Spain and Food

Well, sorry I haven't been able to update this since I have been here. I've been having computer problems, and it has made getting on here difficult. The computer at my house has a Belgian keyboard, which is unpleasant to type with. Anyway, back to food. Food here is fan-freakin'-tastic! I bought saffron for 2 Euro and truffles for 2 euro! 2 frakin' Euro. I haven't been out to eat much since I have been here, but I have had some wonderful things. The ham here is excellent and I have been just getting some bagette and throwing ham of that on with cheese and veggies and such. I made paella with some friends and some sangria. I will post recipes for those two things on here sometime tomorrow. Well, actually I'll just tell you how we made sangria now, paella later though.

Sangria

2 bottles red wine. Dry is good. Rioja is good for it. I can be cheap wine too, which is why Sangria is nice. Throw in 12 oz. of orange soda. Fanta works fine. 1/2 of a cup of brandy. 1/4 cup sugar. You can change up the fruit but we added 2 lemons, 1 orange, and 1 apple. There you go. It's something that can be altered and changed infinitely. If you find some good additions, please post them here.

Yesterday I had some Catalan ( the name of this region of Spain) food out in this town that makes tons of Cava (Spanish champagne)! We went to two vineyards (more on Cava sometime later) and to a nice little restaurant there. We had some kind of Catalan pasta with clams and scallops. You cover it in aoli and it rocks! Also we had a chicken that appeared to be roasted in a mixture of pineapple, garlic, mushrooms, and I'm not quite sure what else... You'll just have to take my word for it. Anyway, I'm about to explore Chinese food in Barcelona so I must go my loyal readers. I promise to bring you lots of pitcures and recipes as soon as I work out my technical difficulties (soon I hope...).

Adios!

-William