Over lunch, we discussed banquets, one of my informants was at a birhtday party yesterday, so some of the data is very recent ... however he was defeated before they reached the deserts, and went to sleep it off!
| Italian | english | min | max |
|---|---|---|---|
| antipasto | starter | 1 | 4 |
| primo | first course | 1 | 5 |
| primo di mare | first course (fish) | 0 | 3 |
| primo di terra | first course (meat) | 0 | 3 |
| secondo | main course | 1 | 4 |
| The banquet yesterday was a fish banquet and all four main courses were fish. | |||
| torta del matrimonio | Wedding cake | 1 | 1 |
| dolce | sweet | 2 | 5 |
| gelato | ice cream | 0 | 2 |
| frutta | fruit | 1 | 2 |
| caffe | coffee | 1 | 1 |
My informants were very dubious of the honesty of dicussing a wedding banquet without discussing wine, ...
dolce is intended as a superclass of gelato, frutta, and torta. One of the 2 gelato courses, or 5 dolce courses is a special course which comes between a secondo di mare (a fish main course) and a secondo di terra (a meat main course). I believe that QCRs can be used to model that additional constraint.