Odd notes and jottings about local food and drink here in and around Almunecar, Andalucia and southern Spain.
It just wouldn’t be right to have a category on local food and drinks without mentioning one of our key tropical fruits grown here – the Chirimoya, or “Custard Apple” (annona cherimola). In a nutshell – they have the consistency of a banana, but taste a bit like cold custard. Read more…
“Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat”, according to the old saying. Well, they certainly will if they stuff all the turrón that is piling up in the shops ready for Christmas!! Everywhere you go now the shelves are piled high with slabs and packets of delicious turrón, the Read more…