Rennaissance painting, referring to a reddish hue caused by sunset or sunrise.
Rosolio is actually comes from the equine family. This breed, known for it's shiny auburn dark coat and speed, was one of the horses that was used in the Pony Express days. This horse was a little smaller, but a lot bigger than a donkey. They were bred with other horses to get the speed that that the bigger horses have now. But it resulted in having the Rosolio breed die out.
P.S. I wonder how long it will be before Ford automakers name the newest car they invent "Rosolio"? They have the Mustang, Pinto,...
I can't reveal what it means. Hint:
You've heard of the multi-million dollar fruit & vegetable extortion racket out of Calabria? If I break the omerta (code of silence)
my life's not worth a grain of arboreal rice!
Rosolio was the name given to Olive Oyl in the Italian version of Popeye. The hero himself was known as Il Spinacio.
A rosolio is the prayer you say when you run out of extra-virgin olive oil and have to substitute something else and hope nobody will notice.
Rosolio is a type of rose bush with flowers that look like they are made of a cluster of looped ribbon, giving them the appearance of bows. These flowers are much prized for use as gift decorations, substituting for actual bows.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
We always used the term rosolio to refer to cherry anisette, which was usually served on Easter.
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