Well, now I know at least one person reads this (hi, love you tons, see you in Madrid ((guess who?) ((((definitely not Joel))) so I guess I should keep posting. No, actually, I'm slowly working on a long entry about my adventures last weekend, and I don't want to summarize anything.
For now, I’ve essentially captured my daily routine (class, beach, argue with hobos) so I can focus blog entries on slightly more interesting stuff. Of course, I have to start with food. They feed us during the week at the residencia, so I don’t buy a lot of food, but here goes: my favorite food-related finds.
First, things whose price makes me very happy:
1. Jamon Serrano/Iberico, aka prosciutto. Unlike in the states, prices by weight are comparable to any other deli-sliced sandwich meat. Score.
2. Said prosciutto wrapped around fresh mozzarella.
3. Olives.
4. Delicious fresh fruit at markets. Best peaches I’ve ever had.
5. 2-liter cartons of real fruit juice in boxes with no added sugar.
Other awesome eats and drinks:
1. Los Cien Montaditos, a sandwich place on the corner of our block that has huge 1 euro beers and 1 euro mini-sandwiches--100 combinations, as the name suggests, ranging from cream cheese+shrimp+eel to hot dog to taco.
2. Gummy stores on every block. They’re like the Starbucks of this city.
3. Mojito sorbet at the supposed best heladeria in Cadiz.
6. A real strawberry mojito! Legal drinking for the win.
7. Una clara (or radler, or shandy): beer mixed with lemonade.
8. Sangria, but duh.
(Does this list make my ass look fat?)
As for food I miss, there’s really only one: spice. No spice for the Spanish. Fortunately, I was aware of the situation and brought along a small bottle of Dave’s, a hot sauce made with capsaicin extract, potent enough for a single drop to spice up an entire bowl of food. EDIT: Since the time of writing, I foolishly left said hot sauce on the windowsill. It transitioned from tasty condiment to incubator, and now I truly lack capsaicin :(
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