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The carosello is a
landrace
A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, often traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation ...
variety of
muskmelon
''Cucumis melo'', also known as melon, is a species of ''Cucumis'' that has been developed into many cultivated varieties. The fruit is a pepo. The flesh is either sweet or bland, with or without a musky aroma, and the rind can be smooth (such as ...
(''Cucumis melo'') found in
Southern Italy
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The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...
.
It is common in the
Apulia
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region of Italy.
Varieties
Carosello barese is a rare
heirloom
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variety
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of carosello.
"Barese" means "from
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
", the major port city of Apulia.
Another variety is the Barattiere "Tondo Liscio" (rounded smooth) of
Manduria
Manduria is a city and ''comune'' of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Taranto. With c. 32,000 inhabitants (2013), it is located east of Taranto.
History
It was an important stronghold of the Messapii against Taras. Archidamus III, king of S ...
, an Apulian city which was an ancient
Messapian settlement.
Uses
In
Italian cuisine
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, carosello is used in the same manner as the
cucumber
Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables. .
It is typically consumed in an immature, unripened state.
See also
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Ark of Taste
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Barattiere
The barattiere is a landrace variety of muskmelon (''Cucumis melo'') found in Southern Italy. It is common in the Apulia region of Italy and in the region of Sahel in Tunisia.
Uses
In Italian cuisine, barattiere is typically consumed in an im ...
– another landrace variety of muskmelon
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References
Further reading
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