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Are you being serious? Honestly? EDITED BY MODERATOR
Do you assume that everyone who travels only does for the food?
There is more to life and travel than what you shovel into your mouth!
oh great tip,i will be trying that out.I find mine work best when I pre-cook and dry mash the potatoes, then stir the cool/cold mash into the egg mix. Cheating maybe but it looks good and tastes right! A post walk lunch here at home
Ok, I went a bit far with my "why" questions... You're right, of course most people don't travel just for food. I don't either, and so don't assume everyone does. And you're even more right, there is more to life and travel than just eating.
But the OP and my post were about the same specific topic: food when traveling. I answered this topic "im-very-ho" (meaning anyone can respectfully disagree) and yes, I'm honestly serious (a light kind of "serious": life shouldn't be taken so seriously!)
So, I'm puzzled about how one can chose to travel long journeys and state than going local is ok for a weekend or a week but not for more. I'm also puzzled about how one can travel a long journey and not "go local".
Food isn't everything, but we do eat several times a day and so it's a big practical part of any travel. In a deeper (personal) perspective, traveling is to immerse oneself in a country's way of life... food included. It's just part of it: a pork-addict will have an hard time in Arabic countries, a vegan in nearly every country. Different eating habits are something to accept when traveling. This plus the personal view in which I also consider self-cooked meals as "local", because one has to buy local stuffs to make them and because they always somehow have a taste of the place you're eating it from. Family dinners, groceries stores and markets are such a specific reflection of a country's eating habits! And there is so much more to eating habits than just food!
I don't mean to say everything is good, attractive or that one has to try everything and eat traditional menus all the time. There are things I wouldn't want to try, other I just can't eat without getting sick ; I've been tired of national traditional menus and I've missed my own national specialties. Eating when traveling can be a need difficult to deal with... But I've always found enough diversity to eat well and be happy.
But again, I'm puzzled about the statement that Spanish food isn't diverse enough. Apart from the Menu del peregrino, there are large and diverse possible choices to pick from... and they're usually tastier!
On a lighter tone, I'm also puzzled about going to Burger King when saying there are too much drowned-in-oil food...
I found it much more cost effective to get the pilgrims menu - especially with the included beverage.I got tired of pilgrim menus early on.. not only were they boring, they were expensive! Better to order ala carte specials of the house, soup, stew, or fill up on tapas/pinxtos. And sometimes hang around the albergue kitchen and get in on the international left-overs.
did i mention the pulpo.and did I mention the pulpo...
Thanks! I actually read this very recipe a week or so ago...I live next door to my sister and her husband, and cook meals for us twice a week...I told them I wanted to make this...they said they would order pizza
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