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I was hoping all the walking might shave a few pounds off my waistlinebut it sounds like the walking is essential just to maintain the status quo! Buen Camino Joost and Joostina
En route to our Sarria start point we had a very pleasant 2 nights in Madrid. There she discovered paella and sangriaand the tapas market!
Ha! Ha!
When you get home I can send you the names of companies with seed for pimientos and crocus bulbs for saffron. All flourishing in my Adelaide backyard and taking us back to the camino with each bite.
And then there's the wine merchants... we even did a course on Spanish wines at the adult education centre recently
I was hoping all the walking might shave a few pounds off my waistlinebut it sounds like the walking is essential just to maintain the status quo! Buen Camino Joost and Joostina
I can only assume, with the title of this thread, that your wife is not on the forum.
I was just thinking the same thing..... Let the woman enjoy her food in peace!I can only assume, with the title of this thread, that your wife is not on the forum.
My wife Pat is very much a rice addict, being from Thailand.............................what have I created? ..............................
This year I am joined by 'Joostina' !
Same here Robo.....you make me smileThanks Rob, that's my laugh out loud moment today.
Buen (tummy-filled) Camino to you both.
I am also a rice eater originally from the Philippines. My friend and I are walking from the 17th. My husband offered to get me a little rice cooker which I declined. I knew I can find paella in Spain. Happy eating and Buen Camino!Now some of you may recall I was planning on taking a Rice Cooker this year.
My wife Pat is very much a rice addict, being from Thailand. She was worried that she wouldn't enjoy the local food here in Spain. So I bought a tiny rice cooker to bring along for emergency doses of rice as required....
Thankfully the rice cooker got left behind. The emergency food supply being changed to a water heating coil, a lightweight cup and some packets of one minute Thai noodles.
En route to our Sarria start point we had a very pleasant 2 nights in Madrid. There she discovered paella and sangriaand the tapas market!
Then, prior to starting out from Sarria we had our planned 'warm up' walk up past the Cruz DE ferro. The previous night in El convento she discovered the pilgrim's menu that included lentil soup....and very tasty home made fries...
Last night in Sarria she 'feasted' on pulpo. ...peppers.....prawns. ....croquettes. .....
My pack is also loaded down with 'snacks' to eat along the way... churrizo ........ salami......
And I know at our accommodation tonight the pilgrim's menu will be really tasty and calorie packed.....
what have I created? On my Camino last year I felt like Joost 'eating his way' across Spain.
This year I am joined by 'Joostina' !
This must be music to @Robo 's ears as he was as sensitive to his wife Pat's needs as your husband also was. Hopefully you will enjoy much more than the paella, just like Pat!I am also a rice eater originally from the Philippines. My friend and I are walking from the 17th. My husband offered to get me a little rice cooker which I declined. I knew I can find paella in Spain. Happy eating and Buen Camino!
I knew I can find paella in Spain.
Ha! Ha!
When you get home I can send you the names of companies with seed for pimientos and crocus bulbs for saffron. All flourishing in my Adelaide backyard and taking us back to the camino with each bite.
And then there's the wine merchants... we even did a course on Spanish wines at the adult education centre recently[/QUOT
May we have the link for the pimentos please?
Regards,
Pearl and Randy Menk
How many miles a day are you walking?If you're doing 30+ days you will most certainly lose weight, it was rare I met anyone who didn't lose weight on Camino.
One gent from Seattle I walked with lost 35 lbs in 30 days, I lost 15 ... and we were not holding back on eating, we were eating everything we could.
How many miles a day are you walking?
Robo, if you ever end up on the Portugues, you will need to keep your wife away from the Padron Market. Trust me on this.
I'am Dutch but it's Chinees and it's stays Chinees.It's a bit double Dutch/Chinese to me ...
Do we both need a hiking umbrella? I would have loved one to keep the sun off....
Did you check to see if you can find frozen rice & just boil the bag? Or if lucky a microwave at the alburgue? Seems there are nice sized towns after Sarria.OK the Rice Cooker is back on the agenda! All 880 gms.
If I leave out the electric coil and cup, The net additional weight is 500 gms. Very tempting. Though it takes my pack to 8.7 kg and Pat's is still at 3.4 kg. (she's very small)
Given that Pat doesn't really eat bread, it would be great for her to have some rice for breakfast and a bag to carry with her on the walk. Yes....a bag of Rice will make her a happy Teddy....
So I'm on the search for an even lighter cooker
And checking my packing list to see what I could drop.
Do we both need a hiking umbrella? I would have loved one to keep the sun off....
Does anyone by chance read Mandarin?
The Cooker instructions are in Chinese...
At least I think it's Mandarin rather than Cantonese....
It's a bit double Dutch/Chinese to me .......
Time will tell, how far the Rice Cooker gets before being dumped
I never thought about it until now, be like those that don't carry their pack send your pots ahead
No need for your Dad to take a travel kettle with him. There are those on the forum who swear by the electric coil. And it's much smaller. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...ric-coil-changed-my-life-on-the-camino.19167/I thought my Dad was bad enough bringing the travel kettle with him when we go tomorrow. Wait until I tell him about the lady and her Rice pot
Interesting that you should ask this. A friend who used to live in Hong Kong told me that although Cantonese and Mandarin are very different languages, they are both written exactly the same.Does anyone by chance read Mandarin?
The Cooker instructions are in Chinese...
At least I think it's Mandarin rather than Cantonese....
It's a bit double Dutch/Chinese to me .......
If I had bad paella I never noticed as it was a treat to get it. My next trip I am going to try to avoid the pilgrim meals & learn enough Spanish to know what food is on the menu. Crazy to travel that far & accept whatever was put in front of me, sometimes a person takes that personal journey a bit too far.Yes but be careful with tourist traps. Paella is typical from Valencia. Being a well-known dish out of Spain, it's offered at many tourist towns and cities but, outside of Valencia and the Autonomous Community of Valencia, many times it's a low quality paella or something they present as a paella but wouldn't be considered a paella by a Valencian. I would suggest to avoid eating a paella at any site that shows a picture of it and/or at any site with the paellador logo (pre-cooked paellas). And don't think you'll find paella everywhere out of the Autonomous Community of Valencia and popular turist areas. Some albergues along the French way make paella sometimes even though it isn't typical of that area of Spain. If you have that chance (to eat a home made paella at an albergue), it would be a better alternative than to look for a restaurant along the French Way making it that most likely will be aimed mostly for tourists.
There are tons of rice dishes in Spain (other than paella) so depending on the route you are walking you may find local specialties like, for example, the arroz a la zamorana (Zamora style rice) in Zamora, on the Vía de la Plata.
P.S.: Even in Valencia and the Autonomous community of Valencia there are tourist traps serving bad or low quality paella so it's always a good idea to ask locally where can you eat a good one.
Wouldn't rice cakes for breakfast work for her also? Buen Camino, SY
I understand your point. However, I'll put in a word of defense for those non-paellas. Sometimes I ate and enjoyed those meals immensely, even if they were not "authentic."I would suggest to avoid eating a paella at any site that shows a picture of it and/or at any site with the paellador logo (pre-cooked paellas).
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