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1- Go to Google
2- Type in the word “Failure”
3- Instead of clicking “Google Search,” click “I’m Feeling Lucky.”
4- Spread the word before the people at Google “fix” it.
El Mundo have switched to Google maps for their street finder service, which, in hybrid mode, maps steet names onto sattelite photos of Spanish cities and towns. Little red arrows even tell you the direction of traffic! So, for ten points, which town have I zoomed in on above? Image © Google.
Ingredients (6 people)
1 litre of milk (full fat)
100 gr sugar
100 gr icing sugar
1 cinnamon stick (about 6 cm / 2.5 inches long)
Peel of 1 lemon
4 egg whites
Cinnamon powder
A few drops of lemon juice
A very small pinch of salt
Preparation
Pour the milk into a saucepan together with the cinnamon stick, lemon peel and normal sugar. Turn the hob on and let it simmer for 5 minutes while you stir it with a wodden spoon to disolve the sugar. Then pour it in a bowl and let it cool down.
When the milk is at room temperature remove the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick and place the bowl in the freezer until the mixture is very cold but not frozen.
Now place the egg whites in a bowl with a few drops of lemon juice and a very small pinch of salt (both of the last ingredients help the egg whites to rise), then mix them until they are snowy (punto de nieve). Then add the icing sugar little by little while continuing to mix.
Take out the mixture from the freezer and add the merangue little by little, gently folding it into the milk to get the appropriate consitency. Now keep it in the fridge, and put it in the freezer 15 to 20 minutes before serving to improve the consistency even further. If you keep it in the freezer until it freezes, then you will need to put it through the blender before serving.
Serve it in tall cocktail glasses with plenty of cinnamon powder sprinkled on top.
Note that if you have an ice cream machine you can also use this recipie to make Leche Merengada ice cream.
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Before Christmas I reported on a hotel that had been mistakenly built on the Cabo de Gata coast in the province of Almeria. The developers had been erroneously granted permission to build on protected land.
Good news today as its imminent destruction has been confirmed by Manuel Chaves, President of the region of Andalusia (El Mundo article here). It cost the region 2.3 million euros to pay off the owners, but reports confirm that the deal is done and the beach shall soon be returned to its original form.
This is fantastic news for the coast of Spain, and in particular the Cabo de Gata national park, one of the few remaining stretches of Spanish coast not plagued by mass-tourism and concrete monstrosities.
Thanks to lumpsuckerpig for the heads-up on this in the forums.
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The Culinary Podcast Network
We are delighted that Cuisine from Spain has been accepted into the Culinary Podcast Network. If you come here for the food, then do subscribe to their feed, and you’ll automatically receive some of the best cooking shows on the net.
If the Culinary Podcast Network has led you here for the first time, then Welcome! Why not check out past episodes of Cuisine from Spain, or see what’s going on in the forums?
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Marina on Madrid
Marina tells all (favourite walks, restaurants, nights out in the capital etc) over at Mad about Madrid.
Check out Marina’s strawberry recipes on the forum!
Summer is coming and every self-respecting Spaniard will be sharpening their siesta skills to get through the long hot days ahead. Here is a quick outline of a method practiced by millions all over Spain every weekend:
1. Enjoy a large, long, and probably loud lunch with the family.
2. Declare to the table, whilst stifling a yawn, that you intend to go and lie down for a while – Creo que me voy a echar un rato…
3. Lie on the sofa in front of the TV and select a badly dubbed nature documentary about life on the African plains. Substitute nature doc. with bad made-for-TV movie as necessary.
4. Wait…. wait…. wait…. you’re gone.
Easy, isn’t it? The real trick is to know how long to stay out for:
20 minutes – this is the power siesta, the professionals’ model. You will wake up feeling 5 years younger and be able to work like crazy for the rest of the afternoon. This is the method I apply in the working week from June ’til September.
45 minutes – the rejuvinator, ideal before a late night out, but not without it’s problems. The 45 minute siesta can leave you feeling heavy and slightly disorientated for up to an hour afterwards.
90+ minutes – where am I? What day is it again? The after-effects of 90+ miuntes out cold on a baking afternoon are often worrying to say the least: bafflement and confusion are common – you will need to be alone for a while to get back on terms with the world again. A long shower helps. But you have just done your body the favour of the month, and you will feel more in tune with the universe (once you remember which planet you’re on!)
Do you siesta? Any tips to share with the NFS crowd?
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Travel blog round up
This site is a member of the travel blog network at Blogads. Check out some of this week’s headlines from other travel blogs in the network, including our newest member, the Escape Blog:
Ads on your next flight? (Jet Set Lara)
The Cost of Being Poor: Costa Rica vs. the USA (Travel Blogs)
The Mistaken Massage (TravelBlogger.net)
Episode 40 – Berlin, Germany (Amateur Traveler Podcast)
Johnny Rotten podcasts for Met Museum (NewYorkology)
College Town Getaways: Penn Prez’ Philly Faves (Womantraveler)
Notes from Spain by Ben Curtis 