Along with this Pasta e Muddica, Bucatini con le Sarde (pasta with sardines), which is also made with toasted breadcrumbs along with sardines, wild fennel, golden raisins, pine nuts and saffron, is another traditional pasta for this holiday. Breadcrumbs are a popular ingredient in many foods cooked on St. Joseph’s Day as they symbolize sawdust, given that Saint Joseph was a carpenter. You’ll find vegetables and fish coated with bread crumbs, artichokes stuffed with them, etc.   As this holiday is in the spring, seasonal fava beans always make an appearance as well.   But, many of the delicacies of St. Joseph’s day are of the sweet variety! Italian tables are filled the famous sfinge (fried dough rolled in sugar) and zeppoli, a cream puff-like dough that is filled with a sweet pastry cream, dusted with powdered sugar and garnished with a cherry. Fig cookies and sweets with orange zest are also very popular on this holiday.   Since the feast occurs in the middle of Lent, it is always a meatless celebration.