It has been some time since I have written! Last weekend our program took us for a hike up to Tibidado, one of the mountains around Barcelona. The hike was about two hours to the top, from which you could see all of Barcelona.
At the top, we were treated to a true Catalan meal. This meal known as the Calcotada is usually found in the southern region of Catalan, Lleida. The meal consists of "pan con tomate" (of course!) or bread with tomato and oil, steamed onion like vegetables, a parron of wine, and lamb.
Bibs were worn due to the messiness of the calcots or steamed onion like vegetables. In order to eat them, one must take out the inside, dip it into romesco sauce, then hang it over your mouth and eat away! The wine is just as much fun to drink from a parron, which is a container with a spout through which everyone drinks. The spout is never supposed to touch your mouth and contests to see how far you can pull the parron away from your mouth are encouraged.
Seriously, this was a blast. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera. Thus the pictures provided below were taken from my friend Alysse Valenzuela's camera.
Enjoy!
Adeu (Catalan for goodbye)
Girls & me at the top.
Lilly and Alysse eating the calcots.
Drinking from the parron. I was definitely the best!
The calcots.
It is an extremely messy meal.
