Friday, March 14, 2008

let them eat....15 feet of pure white snow





Actually more like 15 cm of thick brown slush. 



Am away in the Pyrenees on a skiing holiday but there aint no snow. The above recipe made me think of something related to this. Below is a list of the food on offer every breakfast time at our hotel (HG La Molina - unbelievably good value for money and bang on pistes). The buffet goes from left to right and is about 16 metres long:



Fruit bowl with apples, bananas, tangerines, kiwis
Peeled and sliced fruit (prepared the night before)
Ricotta
Cubed manchego served in cut out manchego (get him) in olive oil and dried herbs like oregano or that stuff they put on pizzas 
Straight semi cured manchego
Spanish tortilla
Country pate*
Chorizo*
Fuet*
3 types of offal inside intestine*
Serrano ham*
English style ham (quaintly named Jamon York)
Sliced block cheese - edam?
8 types of bread (all half baked or not great)
A toaster
Grated tomato*
Olive oil*
Tomatoes*
Garlic*
A sign offering cooked breakfast a la Eengleesh Peeg
Ensaimadas - pastry
Croissants
Napolitanas (pain au chocolat but not so nice)
Mini ensaimadas
Mini croissants
Mini napolitanas
Cornflakes
Special (yeah right) K
Cocopops
A massive bowl of Nutella
Yoghurt
Hot water
Coffee 
Hot milk
Hot Chocolate
Tea bags



* For Breakfast? You gotta love da spics

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