Minne di Sant’Agata
"Every sweet represents a fact," a Sicilian writer once put it "every dessert is an episode"
𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯e 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵'𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢 (or 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪 𝘥𝘪 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪) I think they are one in the same. I didn't think I would find these in Palermo in November, her Saint Day is in February in Catania, not here, but I was able to find one place that had them
Saint Agatha (231-251) repelled the advances of the Roman prefect Quintianus. He persisted and she resisted and this led to her arrest and extreme torture - the amputation of her breasts - and eventual death.
The people of Sicily remember Saint Agatha and honor a young girl standing up for herself and repelling the unwanted advances of a man of power by making these little cakes. This says a lot about the Sicilian character. Though they may lose every battle they stick up for what is right.