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Post by steandjaki on Sept 17, 2005 12:35:57 GMT
as you may know we live on the 'party island' of ibiza. here's some of the less well known side of it, as today we had a lot of visitors from extremadura in south west spain (next to portugal) in our village sant josep. first off were our crack local folk dance team  followed by the extremadura version  whose music was a bit more tuneful and spanish than ours, plus they came round with a kind of shortbread and acorn liqueur.... posing on the church porch  and then we all went to our local across the way as the rain started ( i had a beer and a chard and raisin pie)  and we watched the rain from the safety of the bar the church  we love village life. is it how you imagined ibiza? |
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Post by Ann on Sept 17, 2005 16:17:56 GMT
Aren't those costumes colourful! I like the sound of the shortbread and the beer, but I'm not so sure about acorn liqueur or chard and raisin pie.
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Post by gill on Sept 17, 2005 20:47:57 GMT
It looks gorgeous where you live  ...certainly NOT the way the papers and the media always seem to portray Ibiza! I saw bits of the recent Alnwick Music Festival and it was great seeing the various costumes, dances and music of the different countries. Just wish I'd thought to keep the digital camera in my bag!  Gill |
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Post by Daisy on Sept 18, 2005 14:42:49 GMT
What a lovely to be able to go and see! Unlike over here most of the time. Mind you I'm not keen on the fellows' hats.
As we have an oak tree in our back garden and there are several others in the close, perhaps I could be interested in the recipe for the acorn liqueur. At least it would stop the squirrels hiding them in my flowerpots.
Marion
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Post by Edda on Sept 20, 2005 14:51:17 GMT
Great pics!
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Post by Maria on Sept 23, 2005 22:31:50 GMT
What a colourful festival. It sort of reminds me of the Sweeps Festival that we have locally every year in May when teams of Morris Dancers from all over the region dance along Rochester High Street in their costumes with their banners, to celebrate Mayday.
I wish more people could see this side of Ibiza. The pictures are beautiful.
By the way, re the acorns. During WW2 a shortage of coffee in the UK led to people making imitation coffee out of ground acorns. Yuk. Well it makes a change from my playground duty today when a small boy gleefully pulled apart an acorn to show me some maggots inside. Lovely.
Maria
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Post by Chris on Sept 24, 2005 0:20:34 GMT
Wonderful pictures, the costumes are beautiful. Great to see the 'culture' bits and not the stuff that's usually portrayed in the press.
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Post by gill on Oct 7, 2005 18:32:21 GMT
I never realised you could eat acorns? I know they are VERY poisonous to horses so just assumed they would NOT be good for us humans as well!  Gill |
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Post by Ann on Oct 7, 2005 23:18:26 GMT
Like Maria, I've only ever heard of them being used as a substitute for coffee in WW2. I imagine the liqueur tastes much better than the "coffee" did!
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Post by steandjaki on Oct 9, 2005 19:52:53 GMT
it's no surprise that the best ham in spain comes from the wild boars of extremadura - jabali - which feed on the acorns down there.
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...certainly NOT the way the papers and the media always seem to portray Ibiza! 
