Appearance. The eastern massasauga is a pygmy rattlesnake; most adults are only 60 to 75 centimetres long. It is brownish with saddle-or butterfly-shaped darker brown blotches on the back that alternate with smaller blotches on the sides.The belly is black with scattered light markings.ppearance. The eastern massasauga is a pygmy rattlesnake; most adults are only 60 to 75 centimetres long. It is brownish with saddle-or butterfly-shaped darker brown blotches on the back that alternate with smaller blotches on the sides. The belly is black with scattered light markings.
A zeppola (plural: zeppole; in southern Italian dialects: zeppole, in north eastern dialects: frittelle) is an Italian pastry consisting of a deep-fried dough ball of varying size but typically about 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter.
Winner of the James Beard/ KitchenAid Cookbook of the Year 2000 and Winner of the Beard Award for the Best Writing on Food 2000. Zeppole di San Giuseppe, a fried dough specialty made for the festival of St. Joseph from Enna, Sicily are loved throughout southern Italy.