Walnut Hulls For Dogs

LAS COLLEJAS Y OTRAS HAMBRES

P aralelamente the famous festival of San Cecilio, in the Sacromonte, there was another party without both ringo-range, to be held in the shrine of the saint, in the Callejon de San Cecilio, next to the Placeta Mine. Here, more consistent the social level, the main consumer, by pilgrims, was that of cañaduz, for which set up kiosks around the Chapel.

She says Jose Maria Caparros their "Memoirs of a schoolboy of Sacromonte" (Granada 1917), that "the youth of Albayzín are the most anxious of sucking the cañaduz" . The cane sweetened the palate entertained hunger and served for a thousand games: the fat bitches, copper, throwing from a distance to nail in the stem, making tables, consisting of throwing a piece of cane in the air and split in two with a large knife, that of the brawl, so popular before ... To famines, then ...!

sweet cane brought the famous carriers in the neighborhood while returning from the harvest of Motril with fat asses and lustrous, which also passed the poor yours.

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and hungry we .-

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José Surroca, early S. XIX, praised the spinach Albayzín gardens, both as tortilla soup. Then came the bad times and no gardens or spinach: Just assemble and collejas. The native had to adapt to something finer, difficult and expensive. For something as subtle as the collejas, which alleviated much need as many families of these poor neighborhoods. Your search in February, started by the hill of San Miguel, La Washer, chair of the Moro ... to finish in the Fargue.

The collejas were relief and hope because announced the arrival of spring, most generous fruit. Today we lost the habit of going out in the sun looking collejas, razor blade in hand, filling the tortilla basket for the night the whole family participating in the fun task of cleaning the chunks, dried leaves and earth. After washing was cooked with salt, slipped and ready to receive the pan where the egg or eggs (depending on availability and finances of the house), and smoothies.

Although today we find them in health and comfort packages in the supermarket round the corner, I can assure you that the taste, the illusion (and hunger) are not the same. Pueen not know Iguaçu! Cohon will do Iguaçu know ...!

NITO

consulted bibliographical notes .- "The Roles of Santiago Cart"
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