tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51987116177703735972024-03-19T00:44:40.800-03:00Blog of the Morning CalmKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comBlogger301125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-83940020332305521092021-03-14T07:08:00.005-03:002021-03-14T07:13:55.155-03:00 Harina de mandioca / casava / yuca<p><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" id="docs-internal-guid-fa66f11f-7fff-aa7c-86c8-5ff1084d706b" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">English below!</span></i></b></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡Hola amigo! Disculpame por no haber escrito nada durante unas semanas. Perdí un poco de ímpetu con <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/espanol-en-mi-boca.html"><b>este proyecto</b></a>. Al empezar, tenía ideas de cocinar con amigos y hacer una clase de paella aquí en Valencia, para compartir contigo, pero debido a “la situación”, todo esto sigue prohibido. También hemos tenido unas semanas de clima gris, así que me faltó algo de entusiasmo.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f" style="font-family: verdana;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡Pero he vuelto! Y hoy quiero hablar de un ingrediente en vez de una receta. Aunque voy a incluir unas recetas cortas más tarde. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">El ingrediente del que quiero hablar es algo que encontré cuando vivía en Brasil. Y claro que sé que Brasil no es un país hispanohablante, pero es el país más grande de América Latina (por tamaño y población), y de todas formas, este es un ingrediente prevalente en todo el “continente”. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entonces, ¿cuál es el ingrediente? Pues, es la harina de mandioca (o casava o yuca...tiene un montón de nombres).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¿Qué es mandioca / casava / yuca?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Esta planta es originaria del centro de América del Sur y hoy en día está cultivada en América, África y Oceanía. Las raíces almidonadas se consumen en muchos países, de muchas formas. En su forma básica, es similar a la patata - puedes hervirlo, machacarlo, y se puede freír. Comer mandioca frita en la playa era una de nuestras actividades favoritas en Río.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Es interesante notar que la mandioca no se puede comer cruda, porque contiene toxinas incluyendo cianuro de hidrógeno.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No voy a explicar cómo se hace la harina de mandioca porque, de verdad, ¡no lo sé! Y si te interesa mucho puedes investigarlo por ti mismo. Pero lo que sé es que es una harina sin gluten, así que es una buena opción para celíacos y se puede usar en vez de harina de trigo en varias recetas.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">En Brasil frecuentemente comía tres alimentos hechos con esta harina: </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">farofa</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tapiocas </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">y </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pão de queijo</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Puede que ya hayas oído hablar de pão de queijo, porque es una de las comidas brasileñas más famosas. Me gustaría hacer estos gomosos bollitos pero no tengo horno.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pero la farofa y las tapiocas se hacen en un sartén, y recientemente hice ambos...</span></p><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghR0rp3NvCXBSczkyJ6YUFJAXxpNvrbXcts1IlhFIb1BOUTZXYPzujhUqvHvywxIRvgbhX2aXtWmUQQgw9ULv3C2xED7UsmAY7CeMhxIclHBWQG4ZjeQrUWvOeL2XOI2u9uXD3MfF4/s1200/Feijoada.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghR0rp3NvCXBSczkyJ6YUFJAXxpNvrbXcts1IlhFIb1BOUTZXYPzujhUqvHvywxIRvgbhX2aXtWmUQQgw9ULv3C2xED7UsmAY7CeMhxIclHBWQG4ZjeQrUWvOeL2XOI2u9uXD3MfF4/w320-h320/Feijoada.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Feijoada con arroz, acelga y farofa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¿Qué es farofa?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Farofa es un acompañamiento muy común en la cocina brasileña con variaciones en cada región. En esencia consiste en harina de mandioca tostada y sazonada simplemente con sal. Esta es la forma más básica de farofa, pero usualmente lleva otros ingredientes como beicon, huevos revueltos, cebolla, ajo e incluso ¡banana!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Me topaba con la farofa más frecuentemente como acompañamiento para la carne asada (¡que es otra cosa en Brasil!) y para el plato nacional, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">feijoada</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. La primera vez que probé farofa, no supe qué pensar… la textura es como arena mojada y el sabor lo confirma porque sobre todo es salada y tiene un poquito de sabor a nuez, ¡como si fuera tostada bajo el sol!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pero después de un tiempo empezaba a entender el encanto. Cuando se combina con un bistec jugoso y el </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">molho a campanha</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (una salsa que contiene tomate, pimiento verde y cebolla picados con un aderezo de vinagre blanco y aceite de oliva), la farofa añade una textura crujiente y aporta un sabor rico y tostado. No hace falta decir que ¡ya soy una fan!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57OATDq0CZId5oe57LUhlpAUvCdGJU-8ww_mx78rFbfStLYYJkwlX1vavmDhdGikORphcQB-tiZpH9GQ9h8L9Ls8fQVRCZu3PpKm2KZZYAllZdZV9d6rYT2b6CDz6-W37L0KaY_3j/s2048/steak+1.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57OATDq0CZId5oe57LUhlpAUvCdGJU-8ww_mx78rFbfStLYYJkwlX1vavmDhdGikORphcQB-tiZpH9GQ9h8L9Ls8fQVRCZu3PpKm2KZZYAllZdZV9d6rYT2b6CDz6-W37L0KaY_3j/s320/steak+1.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preparar la farofa</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">De verdad, no sé las cantidades y en mi experiencia la proporción de harina a los otros ingredientes puede variar mucho. Dicho esto, es muy sencillo de hacer y creo que el único problema será encontrar la harina… Pero si la encuentras, básicamente se hace así:</span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Preparar los ingredientes que quieres añadir a la farofa: cebolla, ajo, beicon (todo picado) y hacer los huevos revueltos si quieres usarlos. Después de cocinar tus adiciones, ponlas a un lado.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">En un sartén, tostar la harina de mandioca al fuego medio (a mi me gusta usar un poquito de mantequilla pero no es necesario). Añadir sal hasta que sepa como arena (!) y cuando empiece a oler tostada, incorporar los ingredientes que cocinaste antes.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mezclar hasta que todos los trozos de cebolla, huevo etc. queden cubiertos con harina y ya esté lista. Servir con tu carne preferida o vegetales asados y soñar con las playas doradas y el ritmo de la samba…</span></span></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pues, este paseo por el ayer duró más de lo que esperé, así que voy a dejar las tapiocas para otro día.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recuerda que puedes seguir </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@en.mi.boca</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> en Instagram para más fotos, novedades y para sugerir recetas y platos. También puedes comentar al final de este artículo.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡Y finalmente ha vuelto el sol! Si me necesitas, estaré en la terraza tostándome como la farofa y escuchando esta canción… ¿bailamos?</span></p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oCM_VWzSiMo" width="560"></iframe></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(9 correcciones de mi profesora)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">***********</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cassava / manioc / yuca flour</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello friend! Apologies for not having written anything for a few weeks. I lost a bit of momentum with <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/espanol-en-mi-boca.html"><b>this project</b></a>. At the start, I had ideas of cooking with friends and doing a paella class here in Valencia, to share with you, but because of “the situation” all of this is still prohibited. We have also had a few weeks of grey weather, so my enthusiasm was lacking.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But I have returned! And today I want to talk about an ingredient, rather than a recipe. Although I am going to include some short recipes later.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ingredient that I want to talk about is something that I encountered when I lived in Brazil. And of course I know that Brazil isn’t a Spanish-speaking country, but it is the biggest country in Latin America (by size and population), and anyway, this ingredient is prevalent across the whole “continent”.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, what is the ingredient? Well, it’s cassava flour (or manioc, or yuca...it has loads of names).</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is cassava / manioc / yuca?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This plan originates from central South America and today it is cultivated in America, Africa and Oceania. The starchy roots are eaten in many countries, in many forms. In its basic form it is similar to potato - you can boil it, mash it, and it can be fried. Eating fried cassava on the beach was one of our favourite activities in Rio.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s interesting to note that cassava can’t be eaten raw because it contains toxins, including hydrogen cyanide.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m not going to explain how cassava flour is made because, to be honest, I don’t know! And if you’re really interested you can look into it yourself. But what I do know is that it is a gluten free flour, so it’s a good option for celiacs and can be used in place of wheat flour in various recipes.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Brazil I frequently ate three foods made from this flour: </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">farofa, tapiocas </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> pão de queijo</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. You might have already heard of pão de queijo, because it’s one of the most famous Brazilian foods. I’d like to make these chewy buns but I don’t have an oven.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But farofa and tapiocas are made in a pan, and I recently made both…</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is farofa?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Farofa is a very common side dish in Brazilian cuisine, with variations in every region. In essence it consists of cassava flour that is toasted and seasoned simply with salt. This is the most basic form of farofa but it usually has other ingredients like bacon, scrambled eggs, onion, garlic and even banana!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I came across farofa most frequently as a side dish for grilled meat (which is a whole other thing in Brazil!) and for the national dish, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">feijoada.</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The first time I tried farofa, I didn’t know what to think… The texture is like damp sand and the flavour confirms this because above all, it is salty and a bit nutty, as if it were toasted under the sun!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But after some time I began to understand the appeal. When combined with a juicy steak and the </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">molho a campanha</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (a salsa containing finely chopped tomato, green pepper and onion with a white vinegar and olive oil dressing), the farofa adds a crunchy texture and brings a rich and toasty flavour. Needless to say, I’m now a fan!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preparing the farofa</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be honest, I don’t know the quantities and in my experience the ratio of flour to other ingredients can vary a lot. That said, it’s really simple to make and I think the only problem will be finding the flour… But if you find it, you basically make it like this:</span></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f"><span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">Prepare the ingredients you want to add to the farofa: onion, garlic, bacon (chopped) and make the scrambled eggs if you want to use them. After cooking your additions, put them to one side.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f"><span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">In a frying pan, toast the cassava flour on a medium heat (I like to use a bit of butter but it’s not necessary). Add salt until it tastes like sand (!) and when it starts to smell toasty, mix in the ingredients you cooked earlier.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-7cdc2e66-7fff-3efc-b3bd-b1a14f854a2f"><span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mix everything until all of the pieces of onion, egg etc are covered in the flour and it’s ready. Serve with your favourite meat or roasted vegetables and dream about golden beaches and the rhythm of samba…</span></span></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, that trip down memory lane lasted longer than expected, so I’m going to leave the tapiocas for another day.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember that you can follow </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@en.mi.boca</span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on Instagram for more photos, updates and to suggest recipes and dishes. You can also comment at the end of this article.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And the sun has finally returned! If you need me, I’ll be on the terrace, toasting myself like the farofa and listening to this song… fancy a dance?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oCM_VWzSiMo" width="560"></iframe></span></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-77952802704622193672021-02-20T11:39:00.003-03:002021-02-20T11:39:56.361-03:00 Gazpacho Manchego<span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>English below!</i></b><br /><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14.85px; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bienvenido de nuevo! ¿Estás preparado para algo diferente? Después de dos recetas inspiradas en América Latina, hoy tenemos una receta europea. Y además, una receta muy tradicional de la parte de España en la que vivo.<br /><br />Es posible que ya conozcas un plato que se llama “gazpacho” que es una sopa fría de Andalucía, hecha principalmente de tomate, pan, ajo y aceite de oliva. Me gusta mucho esta sopa, pero no es de lo que estoy hablando hoy. <br /><br />El gazpacho manchego es un tipo de guiso y que yo sepa, no tiene nada que ver con la sopa andaluza. De verdad, no entiendo el significado de “gazpacho” en este nombre. Pero bueno, es el nombre, así que dejaré de hacer preguntas y seguiré adelante.<br /><br /><b>¿Qué es el gazpacho manchego?</b></span><div><div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf5sN4MM_Jbr_nIii124NiUfHhRLx5oiFT58w-GaYOsayX6fhyphenhyphenQgOXHjGN9wyovdWtjs96RIawDjnQmtQhoVZi3fmAIosstOYkXl74JV8qOpKBXyM2auj3KgcIo4jxsPvIietmrgM/s448/map+of+gazpacho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="448" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf5sN4MM_Jbr_nIii124NiUfHhRLx5oiFT58w-GaYOsayX6fhyphenhyphenQgOXHjGN9wyovdWtjs96RIawDjnQmtQhoVZi3fmAIosstOYkXl74JV8qOpKBXyM2auj3KgcIo4jxsPvIietmrgM/w289-h246/map+of+gazpacho.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Este guiso proviene principalmente del interior de España, en concreto de La Mancha y parte de Valencia (puedes verlo más específicamente en la imágen). Es un guiso bastante básico hecho de carne, pimiento rojo, tomate, cebolla, ajo, especias, caldo y un tipo de pan. Pero si miramos con lupa, veremos que entre estos hay algunos ingredientes interesantes...<br /><br /><b>La pebrella<br /></b><br />Esta planta es originaria de la provincia de Valencia, y es de la misma familia del tomillo. No creo que esté disponible en los supermercados fuera de esta zona, pero para mi el sabor es tan parecido al tomillo que podrías sustituirlo sin problemas. Si no te gusta el tomillo tal vez este plato no sea para ti porque tiene un sabor muy fuerte. Pero, aunque estoy segura que no sería considerado como un auténtico gazpacho manchego sin esta hierba, si quieres cambiarla por orégano o un poquito de romero, creo que estaría bien.<br /><br /><b>La carne<br /></b><br />Este es un plato típico campestre, así que tradicionalmente se hace con “carne de caza” como conejo, pollo, liebre o perdiz. En Valencia es muy fácil encontrar conejo en el supermercado porque es uno de los ingredientes principales de una paella auténtica, y la paella tiene su origen en Valencia. Por esta razón, usé una mezcla de pollo y conejo para este plato. <br /><br />Nunca había cocinado conejo antes, y no creo que lo vuelva a usar. Un conejo no lleva mucha carne y en mi opinión tampoco tiene mucho sabor. Después de hacer este plato con ambas carnes puedo decir con confianza que con solo el pollo, el resultado sería bastante similar.<br /><br /><b>El pan ácimo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoNKqABCzmYe_7sRNLRuZ0PMTQ1cyI_RaqLvWPciylyG6EZz4hP2NwqdRRY42N8umt2_U7Sk0aETDB9gh3wCJOu2Cl_WiHMmXI26oBZWIrKSa24ZKjKbQ6tSzKVO9nnS2hzHPrpnK/s1080/en.mi.boca.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoNKqABCzmYe_7sRNLRuZ0PMTQ1cyI_RaqLvWPciylyG6EZz4hP2NwqdRRY42N8umt2_U7Sk0aETDB9gh3wCJOu2Cl_WiHMmXI26oBZWIrKSa24ZKjKbQ6tSzKVO9nnS2hzHPrpnK/w268-h268/en.mi.boca.png" width="268" /></a></div><br /></b>Como verás, el guiso incluye trozos de un pan especial llamado tortas cenceñas. Este pan es muy fino y crujiente, contiene solamente harina, sal y agua y está horneado sobre brasas y ceniza. Se come desde la época romana, tradicionalmente por los pastores, quienes lo llevaban durante muchas horas mientras trabajaban y lo comían en el campo con un guiso como este.<br /><br />Aquí puedes encontrar tortas cenceñas en cada supermercado, pero fuera de España podría ser más difícil. Sugeriría usar otro pan ácimo en su lugar, preferiblemente “matzoh” o alguna galleta salada similar. Algo básico, fino y crujiente. Lo único es que necesitas tener cuidado de la sal y si el pan que usas tiene un sabor salado, no pongas nada de sal en el guiso hasta el último momento, para que puedas usar solo lo necesario. <br /><br /><b>Preparar el gazpacho manchego (para 4 o 5 personas)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aceite de oliva virgen extra<br />1kg tu “carne de caza” preferida (troceada, con huesos)<br />1 hoja de laurel<br />1 cebolla<br />4 dientes de ajo<br />1 pimiento rojo<br />2 tomates<br />Especias: pebrella / tomillo, pimienta negra, clavo molido, nuez moscada molida<br />150 g o un paquete de tortas cenceñas / pan ácimo<br />Sal<br /><br />Antes de hacer este plato <a href="https://youtu.be/RoSKf0BUwiQ"><b>ví este vídeo</b></a> de la receta de un monje que vive en las montañas de Valencia. Es un buen vídeo para entender los pasos, y para ser honesta, después de verlo no seguí una receta verdadera, más lo hice de memoria. Te diré los pasos pero sugeriría que veas el vídeo para entender mejor la textura del pan y cómo luce el plato terminado.<br /><br />Primero cogí una olla lo bastante grande para toda la carne y la llené con suficiente agua para cubrir la carne cuando la añada. Pero no añadí la carne aún. Solo puse la hoja de laurel en el agua con una gran pizca de sal y lo puse a hervir.<br /><br />Mientras el agua se calentaba, freí la carne en un sartén con aceite caliente hasta que estuviera dorada por todas partes, pero no completamente cocinada. Hice esto en dos tandas por el tamaño del sartén. <br /><br />Una vez que la carne estuvo dorada y el agua estaba hirviendo, puse la carne en la olla, bajé el fuego y dejé a hervir a fuego lento durante unos 20 minutos. Este tiempo depende del tamaño de los trozos de carne que tengas, pero lo importante es que la carne esté completamente cocida.<br /><br />Cuando la carne estuvo cocida, la quité de la olla y dejé enfriar un poco en un plato. Y muy importante - conservé el agua de cocción porque se había convertido en un buen caldo y la necesitaría para el guiso.<br /><br />Bueno. Mientras la carne se cocinaba y enfriaba un poquito, hice el sofrito. Piqué finamente la cebolla, el ajo y el pimiento rojo y los freí en una olla grande hasta que todo estuviera blando. <br /><br />Corté los tomates bien finos y los añadí al sofrito. Mezclé todo y dejé cocinar a fuego bajo durante unos 30 minutos, agregando las especias después de 15 minutos.<br /><br /><b>Una nota sobre las especias:</b> No sé las cantidades de las especias porque usé una mezcla ya hecha. Y de verdad, al fin ¡solo podría notar la pebrella! Así que solo puedo dar unos consejos generales: ve con cuidado con el clavo y nuez moscada, pero lo más importante es que tengas un equilibrio de sabores, y para lograr esto, necesitas probar. Probar, probar, probar. No puedes quitar una especia, pero es fácil añadir más.<br /><br />Volvamos a la cocina. Mientras el sofrito se cocinaba, quité toda la carne de los huesos. Es mucho más cómodo comer este plato con carne en tiras, sin huesos. Fue en ese momento que noté la poca carne que tiene un conejo. Además, y sé que es un cliché, la carne se parece tanto al pollo que, después de mechar, no podría diferenciar entre los dos ni por vista ni por gusto.<br /><br />El último paso de esta receta es combinar todos los componentes. Al sofrito le puse la carne mechada y unas cucharadas del agua de cocción y lo mezclé bien. <br /><br />Entonces vino la parte extraña...vacié el paquete de tortas cenceñas encima de la mezcla, añadí más caldo para cubrir todo, mezclé de nuevo y lo dejé cocinar a fuego bajo durante unos 30 minutos. <br /><br />A veces los revolvía y añadía más caldo porque el pan había absorbido mucho líquido. Añadí sal poco a poco y si no había usado la mezcla de especias ya hecha, habría ajustado las especias también. <br /><br />Cociné hasta que el pan tuviera la textura de hojas de lasaña bien cocido y hubiera bastante caldo para que se pareciera un guiso. ¡Hecho!<br /><br /><b>Mis reflexiones</b></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHRT0lApKvr56x_LmQuvkgqhbUJaEHXa9FlLeOjXYI3ayLkbyS0Rh2hMIUf_shXoz8S8UdjksXcq5m0IYf2m0swygy4YbCB6ul6WN_z0faVZkda4AYrb7QEwmFj173Qvuw-m4XSL7/s1080/18.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHRT0lApKvr56x_LmQuvkgqhbUJaEHXa9FlLeOjXYI3ayLkbyS0Rh2hMIUf_shXoz8S8UdjksXcq5m0IYf2m0swygy4YbCB6ul6WN_z0faVZkda4AYrb7QEwmFj173Qvuw-m4XSL7/w271-h271/18.png" width="271" /></a></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ya he compartido mis opiniones sobre los ingredientes, y lo que haría diferente la próxima vez, pero siendo sincera, no haré este plato de nuevo. Finalmente estuvo “bien” pero nada más. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">El sabor de la pebrella / tomillo era muy fuerte, y aunque usé cuatro veces la cantidad de ajo que el monje, esta hierba dominó todo lo demás. El pan fue la cosa más interesante de este plato y fue muy curioso comer galletas empapadas, pero parecían trozos de pasta gruesa sin sabor así que no aportó nada nuevo, nada diferente. El único momento de “¡guau!” que tuve fue cuando puse el pan en el guiso, porque fue algo muy inusual.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pero bueno, estoy muy contenta de haber hecho un plato tan auténtico, campestre, antiguo de la región en que vivo, con ingredientes nuevos para mi, y me dió otra excusa para escribir un artículo.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Espero que hayas disfrutado leyendo esta receta. Recuerda que puedes seguir </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>@en.mi.boca</b></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> en Instagram para más fotos, novedades y para sugerir recetas y platos. También puedes comentar al final de este artículo.</span><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Escribir sobre el pan empapado me ha dado ganas de mojar una galleta en una taza de té. ¿Cómo se dice “put the kettle on!” en español?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(16 correcciones de mi profesora)</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">***********</span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><i><b>Gazpacho Manchego<br /></b><br />Welcome back! Are you ready for something different? After two recipes inspired by Latin America, today we have a European recipe. And what’s more, a very traditional recipe from the part of Spain that I live in.<br /><br />It’s possible you already know of a dish called “gazpacho”, which is a cold soup from Andalusia, made mainly of tomato, bread, garlic and olive oil. I really like this soup, but it’s not what I’m talking about today.<br /><br />Gazpacho manchego is a type of stew and as far as I know, it has nothing to do with the Andalusian soup. In truth, I don’t understand the meaning of “gazpacho” in this name. But you know, it’s the name, so I’ll stop asking questions and get on with it.<br /><br /><b>What is gazpacho manchego?<br /></b><br />This stew mainly comes from inland Spain, specifically from La Mancha and part of Valencia (you can see more precisely in the image). It’s a pretty basic stew made from meat, red pepper, tomato, onion, garlic, spices, stock and a kind of bread. But if we take a closer look, we will see that among them are some interesting ingredients…<br /><br /><b>Pebrella<br /></b><br />This plant comes from the province of Valencia and is from the same family as thyme. I don’t think it’s available in supermarkets outside of this area, but to me the flavour is so similar to thyme that you could substitute it without problem. If you don’t like thyme, this dish may not be for you because it’s a strong flavour. But, although I’m sure it wouldn’t be considered an authentic gazpacho manchego without this herb, if you want to swap it for oregano or a bit of rosemary, I think it would be fine.<br /><br /><b>The meat<br /></b><br />This is a typical countryside dish, and so traditionally it’s made with “hunted meat” (or game), like rabbit, chicken, hare or partridge. In Valencia it’s really easy to find rabbit in the supermarket because it’s one of the main ingredients of an authentic paella, and paella has its origins in Valencia. For this reason, I used a mixture of chicken and rabbit for this dish.<br /><br />I had never cooked rabbit before, and I don’t think I’ll use it again. A rabbit doesn’t have much meat and in my opinion it doesn’t have much flavour either. After making this dish with both meats I can say with confidence that the result would be pretty much the same with just chicken.<br /><br /><b>Unleavened bread<br /></b><br />As you will see, the stew includes pieces of a special bread called “tortas cenceñas”. This bread is very thin and crunchy, contains only flour, salt and water, and is baked over coals and ash. It has been eaten since Roman times, traditionally by shepherds, who carried it for many hours while they worked, and they ate it in the fields with a stew like this one.<br /><br />Here you can find tortas cenceñas in every supermarket, but outside of Spain it would be more difficult. I would suggest using a different unleavened bread in its place, preferably matzoh or a similar savoury cracker. Something basic, thin and crunchy. The only thing is you need to be careful about is the salt, and if the cracker that you use has a salty flavour, don’t put any salt in the stew until the last minute, so you can just use what you need.<br /><br /><b>Preparing the gazpacho manchego (for 4 or 5 people)<br /></b><br />Extra virgin olive oil<br />1kg of your chosen meat (in pieces, on the bone)<br />1 bay leaf<br />1 onion<br />4 cloves of garlic<br />1 red pepper<br />2 tomatoes<br />Spices: paprika, pebrella / thyme, black pepper, ground cloves, ground nutmeg<br />150g or one packet of tortas cenceñas / unleavened bread<br />Salt<br /><br />Before making this dish <a href="https://youtu.be/RoSKf0BUwiQ"><b>I watched this video</b></a> of the recipe by a monk that lives in the Valencian mountains. It’s a good video for understanding the steps and to be honest, after watching it I didn’t follow a real recipe, but made it from memory. I will tell you the steps but I suggest you watch the video to better understand the texture of the bread and how the finished dish looks.<br /><br />First I got a saucepan big enough for all of the meat and I filled it with enough water to cover the meat. But I didn’t add the meat yet. I just put the bay leaf in the water with a big pinch of salt and set it to boil.<br /><br />While the water was heating, I fried the meat in a frying pan with hot oil until it was browned all over, but not completely cooked. I did this in two batches because of the size of the frying pan.<br /><br />Once the meat was browned and the water was boiling, I put the meat in the saucepan, turned the heat down and left it to simmer for about 20 minutes. This time depends on the size of the pieces of meat that you have, but the important thing is that the meat is completely cooked.<br /><br />When the meat was cooked I removed it from the water and left it to cool a little on a plate. And very importantly - I kept the cooking water because it had turned into a nice stock and I would be needing it for the stew.<br /><br />Right. While the meat was cooking and cooling a bit, I made the “sofrito” (sautéd vegetable mix). I finely chopped the onion, garlic and red pepper and fried them in a big pan until they were soft.<br /><br />I cut the tomatoes quite small and added them to the sofrito. I mixed everything and left it to cook on a low heat for about 30 minutes, adding the spices after 15 minutes.<br /><br /><b>A note about the spices:</b> I don’t know the quantities of the spices because I used a premade mix. And to be honest, in the end I could only taste the pebrella! So I can only give some general advice: be careful with the cloves and nutmeg, but the most important thing is to have a balance of flavours, and to achieve this you need to taste. Taste, taste, taste. You can’t remove a spice, but it’s easy to add more.<br /><br />Let’s get back to the kitchen. While the sofrito was cooking, I removed the meat from the bones. It’s much nicer to eat this dish with shredded meat, off the bone. It was at this moment that I realised how little meat a rabbit has. And what’s more, and I know it’s a cliché, the meat is so similar to chicken that, after shredding it, I couldn’t tell the difference between the two by the look or the taste.<br /><br />The final step of this recipe is to combine all of the components. Into the sofrito I put the shredded meat and a few spoonfuls of the cooking water, and mixed it well.<br /><br />Then came the strange part...I emptied the packet of crackers on top of the mixture, added more stock to cover everything, mixed it again and left it to cook on a low heat for about 30 minutes.<br /><br />From time to time I stirred it and added more stock because the crackers had absorbed a lot of liquid. I added salt bit by bit and if I hadn’t used the premixed spices, I would have adjusted the spices too.<br /><br />It cooked until the crackers had the texture of well-cooked lasagne sheets and there was enough stock that it looked like a stew. Done!<br /><br /><b>My reflections<br /></b><br />I have already shared my opinions about the ingredients and what I would do differently next time, but honestly, I won’t be making this dish again. In the end it was fine but nothing more.<br /><br />The flavour of the pebrella was very strong, and although I used four times the amount of garlic than the monk did, this herb overpowered everything else. The bread was the most interesting thing about this dish and it was very curious eating soggy crackers, but they were like pieces of thick pasta without a flavour so they didn’t bring anything new, nothing different. The only “wow!” moment that I had was when I put the crackers into the stew, because this was very unusual.<br /><br />But hey, I’m very happy to have made such an authentic, rural, old dish from the region I live in, with ingredients that are new to me, and it gave me another excuse to write a blog post.<br /><br />I hope you have enjoyed reading this recipe. Remember that you can follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/"><b>@en.mi.boca</b></a> on Instagram for more photos, updates and to suggest recipes and dishes. You can also comment at the bottom of this article.<br /><br />Writing about soggy crackers has made me want to dunk a biscuit in a cup of tea. How do you say “put the kettle on!” in Spanish?</i></span><i><br /></i><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-54400147720071673052021-02-06T08:02:00.002-03:002021-02-20T11:39:42.113-03:00Patacones con Pollo y Guasacaca<p><b><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">English below!</span></i></b></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-fa66f11f-7fff-aa7c-86c8-5ff1084d706b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡Buenos días! Si aún no has leído mi artículo sobre este proyecto, te sugiero que lo leas </span><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/espanol-en-mi-boca.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>aquí</b></span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, para entender lo que estoy haciendo.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hoy empezaremos este blog en serio. Voy a contarte sobre un plato que he elegido específicamente por su ingrediente principal: el plátano. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">El plátano humilde</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quiero ser clara. No estoy hablando del plátano dulce que también se llama </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">banana</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. No aguanto las bananas. Estoy hablando de los plátanos para cocinar. De verdad, hablar de plátanos es mucho más fácil en mi país de lo que pensaba, porque en la mayoría de los supermercados británicos sólo hay dos opciones - </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">banana </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">y </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">plantain</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recuerdo una conversación que tuve en Brasil con un taxista, en que discutimos todos los tipos de plátanos disponibles en el supermercado allá...¡había un montón! Y aquí en España he visto al menos tres tipos: el plátano canario, que es muy dulce; la banana, que es menos dulce, menos caro y que David me dice es más como las que compramos en Inglaterra; y el plátano “macho” o “de freír”, que es más como un carbohidrato que una fruta.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bueno, el tema de hoy es sobre el último tipo, que nunca había ni comprado ni cocinado y raramente comido. Pero es un alimento básico en muchos de los países donde se habla español, así que quería aprender a cocinar un plato que lo utilizara. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Para llegar al punto, hice patacones, también llamados tacones o tachinos. He hecho patacones dos veces, una vez con mi amiga venezolana, y otra vez sola, y las dos veces los encontré muy fáciles y sabrosos. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">¿Qué son los patacones?</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Antes de que lleguemos a la receta, quiero contarte un poquito sobre el patacón. Un patacón está hecho de un trozo de plátano macho verde aplastado y frito. Se comen en varios países de América y el Caribe como Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haití, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panamá, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y Costa Rica, y también se puede encontrar en África occidental.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">El plátano macho verde no tiene tanto sabor y lleva mucho almidón, así que es parecido a la patata o la mandioca cuando se fríe. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KldWSjMDSWOazeQGu6kYRt2-S10JVbBsba01WmtibnsKaJKI22DzmoZMSre_joxl3YRJ96jxopbJ3c3eTKf7y8oPa2Uod6iMlTjJoeDSfnWTKL_IF5bHgR2jGrAWEpF2PrqmXraW/s1080/10.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KldWSjMDSWOazeQGu6kYRt2-S10JVbBsba01WmtibnsKaJKI22DzmoZMSre_joxl3YRJ96jxopbJ3c3eTKf7y8oPa2Uod6iMlTjJoeDSfnWTKL_IF5bHgR2jGrAWEpF2PrqmXraW/s320/10.png" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hay varias maneras de comer patacones. Se pueden comer:
</span></span><p></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">solos con sal como patatas fritas</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">para “dipear” en algo como guacamole, una salsa picante o la </span><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/tacos-de-pato-con-mango.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>ensalada de mango</b></span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> que hice la semana pasada</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">como acompañamiento a un plato con arroz, frijoles, carne, pescado etc</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">con ceviche (una combinación que he probado y me parece riquísima)</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">con queso</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">o con cualquier cobertura que desees, para comer como una tostada</span></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Preparar los patacones (para hacer 6)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Un plátano macho verde</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aceite neutral</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sal</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Algo para aplastarlos (ver más abajo para sugerencias)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hay pocos pasos e ingredientes para hacer patacones, así que son muy fáciles pero muy </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">satisfactorios de hacer, ¡especialmente en el momento de golpear!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Primero puse un sartén que estaba cubierto con aproximadamente 1 cm de aceite a fuego medio-alto para calentar. Era importante que lo hiciera antes que nada porque después de cortarlo, el plátano se habría vuelto marrón si no lo hubiera cocinado </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">inmediatamente</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mientras que el aceite calentara, corté el plátano en trozos de más o menos 4 cm de largo. Pelé los trozos con la ayuda de un cuchillo. Usé un pedazo de la cáscara para probar la temperatura del aceite - si hubiera burbujas cuando la cáscara tocara el aceite, sabría que estaba lista.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Puse, con cuidado, los trozos del plátano en el aceite y los freí durante cuatro o cinco minutos hasta que estuvieran dorados por cada lado. Los puse en papel de cocina y esperé unos minutos hasta que se enfriaran. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Entonces vino la mejor parte...el ¡aplastamiento! He probado dos métodos y ambos funcionaron:
</span></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mi amiga tiene una “prensa de tortillas” y con esto hicimos patacones muy finos y mucho más grandes que la otra manera. Si tienes una prensa es una buena opción porque tener patacones más grandes es mejor si quieres comerlos como tostadas.
</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A falta de una prensa, ¡yo usé una olla! Para hacerlos de esta manera necesitas una olla con dos mangos, una hoja de papel o plástico, y confianza. No puedes ser tímido con este método.</span></span></p></li></ol><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Puse el trozo de plátano vertical en una tabla lisa, con una hoja de plástico encima del plátano. Cogí la olla por los mangos y hasta una altura considerable, golpeé la olla con fuerza hacia abajo, para aplastar el plátano. En ese momento tuve patacones.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">La próxima vez que tenga un mal día, ¡ya sé que haré para la cena! </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPTylsw8l65acPh-rCBPAWB0wyJR7GBzjbDq61VI9z29dtkcZ1pMJo8gWhLdY2F2UfPctOyO2Jz4QQbSaZVNhsH5L36eJWYC0AWoADxhhAfkbw2YuDN5uco0vjI4vsyf2CN9RtE_U/s1080/11.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPTylsw8l65acPh-rCBPAWB0wyJR7GBzjbDq61VI9z29dtkcZ1pMJo8gWhLdY2F2UfPctOyO2Jz4QQbSaZVNhsH5L36eJWYC0AWoADxhhAfkbw2YuDN5uco0vjI4vsyf2CN9RtE_U/s320/11.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Después de aplastar todos los trozos, los freí de nuevo. Dejé el sartén con aceite al fuego durante el paso anterior para que todavía estuviera caliente. Es importante no llenar tanto el sartén, así que freí los patacones dos a la vez durante un minuto en cada lado hasta que estuvieran dorados.</span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cuando quité cada patacón del sartén, quité el aceite con papel de cocina y eché una pizca de sal en cada uno. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Serví los patacones con pollo en tiras que cociné en sofrito, y con frijoles negros (¡receta en camino!), pico de gallo y guasacaca. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>¿Qué es la guasacaca?</b> Tienes que seguir <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/">@en.mi.boca</a></b> en Instagram para descubrirlo…!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gracias por leer. ¡¿Hay algo más que pueda aplastar?!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(25 correcciones de mi profesora)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">***********</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><i>Patacones with Chicken and "Guasacaca"</i></b></span></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello! If you haven’t read my article about this project yet, I suggest you read it </span><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/espanol-en-mi-boca.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>here</b></span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b>so you understand what I’m doing!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Today we’re starting this blog for real. I’m going to tell you about a dish that I have chosen specifically for its main ingredient - plantain.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I want to be clear (but this part doesn’t translate well into English because we have distinct names for the two things!) I’m not talking about bananas. I can’t stand bananas. I’m talking about plantains that you cook. To be honest, talking about bananas/plantains is much easier in my country than I realised, because in the majority of British supermarkets there are only two options - bananas and plantains.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I remember a conversation I had with a taxi driver in Brazil, in which we discussed all of the types of bananas available in the supermarket there...there were loads! And here in Spain I have seen at least three types: bananas from the Canary Islands, which are very sweet; bananas, which are less sweet, less expensive and which Dave tells me are more like the ones we buy in England; and plantain or “frying bananas”, which are more like a carbohydrate than a fruit.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, today’s topic is this last type, which I had never bought or cooked, and rarely eaten. But it’s a staple in many countries where they speak Spanish, so I wanted to learn to make a dish that utilises it.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long story short, I made </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">patacones</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, also known as </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tacones</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tachinos.</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> I have made patacones twice; onces with my Venezuelan friend and once alone, and both times I found them very easy and tasty.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What are patacones?</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before we get to the recipe, I want to tell you a bit about patacones. A patacón is made from a piece of green/unripe, fried, flattened plantain. It is eaten in various countries in America and the Caribbean, like Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Panama, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, and it can also be found in East Africa.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Green or unripe plantain doesn’t have much flavour and contains a lot of starch, so it is similar to potato or cassava/yuca when fried.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are various ways to eat patacones. You can eat them:
</span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">alone with salt, like crisps/potato chips</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to dip in something like guacamole, a spicy sauce or the </span><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/tacos-de-pato-con-mango.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>mango salsa</b></span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that I made last week</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">as an accompaniment to a main meal with rice, beans, meat, fish etc.</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">with ceviche (a combination what I have tried and thought was delicious)</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">with cheese</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">or with whatever topping you want, to eat like an open-faced sandwich</span></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Preparing the patacones (makes 6)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One green/unripe plantain</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Neutral flavoured oil</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Salt</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Something to flatten them (see below for suggestions)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are few steps and ingredients when making patacones, so they are very easy but very satisfying to make, especially when it comes to the smashing!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First I put oil in a frying pan so it was about 1cm deep, on a medium-high heat. It was important to do this before anything else because after being cut, the plantain would have turned brown if I hadn’t cooked it immediately.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While the oil was heating, I cut the plantain into pieces about 4cm long. I peeled the pieces with the help of a knife. I used a piece of the skin to test the temperature of the oil - if there were bubbles when the skin touched the oil, I would know it was ready.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Carefully, I put the pieces of plantain in the oil and fried them for four or five minutes until they were golden all over. I put them on some kitchen paper and waited a few minutes for them to cool.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then came the best part...the squashing! I have tried two methods and both worked:
</span></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My friend has a tortilla press and with this we made very thin patacones, much bigger than with the other way. If you have a press it’s a good option because having bigger patacones is better if you want to eat them like an open-faced sandwich.
</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the absence of a press, I used a saucepan! To make them this way you need a saucepan with two handles, a piece of paper or plastic, and confidence. You can’t be shy with this method.</span></span></p></li></ol><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I put the piece of plantain upright on a smooth surface, with a piece of plastic on top of the plantain. I took the saucepan by the handles and from a considerable height, smashed the pan down with force, to squash the plantain. Then I had patacones.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The next time I have a bad day I know what I’ll make for dinner!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After squashing all of the pieces, I fried them again. I left the pan of oil on the heat during the last step so it would still be hot. It’s important not to fill the pan too much, so I fried the patacones two at a time for a minute on each side, until they were golden.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I took each patacón out of the pan, I removed the oil from it with kitchen paper and sprinkled each one with salt.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I served the patacones with shredded chicken that I cooked in sofrito, and with black beans (recipe coming soon!), salsa and guasacaca.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>What is guasacaca?</b> You’ll have to follow <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/">@en.mi.boca</a></b> on Instagram to find out…!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for reading. Is there anything else I can squash?!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-57044058648396218352021-01-29T16:24:00.005-03:002021-01-31T08:11:57.688-03:00Tacos de Pato con Mango<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i>English below!</i></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡Hola! Si aún no has leído mi artículo sobre este proyecto, te sugiero que lo leas </span><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/espanol-en-mi-boca.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>aquí</b></span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, para entender lo que estoy haciendo.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">¿Listo? ¡Aquí vamos! La primera receta…</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Estoy un poquito nerviosa de empezar este proyecto en serio, así que voy a empezar con algo simple: una invención espontánea. De verdad, ese es mi estilo de cocinar habitual. Incluso cuando sigo recetas, raramente las sigo al pie de la letra. Es algo que voy a intentar hacer durante este reto, ¡pero no puedo prometerte que lo haré siempre!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Este plato no tiene una gran historia ni una razón específica para su creación. Lo cierto es que me sobró un muslo de pato confitado de Navidad y un mango que no estaba lo bastante maduro para comer solo...y algo me hizo pensar en tacos.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFNB_g9_5HGPFg1EjNrG9ZRJBz7IWEMvuuxMU9vXiAp763RwPbvqoNFJUoZMAwg1SCKSSkkv11zWdVhjUxyIgXr7NbxU0KUamZoqzKIolghJxk4usuZNoFEsaD9hUO_0MOCvjTk_m/s1080/1.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFNB_g9_5HGPFg1EjNrG9ZRJBz7IWEMvuuxMU9vXiAp763RwPbvqoNFJUoZMAwg1SCKSSkkv11zWdVhjUxyIgXr7NbxU0KUamZoqzKIolghJxk4usuZNoFEsaD9hUO_0MOCvjTk_m/s320/1.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Preparar el pato (para dos personas)<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">300 g muslo de pato precocido</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 cucharadas de aceite oliva</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 cucharadita de comino molido</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">½ cucharadita de pimentón picante</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">¼ cucharadita de pimienta negra</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">¼ cucharadita de canela</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Una pizca de sal</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">El pato que tenía ya estaba cocido, o confitado para ser preciso. Meché la carne en tiras de varios tamaños, y las mezclé con un poquito de aceite oliva y unas especias: comino, pimentón picante, pimienta negra, canela y sal. La cantidad de las especias depende de la cantidad de carne que tengas tienes. Cuídate con la sal, porque si el pato está cocido o curado puede ser que ya lleve bastante sal. En este caso yo sugeriría dejar la sal hasta el final, cuando puedas probar la carne y poner solo lo que sea necesario.
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Después de mezclar todo en un bol, puse el pato en un sartén caliente y lo freí a un fuego medio-alto durante unos minutos, hasta que las tiras pequeñas estuvieron crujientes, pero las tiras más grandes todavía estaban jugosas. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Preparar el mango (para dos personas)</b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ mango medio-maduro (maduro sirve si vas a comerlo con nachos)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tomate</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">½ cebolla roja pequeña</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 lima</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">20 hojas de cilantro (más o menos)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sal</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">En nuestra casa nos gusta mucho esta “mango salsa”, que es una mezcla entre una ensalada y un tipo de pico de gallo. La comemos con nachos, bistec, y ahora con tacos. Es muy simple y lleva pocos ingredientes pero es bastante adaptable al gusto de cada quien.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vale, la preparación fue muy fácil. Primero corté la cebolla lo más fina posible y la puse en un bol (bastante grande para todos los ingredientes) con el zumo de la mitad de la lima. Esto hace que la cebolla tenga un sabor más suave y dulce.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pelé el mango y lo corté en dados. Quité las semillas del tomate y lo corté como ael mango. Si quieres comer esto con nachos, sugeriría cortar el mango y el tomate aún más pequeños para que puedas sacar una buena mezcla de los ingredientes con cada nacho.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finalmente corté el cilantro más o menos fino.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Si no vas a comerlo inmediatamente, déjalo todo separado hasta que estés listo. Si no, todo quedará blando y aguado. Cuando estuve lista para comer, puse el mango, tomate y cilantro en el bol con la cebolla y lo mezclé bien. Ahora añadí sal al gusto y un poquito más de zumo de lima.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Si quieres, puedes hacer este plato más picante con hojuelas de chile, chile fresco (picado), o chile molido. Pero mi pato ya estaba bastante picante así que esta vez no lo usé. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOMH6iKEVe8t61rFVoF838TFDhQoSk3GV9BcijlOdwHMu2zBJfQeghhq0W_mIcYNFlveojBzhdpT_rYbw0uykDJpCRY-j7NyWatDwnwSqOPIMTt1vu90VfOfeBZlXNWKlrLs1BQY1/s1080/2.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOMH6iKEVe8t61rFVoF838TFDhQoSk3GV9BcijlOdwHMu2zBJfQeghhq0W_mIcYNFlveojBzhdpT_rYbw0uykDJpCRY-j7NyWatDwnwSqOPIMTt1vu90VfOfeBZlXNWKlrLs1BQY1/s320/2.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>El resto<br /></b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">No puedes hacer tacos sin tortillas, y las de maíz son lo mejor. Compré mis tortillas ende una tienda mexicana en el mercado de Ruzafa (Valencia), y las preparé según las instrucciones (en un sartén bien caliente, sin aceite).</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entonces junto con el pato y la ensalada de mango, tuvimos unas cosas más para montar nuestros tacos:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aguacate machacado con zumo de lima y sal</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Rábanos finamente cortados y encurtidos brevemente en vinagre de vino rojo y una pizca de sal (podrías usar vinagre de manzanas, vino blanco, sidra etc.)</span></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>Mis reflexiones</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Si cocino este plato de nuevo y solo tengo pato crudo, lo asaré. Pero no sé cómo funcionaría con la pechuga, porque es otro tipo de carne. De verdad, no estoy tan acostumbrada a cocinar pato, aunque me parezca muy rico. Mi padre suele prepararlo para Navidad, y me encanta al estilo Pekín.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">En esta ocasión el mango no estaba tan dulce como yo hubiera querido, así que la ensalada estaba un poquito ácida. Una buena idea hubiera sido usar algo de zumo de naranja además de la lima, pero no pensé en esto. Pato con naranja es una combinación clásica y estoy segura que hubiera sido una buena solución para el problema del mango verde.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Desafortunadamente las tortillas estaban un poquito duras. Tengo más en el congelador para probar de nuevo porque estoy segura que la culpa fue mía.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Si hago estos tacos de nuevo, consideraría otras opciones para los acompañamientos:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lechuga iceberg o repollo rallado</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Col morada o remolacha encurtida</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Queso desmenuzado (algo suave y fresco)</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Salsa picante</span></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>También, siempre estoy pensando en otras maneras de servir mis platos. Por ejemplo, Dave y yo normalmente evitamos comer cosas como pan, patatas, arroz, pasta etc. durante la semana. Así que cuando haga este plato de nuevo, podría usar hojas de lechuga en vez de las tortillas. O tal vez lo sirva simplemente como una ensalada.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">¡Uf! Eso no fue fácil de escribir. Pero estoy segura que he aprendido mucho, y espero que tú lo hayas hecho también.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recuerda que puedes seguir <a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/"><b>@en.mi.boca</b></a> en Instagram para más fotos, novedades y para sugerir recetas y platos. También puedes comentar al final de este artículo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">Muchas gracias por leer. Tengo hambre. ¿Qué queda en la nevera?</span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">(29 correcciones de mi profesora)</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">***********<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">
<b>Duck tacos with mango
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</b>Hello! If you haven’t ready my article about this project yet, I suggest you read it </span><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2021/01/espanol-en-mi-boca.html" style="font-family: verdana; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>here</b></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b> </b>so you understand what I’m doing!
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Ready? Let’s go! The first recipe…
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I’m a bit nervous about starting this project for real, so I’m going to start with something simple: a spontaneous invention. To be honest, this is my usual style of cooking. Even when I follow recipes, I rarely follow them to the letter. It’s something I’m going to try to do during this challenge, but can’t promise I always will!
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This dish doesn’t have a grand history or a specific reason for its creation. The truth is that I had a confit duck leg leftover from Christmas and a mango that wasn’t ripe enough to eat on its own...and something made me think of tacos.
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<b>Preparing the duck (for two people)
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</b>300g pre-cooked duck leg
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">2 tablespoons of olive oil
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 teaspoon of ground cumin
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ teaspoon of hot paprika
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">¼ teaspoon of ground black pepper
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">¼ teaspoon of cinnamon
A pinch of salt</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">The duck that I had was already cooked, or confit (I actually don’t know the past tense for this in English!) to be precise. I shredded the meat into pieces of varying sizes, and I mixed them with the olive oil and some spices: cumin, hot paprika, black pepper, cinnamon and salt. The quantity of spices depends on the quantity of meat that you have. Be careful with the salt, because if the duck is already cooked or cured it might already have salt. In this case I suggest you leave the salt until the end, when you can try the meat and just use what you need.
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After mixing everything in a bowl, I put the duck in a hot frying pan and fried it on a medium-high heat for several minutes, until the small pieces were crispy but the big pieces were still juicy.
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<b>Preparing the mango (for two people)
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</b>½ medium-ripe mango (ripe if you’re going to eat it with nachos)
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 tomato
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">½ small red onion
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">1 lime
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In our house we really like this “mango salsa”, which is a mix between a salad and a type of pico de gallo (what we call “salsa” in the UK). We eat it with nachos, steak and now tacos. It’s really simple and only has a few ingredients, but it’s quite adaptable to your own taste.
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Ok, the preparation was very easy. First I chopped the onion as finely as possible and put it in a bowl (big enough for all of the ingredients) with the juice of half the lime. This makes the flavour of the onion milder and sweeter.
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I peeled the mango and diced it. I removed the seeds from the tomato and cut it like the mango. If you want to eat this with nachos, I suggest cutting the mango and tomato even smaller, so you can scoop up a good mix of ingredients with each nacho.
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Finally I roughly chopped the coriander.
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If you’re not going to eat it immediately, leave everything separate until you’re ready. If not, everything with become soft and watery. When I was ready to eat, I put the mango, tomato and coriander in the bowl with the onion and mixed it well. Now I added the salt to taste and a bit more lime juice.
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If you want, you can make this dish spicier with chilli flakes, fresh chilli (finely chopped), or chilli powder. But my duck was already spicy enough so I didn’t use any this time.
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Then together with the duck and mango salad, we had some other things to build our tacos:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mashed avocados with lime juice and salt</span></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finely sliced radishes, pickled briefly in red wine vinegar (you could use apple, white wine, cider vinegar etc)</span></span></p></li></ul><b style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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If I make this dish again and only have raw fuck, I’ll roast it. But I don’t know how it would work with the breast, because this is a different type of meat. In truth, I’m not that used to cooking duck, even though I think it’s delicious. My Dad usually cooks it for Christmas, and I love Peking style duck.
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On this occasion the mango wasn’t as sweet as I would have liked, so the salad was a bit sour. A good idea would have been to use some orange juice with the lime, but I didn’t think of this. Duck and orange is a classic combination and I’m sure it would have been a good solution to the underripe mango problem.
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Unfortunately the tortillas were a bit chewy. I have more in the freezer to try again because I’m sure it was my fault.
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If I make these tacos again, I would consider other options for the accompaniments:
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Also, I’m always thinking of other ways to serve my dishes. For example, Dave and I usually avoid eating things like bread, potatoes, rice, pasta etc. during the week. So if I make this dish again, I could use lettuce leaves instead of tortillas. Or maybe simply serve it as a salad.
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Phew! That wasn’t easy to write. But I’m sure I have learned a lot, and I hope you have too.
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Remember, you can follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/"><b>@en.mi.boca</b></a> on Instagram for more photos, updates and to suggest recipes and dishes. You can also comment at the end of this post.
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Thank you for reading. I’m hungry. What’s in the fridge?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-1705166529656361412021-01-23T17:09:00.002-03:002021-01-24T07:12:25.970-03:00¡Español En Mi Boca!<div class="separator"><b style="font-family: verdana;"><i>English below!</i></b></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator"><br /></div>Hola querido lector. Soy Katie y este es el primer paso de una nueva aventura para mi - ¡escribir sobre la comida en español! Me alegro que tu me acompañes y espero que juntos descubramos muchas cosas interesantes y deliciosas.<br /><br />Ser breve no es una fortaleza mía, pero mi español tampoco es un punto fuerte así que ¡podría ser una buena combinación!<br /><br />Para mi, escribir este blog tiene dos motivos:<br /><br /><b>Primer motivo: Quiero mejorar mi español. <br /></b><br />El 18 enero me uní al “Fluent in 3 Months Challenge”. Puedes leer más sobre el Challenge <b><a href="https://courses.fluentin3months.com/a/aff_5xn99zrl/external?affcode=138646_j7d2zj4t">aquí</a> </b>pero para resumir, es un reto en que todos los participantes trabajan durante tres meses para mejorar sus habilidades en un idioma extrajero. Un punto importante del reto es comprometerse a trabajar durante un determinado número de minutos/horas cada día hacia tu meta. Yo he prometido hacer 45 minutos, cinco veces a la semana, y mi objetivo es específicamente trabajar en los tiempos del pasado y el subjuntivo. <br /><br />Voy a usar varios métodos para cumplir mi objetivo pero dos cosas sobre todo: ella app de VR que mi esposo (David) y yo hemos creado llamado <a href="http://www.vrlanguages.co.uk/p/trips"><b>Dynamic Spanish Trips</b></a>, y este blog en que voy a compartir las recetas que encuentro y mi experiencia cocinándolas. <br /><br /><b>Segundo motivo: ¡Estoy obsesionada con la comida!<br /></b><br />Comer cosas nuevas y experimentar en la cocina son mis hobbies. Me encanta aprender sobre diferentes culturas a través de sus comidas. He viajado mucho y solía escribir un blog con David sobre nuestros viajes. A él le gusta escribir sobre muchas cosas en general y a mí también me gusta, pero nunca me sentí tan inspirada como cuando estaba escribiendo artículos sobre nuestras aventuras culinarias. Hay muchos y si estás interesado puedes leerlos <b><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/p/in-my-mouth.html">aquí</a> </b>(en inglés).<br /><br />¡Vaya! Supongo que ser breve es difícil para mí incluso en español. <br /><br />Bueno, para resumir:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Voy a escribir sobre unas recetas en español para practicar el idioma</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Intentaré encontrar recetas típicas de los países donde se habla español</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Usaré los tiempos en pasado y el subjuntivo lo más posible</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Voy a compartir los artículos (corregidos por mí profesora) para quien esté interesado</span></li></ul>Si alguien quiere recomendarme un plato, una receta o una programa/canal de cocina, por favor hazlo en los comentarios - siempre estoy abierta a probar algo nuevo, especialmente algo recomendado.<br /><br /><div class="separator"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofSk__njjj4i3GOjpQJLOjcAUEEh86u8F5773V12yTGfOdLKBxvntr5c6Utjmj9rqZt430C4_rF8R-JFnde0udWVYnDKbWt7kfQlo_3Y6Un2btgAV16-h97_7QPM6pwFFWQD6t22b/w86-h86/en+mi+boca.png" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Puedes seguir <a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/"><b>@en.mi.boca</b></a> en Instagram para más fótos y para que no te pierdas de nuevo contenido. <br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Gracias por leer. Y ahora...¿qué voy a comer?<br /><br /><br />(11 correcciones de mi profesora)<br /><br />***********<br /><br /><b>Spanish In My Mouth!<br /></b><br />Hello dear reader. I’m Katie and this is the first step in a new adventure for me - writing about food in Spanish! I’m glad you’re joining me and I hope we discover lots of interesting and delicious things together.<br /><br />Being brief is not my forte, but Spanish isn’t my strong suit either so this could be a good combination!<br /><br />I have two reasons for writing this blog:<br /><br /><b>Reason one: I want to improve my Spanish.<br /></b><br />On 18th January I joined the “Fluent in 3 Months Challenge”. You can read more about the Challenge <b><a href="https://courses.fluentin3months.com/a/aff_5xn99zrl/external?affcode=138646_j7d2zj4t">here</a> </b>but to summarise, it’s a challenge in which the participants work for three months to improve their skills in a foreign language. An important part of the challenge is pledging to work towards your goal for a certain number of minutes/hours every day. I have pledged to do 45 minutes a day, five times a week, and my objective is specifically to work on the past tenses and the subjunctive.<br /><br />I’m going to use several methods to achieve my goal but two things in particular: the VR app that my husband (Dave) and I have created called <a href="http://www.vrlanguages.co.uk/p/trips"><b>Dynamic Spanish Trips</b></a>, and this blog in which I’m going to share the recipes that I find and my experience cooking them.<br /><br /><b>Reason two: I am obsessed with food!<br /></b><br />Eating new things and experimenting in the kitchen are my hobbies. I love learning about different cultures through their foods. I have travelled a lot and I used to write a blog with Dave about our travels. He likes writing in general and I do too, but I never felt as inspired as when I was writing articles about our culinary adventures. There are lots and if you’re interested you can read them <b><a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/p/in-my-mouth.html">here</a> </b>(in English).<br /><br />Blimey! I suppose being brief is even difficult for me in Spanish!<br /><br />Anyway, to summarise:<br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m going to write about some recipes in Spanish to practise the language</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will try to find typical recipes from Spanish-speaking countries</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will use the past tenses and the subjunctive as much as possible</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m going to share the articles (corrected by my teacher) for whoever is interested</span></li></ul>If anyone wants to recommend a dish, recipe or a cooking programme/channel to me, please do so in the comments - I’m always open to trying something new, especially something that has been recommended.<br /><br /><div class="separator"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: verdana; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofSk__njjj4i3GOjpQJLOjcAUEEh86u8F5773V12yTGfOdLKBxvntr5c6Utjmj9rqZt430C4_rF8R-JFnde0udWVYnDKbWt7kfQlo_3Y6Un2btgAV16-h97_7QPM6pwFFWQD6t22b/w86-h86/en+mi+boca.png" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can follow </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/en.mi.boca/" style="font-family: verdana;"><b>@en.mi.boca</b></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b>on Instagram for more photos and so you don't miss any new content.</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for reading. And now...what shall I eat?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-92042101682797653312019-10-21T07:13:00.004-03:002019-10-21T07:13:57.975-03:00Dia de la Comunidad de Valencia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another month, another
huge festival in Valencia. We should be used to this by now but we're
not. Valencia Day commemorates when King Jaime expelled the Moors
from the city and took back power in 1238. It is a day that has
apparently been celebrated every year since then, so it's a pretty
long tradition! It also coincides with the day of San Dionisio,
traditionally considered Valencia's patron saint of lovers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every year celebrations
are held on 9th October, a day that starts like all holidays in
Valencia; there's an enormous fireworks display at midnight. This
year it was a sight to behold and makes it into my top three
favourite fireworks displays that I've seen in Valencia. That might
not sound like much, but let's not forget the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DbUHG45Yrk" target="_blank">epic displays during Las Fallas</a>, as well as the fireworks that seen to go off here every
week for one reason or another.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was our second
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lovers part of the festival involves the men giving their sweethearts
a silk scarf wrapped around a delicious assortment of sweet marzipan,
shaped into brightly coloured fruits and vegetables. This tradition
is known as Mocaorà. We did not take part because I am not one for
romance and Katie is not one for marzipan. The tradition did look
beautiful though and we both enjoyed the visual treats in every
baker's window. It was a no-sugar day though, besides which we have
given up junk food as part of Sober October, so a double reason to
not have any almondy goodness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once this first
procession ended, we were left with a Mascleta to enjoy. I'm sure you
know by now, but to remind you, a Mascleta is an extremely loud
firework/firecracker display that is very common in Valencia - we
hear at least one a week. Community groups put them on to celebrate
certain events, and the main square (Plaza de Ayuntamiento) hosts
several big ones throughout the year, such as for this one, and those
during Las Fallas. We even saw coloured smoke in this one, which was
a new sight. We were positioned brilliantly and <a href="https://youtu.be/PuKJ6cZtF1A" target="_blank">our 360 recording</a> is as good as you've come to expect from us. We still
didn't see anyone wearing hearing protection though! I guess ears
are just made differently here and don’t suffer from the same
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explored the medieval market, which was set but all around the Torres
de Serranos and across the lovely old bridge opposite. This kind of
market pops up a few times a year, and we enjoyed people watching and
choosing what food to eat while trying to imagine what life was like
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final parade of the
day was the big one, with groups dressed as Christians and Moors
marching through the city. King Jaime (aka James) the First seized power in the city over 800 years ago, freeing it from the Moors and
returning it to Christian rule. This is celebrated in fine style, as
people in intricate outfits, dancers, horses, camels, and some
tastefully decorated floats make their way around the old town. It
was awesome to watch and really showed off the commitment of
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until our feet grew tired. We really weren't expecting it to last as
long as it did…but nonetheless it was another wonderful day in the
city of Valencia and a great time to visit, if you are so inclined.
If not, <a href="https://youtu.be/JbaKJrPFxl4" target="_blank">watch our 360 VR experience of the day</a> to learn more about the day and enjoy it all from
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I never finished telling you all the
wonderful, and sometimes bloody things we did in Seville. We'll get to the
wonderful shortly, but let's start with the bloody. I don’t like to stay away
from controversy and if a culture accepts extreme violence towards animals, in
the name of sport, I'd be damned if I weren't to watch it. I'm referring to the
bullfighting, La Corrida, which involves matadors, barbed sticks (banderillas)
and the slaughter of several bulls during an evening.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had so far managed to widely ignore what
goes on inside these bullrings that look so beautiful from the outside, despite
the prevalence of bullfights on TV. Who uses TV when there's Netflix and
YouTube? I think part of me likes surprises and I knew I wanted my first time to
be in the flesh. For example, going into the experience, I did not know whether
the bull definitely dies in the ring… I left Seville's bullring knowing that
they most certainly are killed (except in rare circumstances) and they are
toyed with beforehand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What is brutal by today's standards,
probably was fairly pedestrian back in the pre-Roman times when the tradition
started along the Mediterranean coast. It really has a rich history going back millennia
and that makes it particularly difficult to stop. I'm not convinced it should
be stopped. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Katie (who didn't go to the fight) and I get into quite a rich conversation about it in <a href="https://youtu.be/Fk6koGsa91Y" target="_blank">our 360 experience</a>, where we discuss the life of the bull compared to an average
cow. You also get to experience the atmosphere inside a bullring, getting up
close and personal with the grim climax, as the bullfight advances through the
various tercios (stages). It's a more nuanced topic than I would have thought
at first glance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right, that's enough violence for one post. Let's go back to Seville and the reason why
these bullfights were happening in the first place. We visited during their
biggest celebration of the year, their Feria de Abril (April Fair), and it was
magical. Everyone dresses in their best attire - men in suits and women
in the most extravagant flamenco-inspired dresses Euros can buy. They all head
to a section of town that is taken over by <i>casetas</i>
- private marquees belonging to different social clubs and organisations.
Hundreds of clubs throw private parties in this festival area. It's an odd
collection of marquees that are sectioned off from one another with doormen at
every entrance, ensuring that no trespassers with 360 cameras can enter…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Inside the casetas, everyone is drinking
Rebujito to stay hydrated. Rebujito is a dry white sherry called manzanilla
that is mixed with Sprite. Delicious, refreshing and not too strong, which is
good because you need to stay hydrated! A big part of the feria is the dancing,
and people all over the place were spinning, clapping and twirling in a style
called <i>sevillana</i>. It's not too
dissimilar to flamenco (though there are a few differences) and it was really
fun to watch. People in Seville learn this dance when they are kids and people
of all ages were getting up and joining in the fun. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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people take a horse and carriage, which is very traditional and reminds me of
an old school western. The issue with horses is the smell that comes with them.
With a dusty floor and this distinct odour in the air, the Feria really is a
Spanish cowboy festival!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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clothing fashions changing and the grand entrance way into the festival site
designed anew each year, I can see why people would flock to Seville year after
year. The only downside for a tourist is that much of the festival is
off-limits, as the casetas are nearly all private celebrations. There are a few
public casetas but they don’t seem have the heart and atmosphere of the private
ones. The sense we got was that tourists were welcome but not encouraged. And
that's okay. This is a festival for Seville and an Andalusian holiday, and we
still got pretty close to the authentic experience… Just like you can in the
<a href="https://youtu.be/kr23vVFkpdU" target="_blank">360 experience</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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city! From the <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/08/churches-and-parks-in-seville.html" target="_blank">buildings</a>, to the <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/07/alcazar-of-seville.html" target="_blank">culture</a> and the <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/07/an-introduction-to-seville.html" target="_blank">atmosphere</a>, we were blown
away. It's definitely one of our favourite cities in Spain and that's saying
something because Spain is pretty damn awesome. Thanks for reading, enjoy the photos, and see you
next time.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Hello dear reader. It's been a while since I
sat down and thought about writing a blog post. Katie and I have had a crazy
summer, and I'm using crazy in the frat party kind of way and not in the mental
disturbance kind of way (the amount of this has remained reliably constant).
We've had a pretty excellent time with lots of travels, including the
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spent time with Katie's uncle Graeme - a lovely chap who has started his new
“life in flip-flops” in Spain. I love the sentiment but I frankly find
flip-flops too uncomfortable to be spending my life in them.</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We spent a wonderful ten days in Norway with
midnight sun, stunning landscapes, and a family reunion in a beautiful rural
village.</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had a lovely week in the Lake District in
the UK celebrating Katie's Massi (aunt) turning 50!</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We did a four week roadtrip around northern
Spain (plus Andorra and a bit of France) exploring and capturing this wonderful
part of the world in 360.</span></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And while we were in London we filmed a 360
3D short film, <i><a href="http://www.livinginsim.co.uk/" target="_blank">Living in Sim</a></i>, that is hopefully coming to a film
festival near you.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">It's been the best kind of madness but left
me little time to update the blog posts that were accompanying each 360 video
we released. Katie and I, as well as everyone else involved in the various VR
projects we have going on, are working hard to make our business profitable and
something that can sustain and grow, and as a result, the blog has taken a back
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keeping our family and friends informed of what we were up to in Korea. It soon
became our attempt at chronicling our adventures for our future selves, as well
as providing hopefully useful information to other travellers. These
(hopefully) funny and curious blogs lost something when they became an addition
to the 360 travel vlogs we are making. I felt forced into writing a weekly post
and keeping it on the topic of travel. This blog has always been a place for me
to work out and communicate ideas. Thinking and writing something publicly,
even if only five people read it, means I take more care in forming my
thoughts. In a world where a tweet from eight years ago can be brought back to
ruin a career, writing regular posts about things you are trying to understand
is more dangerous than beneficial.</span></span></div>
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continue to blog, despite the blogosphere being a shadow of its former self.
It's for selfish reasons mainly, as the <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2014/11/" target="_blank">Morning Calm Blog Book</a> is one of my
most prized possessions. In an ever changing world full of technology, endless
outrage, and higher living standards than ever before, I want to use this blog
to clarify my thoughts and point out the absurdities and contradictions of
culture at home, on the web, and on our travels. I’ll continue to try and be
humorous when pointing out things and I want future Dave to look back at
present Dave's stupidity and laugh.</span></span></div>
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travel and we have a lot to talk about, as we have been exploring and learning
about Spain at a rate that can only be done by young people with limited work
commitments. This privileged life is something worth writing about. And hopefully
worth reading about too.</span></span></div>
Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-56762619143349500222019-08-10T07:55:00.002-03:002019-08-10T07:55:38.633-03:00Churches and Parks in Seville<div style="margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's still so much to tell you about Seville! This time we're going to talk about some beautiful churches, the UNESCO World Heritage cathedral, an odd religious experience, and some stunning areas of greenery
and open spaces!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have two 360
videos for you this week, one about <a href="https://youtu.be/fVnr4HTt8J4" target="_blank">the religious buildings</a> and another about
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let’s
start at the UNESCO World Heritage cathedral in the centre of the city, which may well be the main tourist
spot in Seville and something you simply can’t miss if you ever visit. This huge
cathedral is the centrepiece of the city and is magnificent from every angle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When
they were planning the design, the city elders supposedly said, “Let us build a church so
beautiful and so magnificent that those who see it finished will think we are
mad.” I think they nailed it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
cathedral took over a century to build, finishing in 1506. Imagine being involved
in the construction at the beginning, knowing that you and your children were
unlikely to see it finished. There’s something incredibly noble about these
buildings that spanned the generations. I can’t even imagine working on one
project for longer than a few months without changing to something new. The
modern condition is almost the opposite of these generational construction
projects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Originally
a mosque stood in the same spot, but it was knocked down to make room for the
world’s third biggest cathedral (although some argue it is the biggest!!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">42
meters high and with over 80 chapels, this truly is a beast of a religious
building and was so intricate and beautiful, it touched our hearts. We spent so
much time walking around it, sitting by it to eat or drink, and just
marvelling at its beauty. You can’t miss it when you’re in Seville, and why
would you?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides
the cathedral, there are over 100 churches in Seville of all different styles
and designs. Mudéjar architecture (a Moorish design) is lovely and there were many fine examples across the city. The main stand-out church for me was the Church of St Louis of France, a Jesuit church, which is no longer in
use as a religious building. It’s run by the municipality and is free to enter
on a Sunday afternoon. With an amazing facade and beautiful altars, it’s well worth the trip.</span><br />
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I mentioned at the beginning that we had an odd religious experience. This encounter involved buying biscuits from a nun. Although it
doesn’t sound that strange, we did not actually see the nun, and had to place
the order through a sort of lazy Susan, revolving door, type thing. It
was very strange and interesting...The biscuits weren’t half bad either!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the other side of that hatch is the nun with her biscuits! Very mysterious.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now let's move on to the parks. Another absolute must in Seville is the stunning Plaza de España, built in 1928. This is a truly sublime
area situated within the Maria Luisa park. The Plaza de España complex is a
huge semi-circle with buildings running around the edge, accessible over the
moat by bridges representing the four ancient kingdoms of Spain. In
the centre is the Vicente Traver fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many
tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This
is a shining example of why 360 is perfect for seeing a place virtually. The
panorama was incredible to behold and this is one of the most breath-taking man-made places we've seen in Spain (and that's saying a lot!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'd also really recommend a visit to the world's largest wooden structure, called the Metropol Parasol. This structure is beautiful from street level, looking like giant mushrooms, which is why it's known locally as "Las Setas" (the mushrooms).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's
well worth paying a few euros to go to the top, as you get a magnificent view of the city and
you can see the intricate design of the Metropol Parasol in all its wooden
glory. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That’s
about that for this weeks. We had such a good time in Seville and we’ll be back next week
to talk about bullfighting!</span></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-32505734450810434182019-07-23T18:38:00.000-03:002019-07-23T18:38:54.674-03:00Alcázar of Seville<div style="margin: 0in;">
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take a peek at a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Seville called the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87);"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alcázar</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. This
beautiful palace and grounds were originally built in the 8th century,
although most of the buildings there today are much newer than that. Don't forget that you
can immerse yourself in the Alcázar in our <a href="https://youtu.be/GhrPUphrpMU" target="_blank">360 video series</a>, designed for
virtual reality users!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is one of the key
tourist sites to visit when in Seville (and is not free, by the way) so expect crowds
during the busy summer months. I would also recommend taking a picnic into the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87); font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alcázar </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">so you can have some food in the beautiful grounds that surround the palace - you'll probably be in there for a few hours so why not?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What makes the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87); font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alcázar </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">so special is the architecture. It is one of, if not <i>the</i> finest exa</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mple of Mudéjar ar</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">chitecture, which is a style created by the Moors (Muslims) that
remained on the peninsula in the late medieval period, despite the Christian
reconquest. It is so beautiful that the Christian rulers of Seville wanted this
style in their palace, and hired Muslims to help them build the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87); font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Alcázar</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. This
combination is a fine example of how integrating cultures can have a sublime
result both functionally and aesthetically.</span></div>
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rooms that have history leaking from the walls but the main part I took away
from it was the intricacy of the design. These long projects of construction
and design that spanned generations show off the human ingenuity that is
possible, even without the benefit of modern technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the gardens there
was all sorts of wildlife, including peacocks and a variety of fish. It was also
the setting for the filming of Dorne in Game of Thrones, so it was cool
getting a personal view of that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All in all it was a
lovely way to spend five-ish hours in Seville and well worth the entrance fee
and time spent making the <a href="https://youtu.be/GhrPUphrpMU" target="_blank">360 immersive video of the site</a>.</span></div>
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another UNESCO site in Seville and explore the plethora of churches and
religious buildings that make up a large proportion of the beautiful buildings
in the city. Until then.</span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-50600829701796410182019-07-16T18:01:00.003-03:002019-07-16T18:01:53.384-03:00An introduction to Seville<div class="MsoNormal">
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deep and interesting, it's difficult to know where to start. But since our Andalusia
adventure started in Seville, the capital of the region, it seems as good a place
as any to begin this series.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We've recorded some amazing <a href="https://youtu.be/NO4EHEHkWm8" target="_blank">360 VR footage</a>
to accompany each blog in this series so check that out on YouTube to really
get a feel for what this region is like. Katie and I had a lot of fun making
these cultural 360 trips and we'll be continuing our VR adventure for the
foreseeable. We now have over 7000 followers on <a href="https://samsungvr.com/channel/6b083da6a90675e3db2a1721" target="_blank">SamsungVR</a> and we're about to
make our first short film…Exciting times indeed!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But enough about us, let's get stuck into Seville! With around 700,000 people (and seemingly just as many churches), it's the
fourth biggest city in Spain. There's a lot of history and culture to absorb, and a lot of small
places to stop and have a tapa and a caña (little beer). This is one of the many
reasons that Seville has so much appeal to us and the millions of tourists that
visit each year. There's also the laidback atmosphere, glorious weather, of
course, and the special architecture that dates back centuries. </span></span><br />
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the Moors and this history is shown in the design of the buildings. We're going
to be exploring this a lot more, particularly in next week's post about the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Alcazar!</span></span></div>
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architecture as well, such as this old cigar factory, which is now part of the
University. I'm a big fan of industrial architecture… These huge projects
really grew the wealth of an area at the beginning of the industrial
revolution. I think I like them so much because I'm a chemical engineer and I
enjoy large, beautiful factories that have such a unique design and purpose to
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place, sort of like being in a post apocalyptic world…I think seeing a very
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wanted to get to know this jewel in the south of the country. Two separate
trips, miles of walking, and hours of researching means we'll be bringing
together an exciting few posts and <a href="https://youtu.be/NO4EHEHkWm8" target="_blank">360 experiences</a> over the next few weeks. As
always, thanks for reading and we'll shall meet again on the page soon.</span></span></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-8865789084035925252019-07-09T11:01:00.000-03:002019-07-09T11:01:07.157-03:00Tenerife: Parque Rural de Anaga (8/8)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvSHZDbrFCLwibtCtwNP9psKerZwhrlSJ2LtxxQgI-E3Z2O2Diedhxc6vyF9kzC1ISTi0MxekYzz0UsdxUGnlun0LmD1aYrLulTvTMEWhR9YDxAx033bC0DYifCIP-zTuBY9H0QD0a9Y/s1600/P1140673.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="1600" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWvSHZDbrFCLwibtCtwNP9psKerZwhrlSJ2LtxxQgI-E3Z2O2Diedhxc6vyF9kzC1ISTi0MxekYzz0UsdxUGnlun0LmD1aYrLulTvTMEWhR9YDxAx033bC0DYifCIP-zTuBY9H0QD0a9Y/s640/P1140673.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The final part of my epic Tenerife tour
concludes this week with a visit to the phenomenal Anaga Rural Park!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This national park, very close to the
capital, Santa Cruz, has gorgeous jagged mountains that look like broken shards
to pottery rising from the ground. Simply stunning. See it for yourself in our <a href="https://youtu.be/YJrGz4RwuuI" target="_blank">360 video</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When visiting the park I also drove along the coast, stopping in a
few small towns and I was just in absolute awe. Of all the things I saw in Tenerife, this part of the island and Masca were the most beautiful in my opinion, along with
the views from Teide.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This trip reopened my eyes to travelling
again… I mean, they hadn't been shut for long but the peace of mind that comes
from taking in this natural beauty cannot be understated. The older I get, the
more time I need in nature, without speaking, without a podcast in my ear, simply
alone with nature.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lucky for me, I would be heading back to
mainland Spain and going on an epic trip around Andalusia, the southern region of
Spain, known for its beauty and cultural interest. I would get time alone in
nature, as well as exploring the cultural hotspots of Seville and Cadiz with Katie.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I just
feel very grateful to be living this life of adventure - thank you all for
reading.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">See you next week!</span></span><br />
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-59170079772578077062019-07-01T16:32:00.000-03:002019-07-01T16:32:43.318-03:00Tenerife: Black Sand, Funky Trees, and Pyramids (7/8)<br />
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and the pyramids of Guimar. If you'd like to see them for yourself, remember to check out our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk5Zpdwiuso">latest 360 video</a>!</span></div>
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temperature that it can get to when the hot sun has been shining on it all day. Ouch!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The oldest and largest living dragon
tree on Tenerife is called Icod de los Vinos and it's found in a lovely botanical garden
that I did not enter and only saw from afar. I wasn’t in the mood to wander
around in the heat, even to see a thousand-year-old tree!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Younger dragon trees are all over the
island so there's no desperate need to see this particular one, despite its size and
age. I loved these trees. They reminded me that I was very close to Africa, which was easy to foget, since the culture on Tenerife is basically like mainland Spain.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Guanches were the aboriginal
inhabitants of the Canary Islands and were of African descent, having migrated in
1000 BC. They were fairly isolated until the Spanish conquest in the 15th
century, when their culture and ethnicity was absorbed by the invaders. Not a
lot is known about the culture, which is a shame as island cultures that have
little contact with outside influences, always fascinate me.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One interesting place I visited was the
pyramids of Guimar. There is a theory that there existed a transatlantic link
between Egypt and Central America and that Tenerife served as a stopping point
during these voyages thousands of years ago. The Guanches built the pyramids,
as a place of worship and community with these travelling voyages.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The bad news is that archaeologists have
concluded that this theory is not actually true and in fact, the pyramids only date back to 19th
century farming practices. I love "out there" theories on ancient structures
so I will continue to believe in the more fanciful version because that's the
world I would like to inhabit! </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On that topic, I definitely need to visit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe" target="_blank">Göbekli Tepe</a> in Turkey, which seems to be a complicated civilisation that existed
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next week for the final post on Tenerife!</span></span></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-80682324537384676972019-06-25T19:13:00.001-03:002019-06-25T19:13:22.114-03:00Tenerife: Los Gigantes & Playa de Las Americas (6/8)<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While I was in Tenerife I stayed in Los
Gigantes, home to giant cliffs that gave the town its name: The Giants.</span></span><br />
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lovely time with my family, which included this epic coffee:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The sunset from Los Gigantes is a real
delight, as it sets behind another Canary Island called La Palma. You can <a href="https://youtu.be/BqVFJzUqf8g" target="_blank">watch the sunset in 360</a> in this week's Morning Calm Experience! Marvelous!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As well as the sunset, the town has black sand beaches and a lovely
parade of restaurants tailored to the many British, German, French, and Russian
visitors and inhabitants.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to take this opportunity to talk about
the nightlife on Tenerife. I came here with a group of lads in 2006 and went
to Playa de las Americas. It was a wild shambles full of teenage lust and a
lack of respect of the power of alcohol on our 18-year-old bodies! A typical "lads' on tour" vibe with themed shirts and testosterone-fuelled arguments.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was fantastic in many ways, despite
taking five years off my liver. It was the last time all six of us would hang
out together and, of course, we did not know that at the time. I guess you
rarely do, especially at that age. It was nothing tragic, just one friend dropped off the radar...</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Many strange moments and frenzied memories flood my brain - many too esoteric or too embarrassing to share. It was the
Inbetweeners before the Inbetweeners. The same awkward energy and naivety
expressed itself in all of us at various times. We all had our personal
missions: To get laid, to get drunk, to be liked and have fun with our mates…Whatever it was, e</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ach of us had o</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ur </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">insecure</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 18-year-old minds and high hormone
levels that led us down paths of adolescent cravings.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I find it hard as a 31-year-old to imagine
being 18, not too far off half my age. I know myself better in most ways and
have reduced or eliminated many of the insecurities I had on that trip. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I remember in 2006 buying cheap drinks desperately
trying to get the courage to speak to a lady. Too afraid of rejection, I
found comfort in making my friends laugh…I hated how I moved on the dancefloor
and this was before I realised how to enjoy dancing. This was when dancing felt
like steering a car when you've hit ice. No control of my limbs, my best moves
being modifications of my Wing Chun forms (i.e. set routine movements). It was
an odd time and I had some odd dance moves.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We had finished school and would all be going
to uni. We were all about to start fresh and begin a new life where we could
throw away the baggage that school brought with it. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had just started writing
stories and it was already becoming somewhat of a passion/obsession of mine. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was going to study engineering but why
couldn’t I be a sitcom writer as well!? The world seemed limitless, both in
experiences and opportunities.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This feeling, thankfully, I still hold.
Even with my sarcastic cynicism, I know it to be true. The world is incredible
and more open now than ever. It's just a shame that stating the truth just isn't
as funny as a sarcastic cynical response. That was one thing I was ALWAYS trying to be the best at…Being funny. </span></span></div>
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Then I knew they liked me (at least in that moment) and wit was my best weapon for the job.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I no longer crave to do this as much. I
don’t want to be liked as much as I used to, which I think is a good thing. I listen more to myself and know what I want from life better, rather than seeking approval from others.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, it means I don’t try as hard to be funny! That's something I should work
on. If someone is laughing then everything is fine. Even if it only lasts a few
seconds. That's the joy of laughter. And that's what this trip to Playa de Las
Americas reminded me of.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I continue on my tour de force of Tenerife
with a visit to the port town of Garachico. It was founded by a Genoan banker in the 1500s and
became a very successful port, exporting Malmsey wine and other local produce. For many, many years the town
was oozing with riches, and even had a street made of marble, that commoners were
only allowed to walk on once a week!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But the people revolted…well not really! Actually, there was a huge volcanic eruption in 1706 and this seismic activity
brought great devastation to Garachico on a Biblical scale. Lava poured into the
town, destroying huge areas including the port, which held the livelihoods and
wealth of the inhabitants. It left behind a rocky seafront, which is now dotted with rock pools and is a great place to swim and bathe in, outside of the
winter months when I was visiting. </span></span></div>
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have a dip, and a recent flood meant the area was closed off for repairs to
the guardrails, etc.</span></span></div>
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destruction, having suffered plagues, volcanoes, floods, and conquests. But it
didn't feel that way when I was walking around the quaint streets.</span></span></div>
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old 16th century gateway to the harbour; a tribute to its past and a
reminder of the fragility of life on an active volcano. There were lots
of grand old buildings that had survived the eruption, as well as years of
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varied the island of Tenerife is and how many cool things there are to see and
do. Luckily for all you readers and VR explorers out there, we have captured
the essence of the Garachico in <a href="https://youtu.be/0CfCB7_b7ys" target="_blank">this week's 360 experience.</a></span></span></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-85201979391791534362019-06-10T07:07:00.000-03:002019-06-10T07:07:37.066-03:00Tenerife: Santa Cruz (4/8)<br />
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short post about the capital of Tenerife, Santa Cruz. It's also the joint
capital of the Canary Islands. I was unaware joint capitals were even a thing
until I researched Santa Cruz.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This city is home to 500k people and has a mix of culture
that is not entirely Spanish or African. It's Canarian, loosely described as
mostly Spanish with some Guanches influence. The Guanches are the first known
human inhabitants of the Canary Islands, around 1000 years ago.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The issue with busy itineraries like the one I was adhering to in Tenerife, is the lack of time to observe and
absorb the culture. I only had a week and change on the island and was more
focused on capturing 360 video than exploring local customs. Some might think
of this as a shame, but I love filming!</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love the process of exploring and finding
the shots that I want to share. I love editing the clips together and then
taking Katie on a virtual adventure, as we narrate the videos for others to
enjoy. I also know that this will paint a picture of Tenerife that my future
self will appreciate as well! Hopefully others appreciate what we're trying to
do</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with our 360 vlogs</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> as well!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That's not to say I wouldn’t have loved to
learn more about the culture. But as we say, always leave something undone so
you have a reason to return. And in the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger… I'll be
back.</span></span></div>
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there. I was going to see the architecture, principally the "Auditorio de
Tenerife". This beautiful structure was built by Santiago Calatrava, the
same man responsible for the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, as well as
the Oculus World Trade Center in New York.</span></span></div>
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art. It was simply incredible to walk around the auditorium and see the
paintings on the rocks nearby of famous and mostly dead musicians. A stark
reminder that even the greatest humans can't escape the ultimate fate.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The city didn't do too much for me but it
was very much a flying visit. As I said earlier, I hope to return with my
partner in crime and eat all the local delicacies. I barely ate out at all,
favouring pack lunches. Part of the reason is cost, but also not having the
excited and knowledgeable Katie whispering the culinary delights we have to try
meant I missed out on the food. I'LL BE BACK.</span></span></div>
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that impressed me with rock pools and grand plazas. For now, go watch our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfHht0k6374" target="_blank">360 video on Santa Cruz</a>. We'll see you next week!</span></span></div>
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-36574978214335977582019-06-03T10:17:00.000-03:002019-06-03T10:17:13.745-03:00Tenerife: La Orotava (3/8)<br />
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remember getting back to my Uncle’s place after a long day of exploring and
waxing lyrical about this town. There was something distinctive and prestigious
about the feel of this town that seemed to permeate my time there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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island haven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was the clash of this cultural epicentre with Tenerife’s extreme natural
beauty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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food drugged by a friendly spiker…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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big sights in this small town are the church, the main square, and some
historic buildings. They were all beautiful in their own right and it was a
welcome change to see some man-made beauty after already exploring <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/05/tenerife-volcanoes-and-teide-national.html" target="_blank">Teide National Park</a> and the mountainous region around <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/05/tenerife-masca-and-punta-de-teno-28.html" target="_blank">Masca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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non-man-made, natural beauty of Tenerife! I especially enjoyed my encounters with Dragon trees, which are huge and plentiful in this town.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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night fell on this town, I realised I was several hours from where I was
staying and already worn out from a day of exploring. It was one of those
realisations that makes you wonder why you ever leave your house… Or why they
haven’t got round to inventing teleportation yet?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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kept myself awake by listening to obscene podcasts with fresh air blowing in my
face while concentrating on the curvy mountain roads that made this such a
driving challenge. It was a tough slog and I took refuge in the wise words of
the many motivational speakers that I listen to on YouTube. This encouragement
got me through, despite arriving back in a manic and unintelligible state.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was this mental state that had me singing La Orotava’s praises from the
hilltops. The joy of being alive had transferred to the joy of seeing La
Orotava.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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enjoy the photos of the town and don’t forget to watch our <a href="https://youtu.be/3_ntOKRBcYU" target="_blank">360 VR experience</a> as
well, to fully immerse yourself in this town. Ciao for now!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tenerife is a large island with a huge
array of places to visit and things to see. Top of nearly every list though, is
Masca -</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a village nestled in a
mountainous region. If you have a VR headset, you can <a href="https://youtu.be/AkrZRGkHHa8" target="_blank">explore Masca</a> with Katie
and me in our new style of 360 vlog.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Although Masca is delightful, the real
sights to behold are on the drive to the village. There are countless miradors
(viewpoints) and hairpin bends that get your blood pumping. The roads were
pretty decent and I didn't understand all the internet rage about how scary
they were. But maybe I just got lucky! Or maybe I am just used to narrow,
winding roads now, after some of the crazy trips we've done in the last few
years (<a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2018/05/transfagaras.html" target="_blank">Romania</a> in particular springs to mind!)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That being said, I was in complete
agreement with the internet about the views available on this drive. They are
breathtaking.</span></span></div>
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with a full tank of fuel and mountains to explore, with spectacular views being
revealed around each corner.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sometimes I forget that this isn't how the
whole world lives. I forget how lucky I am to have engineered a lifestyle that
means I am super accustomed to travelling regularly. But if you’re not careful,
going on lots of holidays could easily become routine or even mundane… That's
one reason why I love writing these blogs. It forces me to look at the world
with fresh eyes and with the sense of wonder that a traveller ought to have. I
also get to sit down and be grateful for everything that I have, and will
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm very grateful for Masca because this
town and surrounding area was simply stunning and is a must see when you're
exploring Tenerife in real life (or in VR!)</span></span></div>
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Masca, I recommend you drive to the western-most point of the island - Punta
Teno.</span></span></div>
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beautiful, unspoilt coastline - home to a variety of trees and birds. The route
to the lighthouse is closed on certain days so make sure you plan accordingly.
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Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-71823000809304339152019-05-20T14:46:00.002-03:002019-05-20T16:44:56.176-03:00Tenerife: Volcanoes and Teide National Park (1/8)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tenerife is the largest of the Canary
Islands, and I was lucky enough to visit in January and do a driving tour
around the island. What made me even luckier was that I did it alone, away from
the old “trouble and strife”.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You probably know by now how much I value
alone time and solo travelling. Of course, and it should go without saying, I
love travelling with my favourite travel buddy Katie, but there's something
extra freeing and tranquil about a solo trip.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love waking up and having only my own
needs and desires to think about. I can truly do what I feel like doing. It's
ultimate self-expression.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Note: I was staying at my uncle's apartment
and my parents were also visiting, so I wasn’t alone the whole time…</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, during this trip to Tenerife, I was
on a mission! A mission that my family, who wanted a relaxing holiday, were not
after.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'd had a fun, relaxing, family Christmas
and now wanted an island adventure with me and my car. I planned on pushing the
rental vehicle to its limits, while capturing 360 video of all the wonderful
sights I would be exploring.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I'm sure you know, we're
releasing weekly videos for virtual reality headsets, and we're tying these
blog posts in with our releases. For our readers this means you can get closer
than ever to our travels by using a headset (or watching on a phone/desktop) -
all from the comfort of your pyjamas.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgVEN0OU68c" target="_blank">first video</a> in this new series, and this corresponding blog post are about
volcanoes and Teide National Park, the premium sight on Tenerife.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are over 300 volcanoes on the island,
some of which have erupted in living memory, so there's a lot of cool things to
see in this national park. The highlight (and highest point) is Mount Teide itself, at
3718m high. Getting there involves a cable car, and you need a permit to reach
the very peak.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did NOT have the permit so had to weasel
my way in using an "alternative" rock climbing method to escape the
wrath of the guards. Nothing and no-one could stop this adventurous SOB.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the top, there was a distinct smell of
sulphur (and not from my packed lunch, which of course included boiled eggs!)
as well as a phenomenal panoramic view.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did a lot of walking and got out of
breath a few times, but didn't succumb to any altitude sickness like others
have in the past.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Down from the peak, you can find all types
of interesting terrain in the national park. The minerals from volcanic
eruptions have left the soil incredibly fertile and I saw forests, lush green
areas, and a host of hardened lava.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lava has two distinctive types: Pahoehoe
and Aa - these are Hawaiian names, as the majority of volcano research has been
done there. I learnt a lot about volcanoes at an amazing tourist spot called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.cuevadelviento.net/" target="_blank">Cueva del Viento</a></i> - the cave of the
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An amazing Dutch tour guide took us on a three-hour
adventure into caves that were formed by lava. These long tubes were created
during an eruption many years ago and now there is a cave complex that is over
21km long. It's a remarkable place to visit, made all the better by the well
trained staff and informative museum / waiting area.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And that's about it for today. Please <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgVEN0OU68c" target="_blank">watch, like, subscribe to our 360 video series</a> - available on YouTube and a
host of other places.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll leave you with the series trailer and
a load of other photos I took of my breath-taking first stop on Tenerife.
Ciao for now.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a></span></span></div>
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<br />Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08619035243935111053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-66718318518809439772019-05-14T08:11:00.001-03:002019-05-14T08:11:23.385-03:00Trujillo (Road Trip Day 7)<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Welcome to Trujillo! This town is very close to </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cáceres, which we told you about last week. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you're in the area, both towns can be seen in the same day and we highly recommend them, as does UNESCO.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Trujillo was the final stop on the
road trip we did in December, which we've been writing about for the last few weeks, and it was the
perfect way to end a fantastic holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Much like Cáceres, Trujillo's wealth historically came from the
conquistadors who first went to the Americas and brought back riches. The
main town square has a beautiful church and a statue of one of the
conquistadors on horseback. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With its rich history, walking around this town is like a
trip back in time. There are lots of old</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> churches, surrounded by old cobbled streets and views of
the surrounding fields and hills. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There's a lot to see and explore in the town and we really enjoyed our time there. If you'd like to explore it with us, check out <a href="https://youtu.be/3AGKqHaADAo">our 360 video</a> and join us as we wander the streets!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The main attraction in Trujillo is the castle, Alcazaba, which is situated at the highest point in the town. It was built by the Moors between the ninth
and twelfth century, and the striking structure is the first thing you see
when driving into the town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This Moorish stone fortress has eight towers and a horseshoe arch. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a beautiful castle and although we didn't pay to go inside, we really enjoyed wandering round the outside and taking in the views.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we've mentioned in previous posts, once again none of the Christmas lights were
turned on! Electricity is expensive in Spain, but why have them if you're not going to turn them on? By this point it was 9th December, so what were they waiting for?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lights or not, as the sun began to set at the end of another wonderful day
of exploring, we contemplated our time on the road with James and Emily. We had a fantastic time
visiting <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/04/the-beautiful-city-of-toledo-road-trip.html">Toledo</a>, <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/04/a-day-in-salamanca-road-trip-part-3.html">Salamanca</a> and <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/04/pit-stop-in-bejar-road-trip-part-4.html">Béjar</a>. The historical towns of <a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/05/caceres-road-trip-day-6.html">Cáceres</a> and
Trujillo exceeded our expectations. And of course, there was the craziness of
<a href="http://www.morningcalmblog.com/2019/04/los-escobazos-festival-road-trip-part-5.html">Los Escobazos</a>. This festival will stay with us for a long time, especially
since the smell of smoke won't wash out of our clothes!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You can watch our 360 videos about all of these places and more on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-F6WeEnsVAFZZ5iFsfN_6Q">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/morningcalmproductions">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://samsungvr.com/channel/6b083da6a90675e3db2a1721">SamsungVR</a>, <a href="https://www.littlstar.com/morning-calm">Littlstar</a> and <a href="https://veer.tv/vr/Morningcalm/home">VeeR</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And that brings us to the end of this trip. Thank you James and Emily for being brilliant travel companions, we had a wonderful time and we hope you did too!</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello again readers. In this blog we'd like to tell you about a lovely town called Cáceres, which we visited on the final day of this brilliant road
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">On our way to the town we stopped in a Monf</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>rag</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>ü</i></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>e </i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-style: italic;">National Park to check out a viewpoint, but unfortunately the immense amount of thick fog meant there was no view to be had! </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After climbing a bit of a hill and enjoying being inside a cloud, we forged on to Cáceres. This city is the capital of the province of the same name,
which shares a border with Portugal. It's a medieval walled city and has been
declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its blend of Roman, Moorish,
Northern Gothic and Italian Renaissance architecture.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If that sounds like your cup of tea, why not check out <a href="https://youtu.be/pJfoz0SwDEI">our 360 video</a>? You can see it all for yourself in VR (including the foggy viewpoint!) and tick another UNESCO site off your list.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>One of the first things we saw in the city was this slightly unnerving statue. It turns out it isn't actually a statue of a ku klux klan member, but a guy in a traditional hat called a capirote, which is worn in Spain and Italy during certain
Catholic festivals. It definitely looks a bit odd though.</i></span><br />
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square is full of old buildings and there was a lively atmosphere; we went just before
Christmas so there was a lot of festive cheer in the air and decorations in the
streets. Although, as we've mentioned before, none of the lights were actually switched on!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">We really liked all the old stone that had been used to build the ancient city. There's just
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>That's about it for </i></span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cáceres, apart from some photos and the <a href="https://youtu.be/pJfoz0SwDEI" target="_blank">360 video</a> of course.</i><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> Next
week, we'll tell you about to the neighbouring town of Trujillo, which we all agreed was even more beautiful than </i><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Cáceres! </i><br />
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-30517879089575765542019-04-29T05:57:00.001-03:002019-04-29T05:57:44.739-03:00Los Escobazos Festival (Road Trip Part 5)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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on the road! Actually, the road trip we’ve been writing about over the last few
weeks was built around the festival we'll be talking about in this post. It’s a
festival that takes place every December in Jarandilla de la Vera, a small,
unassuming village west of Madrid, with a population of just 3000.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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located in the mountains of the Extremadura region, and the area is apparently responsible
for producing 35% of the tobacco in Spain. There is a castle, monastery, a river,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a few shops, and it’s pretty much just your
average, quiet rural village…apart from when the festival is happening!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, Spain has some crazy
and unique festivals, like the world famous running with the bulls in Pamplona,
and our favourite Las Fallas festival in Valencia. But Los Escobazos Festival is
truly up there in our list of all things strange. This tiny town hosts a night
of madness that involves broomsticks, a heck of a lot of fire, and the kind of
disregard for health and safety that we, as Brits, just couldn’t handle!</span></i></div>
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experience the festival for yourself, than read this, you can! Just whack on
your VR headset and <a href="https://youtu.be/QH2Ok5ruTww">watch the 360 video</a> we made. Shout-out to James and Emily
for braving the flames and getting some excellent shots. Oh and a little
warning: filming was a lot harder and scarier than usual so the camera is a bit
shaky at times.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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festival. It’s rooted in tradition from centuries ago, when goatherds and
shepherds would come back from the sierra to celebrate a religious holiday.
They began their descent down the mountains at night and it was a complicated
and treacherous journey, so they made torches out of brooms and used them to
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finally arrived to the town, their relatives and neighbours were overjoyed by
their safe return, and demonstrated their excitement by playfully beating each
other with the burning brooms. </i><i>This celebration has
now become a tradition and each December (the day after James’ birthday!), parties
spring up in all the local taverns as they celebrate the only way they know how;
by drinking, singing, and marching through the streets....with fire, of course!</i></span></div>
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town, so when things started to liven up we could give the event our full
attention. As night descended, bonfires were built in a few tiny cobbled
streets, where people lit huge bundles of twigs known as the escobazos </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(see picture below)</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. They
then ran through the town playfully hitting anyone in sight on the legs and sometimes
in the groin! We managed to find a little hideaway on the main street, in the
doorway of a bar where few of the fire fighters dared to venture.</span></i></span></div>
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burns, many of them wearing boiler suits, making the whole place look like it
was full of escaped convicts! Em in particular was warned by the locals about her
loose hair and exposed face and one man lent her some protective coverings so
she could venture into the heart of the madness, somewhat protected.</span></i></div>
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continued for a couple of hours with us intermittently braving the streets to
feel the burn and experience the festival. People congregated in one particular plaza, which ended up looking like a scene from a news story about a riot! </span></i><br />
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whole experience was accompanied by one song on repeat - a haunting chant that drove
us a little mad over the course of the night. You can <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxSqaWhZ41c">listen to it on YouTube</a> if you want to get a better sense of the atmosphere.</span></i><br />
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died down, huge bonfires were set ablaze around the town and they lit up the
sky, filling the air with even more smoke and floating bits of ash, like
fire-flies in the sky. James got involved in the lighting of one of them,
chucking one of the huge bundles of sticks on the bonfire to set it ablaze.</span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before-shot of the bonfire James lit. He seemed a bit too comfortable around the fire for my liking...!</span></td></tr>
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phenomenal and unique festival, and the experience will stay with us for a long
time. Unfortunately, between the smoke, darkness and fearing for our lives, we
didn’t manage to get many decent photos. But here are a few, and I really
recommend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2Ok5ruTww" target="_blank">watching the video</a> of this one to get a better idea of what it was
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you about a beautiful old town just south of Jarandilla, and we definitely have
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-59288988206543238602019-04-22T07:41:00.000-03:002019-04-22T07:41:06.152-03:00Pit Stop in Béjar (Road Trip Part 4)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hola! Last week we
told you about our visit to Salamanca. Well, after a lovely day in the city we
stopped in a little town called B</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span>jar,
on the way back to our accommodation. This post is mostly about the photos, but
here’s a little history first…<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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including the Romans, Visigoths, and Moors. The town’s name is of pre-Roman
origin and is said to mean “place of the beehives”, though weirdly we didn’t see any bees
when we were there...<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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century Moorish walls and views of the nearby mountains and river, the historic
town is a nice place to spend an hour. While there are no must-see sights in B</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span>jar, it’s always nice to see small
towns like this, as you get a feel for what Spanish life is like away from the
hustle and bustle of tourists and busy cities. <o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">If you want to experience small-town life for yourself, check out our <a href="https://youtu.be/05qHp6-qi0s">360 video about </a></i></span><i><a href="https://youtu.be/05qHp6-qi0s">B</a></i><i><a href="https://youtu.be/05qHp6-qi0s"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">é</span>jar</a> and see it with your own eyes!</i></span></div>
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to tell you all about a crazy festival called Los Escobazos, which was the
inspiration for this whole road trip. It was probably the most mental thing I’ve ever experienced and while I’d say you have to see it to believe it, we’ll do our best to bring it to life in words for you, so stay
tuned!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312295180349687290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198711617770373597.post-6459408340001107602019-04-15T08:17:00.000-03:002019-04-15T08:17:06.717-03:00A Day in Salamanca (Road Trip Part 3)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Greetings, readers! Did you know that the city of Salamanca
is only 50 miles east of the Portuguese border? Keep reading for more fun
facts!</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Salamanca’s old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and we
(me, David, James and Emily) visited the city with high expectations…which were
thoroughly met! It’s day-trippable from Madrid and is well worth taking a day to
wander the streets and look at all the old buildings. In fact, when James and
Em were in Madrid earlier that month, Em had to really dissuade James from
visiting Salamanca, because she knew we were going as part of his surprise birthday
road trip!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>It's a city that oozes history and you can spend ages just marvelling at the
architecture. Like most big Spanish cities,
Salamanca can be quite busy and it can sometimes feel like you’re trapped in
these tourist hotspots, with little personal space. But other times, if you’re
lucky, you can find a phenomenal building and can be in relative isolation with
space to imagine and dream about past civilisations.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The history of the city reads like many in Spain, having
passed through the hands of the Romans, Visigoths and Moors. It played an
important role during the Nationalist reign of Franco and was the defacto
capital during the Spanish civil war in the 1930s.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The most important institution in Salamanca is the university.
It was founded in 1218 and is the oldest university in Spain. In fact, it’s the
third oldest (continuously operational) university in the world! First and
second prizes go to Bologna and Oxford, respectively. We enjoyed exploring one
of the old university buildings, which contained a lovely little chapel and
some freaky giant baby heads.</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>It’s definitely possible to see Salamanca in a day, or maybe
two if you’re going to go into every church, cathedral and museum. I wouldn’t
say it’s a must-see place, but if you’re in Madrid with a spare day, give it a
look. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Next week we’ll take you down the road less travelled, but
for now, enjoy these photos. OR if you have a VR headset, watch <a href="https://youtu.be/CMgtULWgSnc" target="_blank">our 360 experience</a> and get a feel for Salamanca in virtual reality! Please subscribe and we'll see you next time!</i></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Casa de las Conchas (House of the Shells) - built in around 1500 and currently home to a public library</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of the many university buildings dotted around the city. This one was home to those baby heads!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last time we told you about our time in Toledo. It was a great
start to the trip around central Spain with our lovely guests, Katie's brother
James and his girlfriend Emily. This time we’re sharing the highlights from our drives through the regions of Castilla-La Mancha and Extremadura, and a fascinating cave
complex that we visited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been listening to an audiobook version of Don Quixote
(in English) and really enjoying it. Between Valencia and Madrid is an area of
the country where the famous dreamer wandered with Sancho Panza and had the
infamous fight with the giants, aka windmills. Before we reached Toledo, we went
to a very cool spot called Alcázar de San Juan and saw some of the giants! It's
a beautiful part of the country and we absolutely loved the old fashioned
windmills and tributes to the wonderful Miguel Cervantes' book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There's just something special about exploring this area
that was so wonderfully described hundreds of years ago. It also makes me
thankful I have a car and am not travelling around on a donkey like Sancho
Panza, taking weeks to travel a few hundred miles. Seriously, how difficult
would it have been to have a travel blog and making virtual reality travel
experiences if we only had a donkey?! Luckily the rental car companies don’t
stock donkeys and everyone knows a rental car is the fastest car in the world…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After Toledo, we drove up into the mountains and saw a lot
of fog, and not much of the stunning views that lay beyond the fog, which would
become a bit of a theme in this trip. We had planned several routes so it was a
real shame that we didn't get to see what we were driving through. I guess
we'll have to go back at some point and capture the beauty of it all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What wasn’t hidden behind fog was a cave called Cuevas del Águila.
These caves are three million years old and lay undiscovered until 1963. The
cave complex is huge and we took a number of 360 shots to create <a href="https://youtu.be/m6RqA8V8t2Q" target="_blank">a virtual reality experience</a>, that captures the
majestic nature of the stalactites that seem to hang precariously from the
ceiling, and the stalagmites that rise powerfully from the ground. The colours
of these formations are amazing, ranging from off-white to oranges, browns,
green and there was even some purple! Apparently the differences in the colour
are due to different minerals in the water, but as the guide was speaking
Spanish, we didn’t pick up all the details.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can see, it was spectacular and we were blown away by
the beauty. It really was something special and a great sight that was well
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Interestingly the caves are consistently a cool 17 degrees,
which ensures stability of the structures throughout the year. It was pleasant
to experience this warmer temperature on a cold winter’s day, and I imagine it
would be a pleasant relief during the hot summer too!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One final curiosity we
saw while driving around the Extremadura region was the town of Losar de la
Vera. The main road running through this town was lined with dozens of shrubs
pruned into amusing shapes. It was very amusing to see and if you’re into that
kind of thing, this place would be your idea of Utopiary!<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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about our trip to Salamanca, a beautiful, old city north-west of Madrid. Ciao.</span><br />
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