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Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
Ayamonte "Cocas"
Have you ever sampled the local speciality cake, which may not really be quite so suitable for tee-totallers? No? What a shame! Well, now you can make it yourself and watch the reactions! Recipe follows - no, it isn't a mis-print, there is no coconut involved. Do come back to us with your comments. |
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Saturday, 30 December 2006 |
Well not really. It seems that one of Britain's most famous dishes originated in Spain as "pescaito frito" and was taken to Britain - and the Netherlands, where potato chip fries are eaten with mayonaise - in the 17th century.
Fancy that! We truly are Europeans!
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Wednesday, 21 June 2006 |
Whilst students do not themselves agree, the majority considers that the first pigs travelled to Spain with the Phoenicians. Once on the Iberian Peninsula, they mixed with native wild boars, producing the particular Iberian strains. Spaniards classify these differing native pig sub-species as: céltico trunk (Galician, the Victorian wineglass, lermeño of towns and batzán - Navarrese) and those of Iberian trunk (black lampiño of the Guadiana, the entrepelado black of the Cordovan valley of the Pedroches, the Balearic, the Murcian wineglass, the torbiscal, campiñesa, retinta and stained of Jabugo). |
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
Jerez wines are among the finest in the world, where they are shipped chiefly from the port of Porto Sherry in the Anduslian province of Cadiz and whence they derive their English name, sherry. There are four somewhat differeing families. The term crianza, which you may have noticed on many wine labels, refers to the "nurturing" of the wine. |
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Friday, 19 May 2006 |
Superfoods are the new must-haves in your foodstore – distinguished usually by deep, bright colours, they are packed with goodness and many of them are already part of the Spanish diet. Oranges, broccoli, tomatoes, olives, pumpkin, yogurt, nuts, spinach…check out any Spaniards' purchases in their shopping trolleys in the local supermercado and they’ll all be there. Food yes, but ‘super’ – what’s that all about? |
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