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Strangolapreti are a type of gnocchi or dumpling made of spinach and stale bread, native to Trento. The name means "priest strangler".

"There are several legends to explain the name, all based on the anticlerical sentiment of the region.

One is that gluttonous priests were so enthralled by the savory dumplings that they ate too quickly and choked themselves.

Another legend states that wives would customarily make the dumplings for churchmen as partial payment for land rents (the Catholic church had extensive land properties rented to farmers), and their husbands would be angered enough by the venal priests eating their food to wish the priests would choke as they stuffed their mouths with it."

In nearby Modena, they have a pasta called strozzapreti which means "priest choker"