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, 01 Dec 2008 18:44:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 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-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/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/#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-2733 frank bravo Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:25:11 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/#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-797 Marta Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:23:16 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/#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-680 Anne Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:10:32 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/#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-206 Jonathan Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:16:35 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/#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-205 Zenchef Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:53:39 +0000 http://www.weareneverfull.com/unusual-tapas-we-ate-or-madrileno-specialities/#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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