Sciacca. In the Netherlands, a dish named 'kapsalon' is served as fast food. This consists of fries covered with cheese, salad, and shawarma or doner kebab. It is often consumed with large amounts of garlic sauce or chili sauce. In the United Kingdom, cheesy chips are often served in pubs. Preparation includes the pouring of cheddar sauce over chips or sprinkling cheddar over chips and then putting the dish under a grill. A variation adds beef gravy or curry sauce. In some cases mozzarella cheese is used rather than cheddar, particularly in takeaway restaurants which sell pizza. Cheese fries Cheese fries 	Cheese fries
13041927	Sciacca Sciacca Sciacca (; Greek: ; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes) is a town and comune" in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has views of the Mediterranean Sea. History. Thermae was founded in the 5th century BC by the Greeks, as its name suggests, as a thermal spa for Selinunte, whose citizens came there to bathe in the sulphurous springs of Mount San Calogero, which rises up behind the town. There is no account of the existence of a town on the site during the period of the independence  of Selinunte, though there the thermal waters would always have attracted some population to the spot. Even when under the Romans, the place did not attain the same importance as the northern Thermae. Pliny was most likely mistaken in assigning the rank of a "colonia" to the southern, rather than northern, town of the same name. Strabo mentions the waters (), and they are again noticed in the Itineraries under the name of Aquae Labodes or Labrodes. The origin of the town's name has been much debated, with Latin "ex acqua", as a reference to the springs of thermal water  of the area, or Arabic "Syac", meaning bath, and al Saqquah, dating back to the cult of the Syrian god "Shai al Quaaum", as possibilities. The city walls, the bastions and the Old Castle owe their existence to Roger the Great Count. A royal city that had remained faithful to Manfred of Sicily during the Angevine invasion, by 1268 A.D. Sciacca was besieged by Charles I of Anjou and surrendered the following year. After the Sicilian Vespers, it established itself as a free commune. During the Aragonese-Angevine wars it was besieged numerous times, after which the Peralta family took  possession of it and obtained from the king of Sicily the right to mint coins. In the following centuries, the town was at the center of bloody feuds between rival baronial families (the Luna, of Aragonese origin, and the Perollo, of Norman stock), which nearly halved its population. In 1647, the impoverished town was the seat of an anti-Spanish rebellion. During World War II, the Italian "Regia Aeronautica" (Royal Air Force) had a base near Sciacca. Geography. Overview. The municipality borders Caltabellotta, Menfi, Ribera and Sambuca di Sicilia. Climate. Sciacca has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: "Csa"), with  short, mild and moderately rainy winters and long, hot and dry summers. The city receives around 450 millimeters (17.7 inches) of rain per year, experiencing a peak of 72.3 millimeters (2.8 inches) in November and a minimum of 2.5 millimeters (0.1 inch) in July. Main sites. Sciacca still retains much of its medieval layout, which divided the town into quarters, each laid out on a strip of rock descending toward the sea. Sciacca has several points of interest, including: Culture. Sciacca's festivals include the Carnival, celebrated during the week before the beginning of Lent (February). The highlight of the  festival is the parade of bizarre figures mounted on floats, famous throughout Sicily for their gaudy expressions. Sciacca is also the hometown of the Mediterranean Scene. Starting around the turn of the 20th century, a number of residents of the Sciacca area emigrated to Norristown, Pennsylvania and the North End of Boston. The Boston-based descendants of Sciacca, especially those from fishing families, have celebrated the Festival of the Madonna del Soccorso since 1910. The Norristown-based descendants of Sciacca, through the local M.S.S. Club, maintain both traditions and devotions to the Madonna del Soccorso. The M.S.S. holds a communion  breakfast in February and a large festival (often called simply "The Feast") in August in celebration of the miracles performed by the Madonna herself in Sciacca. The local television stations are TRS Tele Radio Sciacca and RMK Tele Radio Monte Kronio. Economy. The economy of Sciacca is mainly based on agriculture, fishing and related food industries, as well as tourism. Sciacca Sciacca (; Greek: ; Latin: Thermae Selinuntinae, Thermae Selinuntiae, Thermae, Aquae Labrodes and Aquae Labodes) is a town and "comune" in the province of Agrigento on the southwestern coast of Sicily, southern Italy. It has views of the Mediterranean Sea. History