Scovone Star Magazine 2013-2014 | Page 13

SPAIN LILLIA BROOKS z A country of food, fun, and folks z C an you imagine a place where... ✴It is VERY hot and dry? ✴.There are almost NO water fountains? ✴.There is a ROYAL DUCK and a garden with PEACKOCKS and PEAHENS? Did you know? nnn In Spain, instead of a tooth fairy, there is a tooth mouse called Ratino Perez ✴.The people are very friendly? ✴.The food is AMAZING? Great Food Some people think that Spain has some of the best food in the world. For example, in Barcelona, nearby a famous Roman aqueduct, there is a restaurant where you can order cochinillo, or roast suckling pig. Spain has an assortment of foods very few non-natives have ever imagined, Places and all of them are good. “My favorite thing about Spain is the food,” Linnea Weiss, who lives in Spain says. “as you know, they [Spaniards] eat very well Chorizo (Sausage) Chorizo is a dry delicious sausage marbled with rich, spicy, salty flavor and is found in a lot of places in Spain. Cochonillo Cochinillo is roast baby pig with crispy skin and moist meat. In one of the main places it's sold, they serve it by having this official person make a speech about the cochinillo (in Spanish), cut the cochinillo with a plate and then throw it (the plate) on the ground to smash it. Each table that ordered the cochinillo ge