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"A New Light Will Illuminate Zion"!

scruffy1

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Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)
Part of a blessing in our Jewish prayerbook but not on what I wish to dwell. Went to the supermarket today and there, on the shelf, with the greengrocer sat a little box. One which struck a resonant chord from deep within. Something I had never seen in Jerusalem truly: אור חדש על ציון תאיר!
1566397355458.png For those poor souls for whom the Hebrew language remains unfathomable - a quick translation. The small letters on brown read "Tekoa Farm" the larger ones on orange read ***Padrón Peppers ***! True, they were probably grown in a hothouse in the mountains of Jerusalem, on the Judean desert a hot and arid place and not in rainy cool Galicia but very exciting none the less. Their taste? Not yet dinnertime - Watch This Space!
 
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"Pimientos de Padrón. Unos pican, outros non" Pimientos de Padrón. Some are spicy, some not.
Very important to test his authenticity! :)
Very important to hope that I get one of those hot ones!
 
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Just finished dinner, 2320, we eat Spanish style. The "Pimientos de Padrón. were authentic and delicious! Sadly, all gone!!!
 

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