The allusion to the liver, more expensive than vegetables, and present, unlike other entrails, in the tables of the healthy classes, comes from the meatiness of the pumpkin and the use of sweet and sour, which was traditionally useful, often with onions, to cover the strong flavor of the offal. More nebulous instead the reference to sette cannoli, probably indicative of the area where today there is the homonymous district of Palermo. That area, since the time of the Arab domination and before the interventions of housing expansion in the XIX century, was destined for cultivation and supplied the city with many fruits and vegetables. An anecdote tells that this preparation with a peculiar name was invented by a street vendor who use to work near the fountain of Piazza Garraffaello in Vucciria, the historic meat market: because of the similarity of textures and flavors, he started to abbanniare (promote) the sweet and sour pumpkin as the more expensive liver. This abbanniatina, u ficatu ri Settacannoli, was used by the other vendors and until a few decades ago still echoed in the markets, not only to refer to the recipe but in general the pumpkin. Erroneous is the widespread story that linkes sette cannoli to the fountain of Garraffaello, because originally it was provided with ten spouts, of which eight are still preserved. Preparation suitable to be consumed in the street, because it should be eaten cold, you can find sweet and sour pumpkin in food markets such as Ballarò and Capo, or in chip shops.