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I'll always prefer hare.
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I'll always prefer hare.Rabbit stew can be an absolute highlight along the Camino
I never leave home without it!I will betray my origin, but I always carry a tube of that wonderful elixir, Vegemite. Better applied on top of butter (or margarine) but still a wonderful improvement over bare bread!
I did... and that is where some of my messes occurred! I recall having at least one banana and 2 plums getting pulverized somehow - probably when I either dropped my pack - or used it as a backrest and forgot the fruit was there! And I was REALLY looking forward to my plums!I like to put fruit outside in the little side pocket/mesh things.
Omg…like the Japanese restaurant I went to in Santiago (which shall remain nameless). Just a sad attemptI went to a Mexican restaurant in Spain (in Santiago) once and ordered tacos. I can tell you that once was enough!
As a confirmed mayo-phobe, this entire discussion is making me
I rarely ever eat bocadillos in Spain - they are definitely a last resort food for me, but the next time I do I will ask for aceite de oliva.
empty tennis ball container maybe?I did... and that is where some of my messes occurred! I recall having at least one banana and 2 plums getting pulverized somehow - probably when I either dropped my pack - or used it as a backrest and forgot the fruit was there! And I was REALLY looking forward to my plums!
Only available 10% of the time?isn’t mayonnaise a Spanish invention, from Mahon Minorca (although it is virtually a British province).So over the years the food has gotten better. I remember asking for ketchup and being served tomato soup.
Nowadays ketchup is readily available for your fries, those come with every meal btw.
Now if you walk into a random bar for lunch, and order a bocadillo (sandwich) it’s gonna be dry. I always order “tomate” to help out the wonderful bread. Typical order is “jamon con tomate y queso”.
So then I ask if they have mayonnaise. They do like 10% of the time.
I’ve learned to hoard mayo in the little packets.
If you like dry sandwiches pay no attention. If otherwise, bring or collect little mayo packets.
whooops !! Thanks, corrected.olive oil (it's "aceite." If you ask for "olio" you might get margarine!)
Apart from one or two types of sandwiches, then as to mayonnaise I would certainly prefer to make my own, certainly for any purpose of feeding others !!As a confirmed mayo-phobe, this entire discussion is making me
Apart from one or two types of sandwiches, then as to mayonnaise I would certainly prefer to make my own, certainly for any purpose of feeding others !!
The real stuff is very different to the factory-made ... Difficulty with it on a Camino would be the eggs, must be absolutely fresh and never refrigerated, freshly laid is ideal, but the Spanish olive oil is great for it.
Mine would have been a pan bagnat, which would have been on the 2005, because despite keeping my eye out on the current one and actually walking all the way through Nice, I didn't come across anywhere making a decent one in 2019. Oh well, maybe on the Way back ?The best sandwich that I've had on the Camino was at Albergue Lamas when I was passing through Pradela on the mountain alternative out of Villafranca del Bierzo.
Nobody really knows. The recipe for the sauce is older than its name.Only available 10% of the time? isn’t mayonnaise a Spanish invention, from Mahon Minorca (although it is virtually a British province).
The only real necessaries are the oil and eggs, all else is to taste and one's own personal version of the recipe. Especially if both your oil and eggs are absolute top quality, as was our local luck back in the 1990s & 2000s.Don't forget good quailty Dijon mustard and some kemonjuice!
Nobody really knows. The recipe for the sauce is older than its name.
The only real necessaries are the oil and eggs, all else is to taste and one's own personal version of the recipe. Especially if both your oil and eggs are absolute top quality, as was our local luck back in the 1990s & 2000s.
I liked to make mine with just a tiny sliver of el cheapo Amora mustard (more appropriate for this or vinaigrette -- or hot dogs !! -- than the better quality stuff, best reserved for other uses), and a drop of white wine rather than lemon juice or vinegar. A little salt or not, depending how it turned out and what it was for.
Amora makes several varieties -- but yeah, the basic & cheapest one is their moutarde de Dijon. Never found any compelling reason to get anything else, it's quite decent. Though some particular dishes are actually better with a higher quality condiment.Ha.I always use the Amora ( sold here as Dijon btw).
Amora makes several varieties -- but yeah, the basic & cheapest one is their moutarde de Dijon. Never found any compelling reason to get anything else, it's quite decent. Though some particular dishes are actually better with a higher quality condiment.
And how did that work out for you ? Did you enjoy the Rioja so much you forget to eat the manchego? Does this method also work for imaginary food .. you know the food you imagined you would eat over the last 5 km into town only to find the kitchens closed? I’m off to find some mustard…I have carried a little jar of roasted piquillo peppers for this very reason. They’re almost universally available and the brine/oil mix they’re in will soften a bocadillo of hard bread and three-day-old manchego, and add some flavor to the whole thing.
I’ve also carried rioja to help me through this darkness.
All the best,
Paul
"When in Rome"So over the years the food has gotten better. I remember asking for ketchup and being served tomato soup.
Nowadays ketchup is readily available for your fries, those come with every meal btw.
Now if you walk into a random bar for lunch, and order a bocadillo (sandwich) it’s gonna be dry. I always order “tomate” to help out the wonderful bread. Typical order is “jamon con tomate y queso”.n
So then I ask if they have mayonnaise. They do like 10% of the time.
I’ve learned to hoard mayo in the little packets.
If you like dry sandwiches pay no attention. If otherwise, bring or collect little mayo packets.
I know this is off-topic (maybe we need a mustard thread to complement the mayonnaise threadWhen I wrote my original post about mustard for cramps (post #3) I tried to find an article I had read by or about the doctors mentioned below but I couldn't find it. I still can't but I've gotten one worth quoting and linking to.
When Peg was cured so fast I was skeptical thinking about how long it would take for digestion to work. The theory of how things work so fast at relieving cramps (unproven as far as I know) is quickly given.
Is there hope for leg cramp sufferers? - Harvard Health
Quinine, the best-established therapy for leg cramps, can have serious side effects. Evidence is weaker for leg stretches, vitamin B complex, and diltiazem (Cardizem, Dilacor XR)....www.health.harvard.edu
I love dijon mustard, but none of the other varieties. I do not get leg cramps, but for a less calorie snack, I often dip a few pretzel twists in it as it "cuts the mustard"I do like dijon mustard, but not in such concentrated quantities.
I have been making my own bread throughout the pandemic.Usually we buy a loaf of bread at the pandemic
Haha. No worries. It’s supposed to be a little true/funny. I am frankly surprised I haven’t seen more responses like your own.Please, OP, forgive me. Seriously. The title of your thread makes me gasp in disbelief. Have you not read all the recommendations NOT to pack your fears? If you need mayonnaise, please stay at home. I am serious, but also incredulously amused, so I beg you, do not take offence. I have not read your opening post, or any responses, so am ready to duck when all the rotten tomatoes get aimed at me...
Hate that auto fill feature that changes your meaning!I have been making my own bread throughout the pandemic.
Or have a wedge of Spanish Tortilla (egg, not Mexican)Just take a little bottle of olive oil.
What I call real garlic bread, delishthe best habit , Spanish do and I know as I worked for some time in Spain is ask for some toasted bread in a restaurant, ask for a piece of garlic, some olive oil and some sea salt.
rub the toast in with the garlic, Spread som salt in a some oil amd dip your toast in the salty oil. Delicious.
We (Anglo-Irish) used to bring croissants from Sansbury's (UK supermarket chain) for the first breakfast at our holiday home as the ones from the local bakery were just dire.What are you likeReminds me of friends of mine (British) bringing their own potatoes to France, cos the local ones weren’t quite right
Thanks for that post, made my day
We were given a large bag of fresh figs as a regalo when we bought picnic food on leaving Puente la Reina one year. I hung them from my pack strap where they swung happily until we stopped for lunch by which time they had been battered to mush.I at ridiculous amounts of potato chips, drank lots of Limon Aquarius, and huevos on my last Camino. At home - I do get some salty chip cravings, but nowhere near as bad. I never drink anything with sugar in it. And I normally get sick of eggs if I have them more than once a week. But those potato chips, limon aquarius, and huevos surely helped me survive the Camino.
This time I need to bring some sort of lightweight container to store more fresh fruit in. I accidentally crushed fresh fruit a couple times in my bag and ended up with a sticky mess.
I live in a small town on the Camino and one thing I miss more than anything,foodwise, is Coleman's mustard and maybe ginger biscuits.....lol.Tube of Coleman’s English mustard. Renders pretty much anything edible.
I have yet to personally try this but a nurse friend told us that at her hospital they routinely give yellow mustard when a patient has leg cramps, especially for their overnight patients.And don't forget the packets of yellow mustard (the stuff with tumeric). Currently there is only anecdotal evidence but people swear that sucking some out of the packet will ease leg cramps in minutes. Peg was complaining about cramps and a passing hiker gave her two packets. Really, she was better in minutes.
If you don't believe it carry some anyway. I also hear it can be used as a condiment.
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