The Sicilian language-reads the petition-is a Romance language spoken today by about 5 million people in Italian territory. If we consider the descendants of Sicilian emigrants from the second half of the nineteenth century or so, the number rises to 22 million.othing could be further from the truth. While today's Italians and sadly, today's Sicilians, are told by those that know that Sicilian is the language of the poor or ignorant, the Sicilian LANGUAGE was the first Romance language to develop from Latin, the early language of state.
(July 2013) Sotol is a distilled spirit made from the Dasylirion wheeleri, Asparagaceae (commonly known as Desert Spoon or, in Spanish, sotol), a plant that grows in northern Mexico, New Mexico, west Texas, and the Texas Hill Country. It is known as the state drink of Chihuahua, Durango and Coahuila.
The other stumps me more. It's a Spanish anise-flavored liquor called Anis del Mono with a scary-looking monkey on the label. I have never heard of this before and am at a loss as to what to do with it. The only anise liquor I've had before is pastis, but this doesn't seem to be so pastis-y.amara writes in with a good problem-unidentified (but interesting-looking!) liquor. She says: My sister just moved and I inherited some odd liquors from her that she didn't feel like trucking across the country. One is a bottle of Palinka (Hungarian fruit brandy, this one is cherry).