Category Archives: Food & Drink

Anti-christ testicles anyone?

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Paul

There are many things that I love about Spain. I love the food, I love the wine, I love the quirkiness, I love the sunshine, and I love the way that Spaniards embrace the truly bizarre. After years of repression … Continue reading →

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Mixed reaction to Rick’s Spain

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Paul

The BBC finally got around to screening the eagerly anticipated Spanish Cookery oddysey compiled by Rick Stein over a large part of 2010. Some of the Galicia footage, was filmed while we were house hunting and the local paper ‘Voz de Galicia’ … Continue reading →

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Getting a taste of the brotherhood

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Paul

I’ve mentioned ‘A Cofradía’ at Rinlo in an earlier blog, when demonstrating one of the ways to eat the delightful percebes. On our visit to Galicia in May the percebes were simply an appetiser to the main course, the speciality of … Continue reading →

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Percebes: Food of the gods

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Paul

In Greek mythology ambrosia is the food of the gods, up there alongside nectar as the most heavenly of consumables. In Galicia the ambrosia equivalents are percebes, or as the English would call them, goose neck barnacles. Despite their unappealing, frankly ugly, appearance … Continue reading →

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The bread oven house, or so they say

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Paul

It was the Moors who introduced the tradition of the horno (pronounced or, no) to the Iberian Peninsula and one which Galicia embraced with both arms. Almost every property that we saw while seeking out our ideal casa had one, and they came in … Continue reading →

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