Tag Archives: Food

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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Licensed to build…well, renovate

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Paul

With the sudden arrival of a Galician heatwave (it touched 35°C at one point this week) and the impending onslaught of tourists escaping the oppressive heat of central Spain, you would expect that the building contractors of A Pontenova are looking for a … Continue reading →

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He’ll not see Christmas

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Paul

The death of Carlos’ donkey is not the end of the tale of livestock at Casa Liñeiras, for now we have a new squatter. I use ‘we’ in the loosest of terms for the likelihood is that the animal we have … Continue reading →

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