Comments on: Unusual Tapas We Ate, Or Madrileno Specialities http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/ Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:24:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The REAL Cocido | We Are Never Full http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-104422 The REAL Cocido | We Are Never Full Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:24:37 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-104422 [...] Unusual Tapas We Ate in Madrid [...] [...] Unusual Tapas We Ate in Madrid [...]

]]> By: Monica http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-53290 Monica Fri, 20 May 2011 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-53290 About the baby eels I can asure you, you have not eaten the real thing. Gulas is how we call the surimi stuff (5 euros a package of 200 grams) but angulas is an expensive thing to eat nowadays (1.000€/kg). We ate angulas on my childhood every sunday, there were quite inexpensive but everyone did, this is why we just had to invent some copy in order to remember how they tasted, but the angulas had a bite, while this is more like pureé. This last Christmas 2010, the price of angulas dropped down because of the financial situation, but still were 600€/kg, too bad you/we don't have a time machine. About the baby eels I can asure you, you have not eaten the real thing. Gulas is how we call the surimi stuff (5 euros a package of 200 grams) but angulas is an expensive thing to eat nowadays (1.000€/kg). We ate angulas on my childhood every sunday, there were quite inexpensive but everyone did, this is why we just had to invent some copy in order to remember how they tasted, but the angulas had a bite, while this is more like pureé. This last Christmas 2010, the price of angulas dropped down because of the financial situation, but still were 600€/kg, too bad you/we don’t have a time machine.

]]> By: admin http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-27161 admin Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:11:38 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-27161 Hi, Lynlee. Thanks so much for finding this older post of ours. After watching another Pedro Almodovar movie last night we were really reminiscent of this Madrid trip. I agree w/ you - there's something about eating food that's cooked from scratch that will never make you feel as heavy as you would otherwise. We actually made crispy pigs ears a la plancha but never put them on our blog. you must boil them first w/ some herbs for a long time and then you can just throw them on the flat-top grill and crisp away. Fergus Henderson also has a great recipe that is not a la plancha - he actually fries them. We've made those too. Very good. to be honest, though, nothing tastes as good as when you're there, in Madrid with a glass of vermut in hand. Man, am I depressed I'm not there now... Hi, Lynlee. Thanks so much for finding this older post of ours. After watching another Pedro Almodovar movie last night we were really reminiscent of this Madrid trip. I agree w/ you – there’s something about eating food that’s cooked from scratch that will never make you feel as heavy as you would otherwise. We actually made crispy pigs ears a la plancha but never put them on our blog. you must boil them first w/ some herbs for a long time and then you can just throw them on the flat-top grill and crisp away. Fergus Henderson also has a great recipe that is not a la plancha – he actually fries them. We’ve made those too. Very good.

to be honest, though, nothing tastes as good as when you’re there, in Madrid with a glass of vermut in hand. Man, am I depressed I’m not there now…

]]> By: lynlee http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-27160 lynlee Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:58:17 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-27160 I loved this. Found this site after looking for a pig ear recipe. I loved the tapas in Madrid, and ate many of the above, and many more. Loved the tripe! Fatty? Maybe, but I do not eat bread /sweets, so I was able to eat all these treats and gallons of wine, and I actually came home lighter. I have no clue how. Maybe the walking or the clean food. I had the best pig ear at a place in the La Latina neighborhood. The place had pig ear in the name and "jaime" too. He was the owner and chef. Besides that the fresh grilled sardines and sweatbreads were killer. Madrid is an amazing "eats" city. I loved this. Found this site after looking for a pig ear recipe. I loved the tapas in Madrid, and ate many of the above, and many more. Loved the tripe! Fatty? Maybe, but I do not eat bread /sweets, so I was able to eat all these treats and gallons of wine, and I actually came home lighter. I have no clue how. Maybe the walking or the clean food. I had the best pig ear at a place in the La Latina neighborhood. The place had pig ear in the name and “jaime” too. He was the owner and chef. Besides that the fresh grilled sardines and sweatbreads were killer. Madrid is an amazing “eats” city.

]]> By: Gambas al Ajillo - Famous for all the Right Reasons | We Are Never Full http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-4737 Gambas al Ajillo - Famous for all the Right Reasons | We Are Never Full Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:09:20 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-4737 [...] Unusual Tapas We Ate, or Madrileno Specialties [...] [...] Unusual Tapas We Ate, or Madrileno Specialties [...]

]]> By: frank bravo http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-2733 frank bravo Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:25:11 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-2733 Hi, I think, most baby eels served nowadays in Spain, France or elsewhere are just imitations made from surimi. For Euro 1,50 you won't get the Real McCoy. Similar to the "baby" salmons, turbots and the like which were fashionable in the decadent 80ies, real anguilas almost completely disappeared from the market due to a policy of sustainable fish choice. Btw: I would love to try soft shell crabs, but unfortunately they're not available in Europe. So feel envied by a german seafood lover from Frankfurt. Hi,

I think, most baby eels served nowadays in Spain, France or elsewhere are just imitations made from surimi. For Euro 1,50 you won’t get the Real McCoy. Similar to the “baby” salmons, turbots and the like which were fashionable in the decadent 80ies, real anguilas almost completely disappeared from the market due to a policy of sustainable fish choice.

Btw: I would love to try soft shell crabs, but unfortunately they’re not available in Europe. So feel envied by a german seafood lover from Frankfurt.

]]> By: Marta http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Marta Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:23:16 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-797 So you ate oreja? :) I love it, although I never ate it that way, but in the Galician one: boiled with hot paprika and olive oil (condiment like "pulpo á feira" but without the sea salt)... There a very famous bar in Santiago de Compostela: http://santiagodecompostela.vivelaciudad.es/2006/10/24-bar-orella which a woman from lonely planet visited, and made a face, a quite bad thing to include in a program like that for my liking: if you're visiting new places and going to try new food, do ask before ordering if you have prejudices... http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=bQuJYyH9yTs A ración of oreja would be too much for two indeed, and she asked one for herself!!.... I'll ask for one ración when we're like 4-5 people... :) I love angulas too (baby eels) a true Basque speciality! What to say about callos?!? Yummy in winter time!! Cow's belly's essential to give to the callos dish its flavour; if someone don't like them, then don't eat them, but put them to have the real flavour of the dish...people love this dish even disliking the tripa :) So you ate oreja? :) I love it, although I never ate it that way, but in the Galician one: boiled with hot paprika and olive oil (condiment like “pulpo á feira” but without the sea salt)…

There a very famous bar in Santiago de Compostela:
http://santiagodecompostela.vivelaciudad.es/2006/10/24-bar-orella

which a woman from lonely planet visited, and made a face, a quite bad thing to include in a program like that for my liking: if you’re visiting new places and going to try new food, do ask before ordering if you have prejudices…

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=bQuJYyH9yTs

A ración of oreja would be too much for two indeed, and she asked one for herself!!…. I’ll ask for one ración when we’re like 4-5 people… :)

I love angulas too (baby eels) a true Basque speciality!

What to say about callos?!? Yummy in winter time!! Cow’s belly’s essential to give to the callos dish its flavour; if someone don’t like them, then don’t eat them, but put them to have the real flavour of the dish…people love this dish even disliking the tripa :)

]]> By: Anne http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Anne Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:10:32 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-680 Oh god, you are way more adventurous than me, for sure. :) Oh god, you are way more adventurous than me, for sure. :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Jonathan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:16:35 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-206 Ahh, Zenchef! A man/woman after our own hearts!! Thanks so much for your comment. They seriously ARE like the best things on earth! Amy Ahh, Zenchef! A man/woman after our own hearts!! Thanks so much for your comment. They seriously ARE like the best things on earth! Amy

]]> By: Zenchef http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Zenchef Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:53:39 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/?p=101#comment-205 Oh my god!!! Baby eels...that's gotta be the best thing on earth. I haven't had any in years!!! Oh my god!!!
Baby eels…that’s gotta be the best thing on earth.
I haven’t had any in years!!!

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