Jane & Rog Plod to Portugal

[Bonsaiman]

Oooo, do you have a recipe?

Equal quantity (8oz) of
Plain flour
Chickpea flour
Shrimps (you can’t get the Camarones in UK so I use chopped shrimps or if being really decadent brown shrimps)

1 x Egg
2 x Spring onions finely chopped
Pinch of salt
Pinch of paprika
Water

Basically make a batter of all the ingredients. Spoonful of batter into inch of very hot olive oil, spread out to form thin circle of batter, flip over when bottom starts to brown to cook other side, drain on kitchen roll and eat. Lovely

 

[BobJayne]

Equal quantity (8oz) of
Plain flour
Chickpea flour
Shrimps (you can’t get the Camarones in UK so I use chopped shrimps or if being really decadent brown shrimps)

1 x Egg
2 x Spring onions finely chopped
Pinch of salt
Pinch of paprika
Water

Basically make a batter of all the ingredients. Spoonful of batter into inch of very hot olive oil, spread out to form thin circle of batter, flip over when bottom starts to brown to cook other side, drain on kitchen roll and eat. Lovely

Is that recipe for one and what weight of shrimps for that recipe?

 

[Bonsaiman]

Is that recipe for one and what weight of shrimps for that recipe?

No not just one, it will make a few depending on size but never really counted how many
I use equal quants - 8 ounces of flour, chickpea flour and shrimps

 

[DBK]

We got to Cadiz market as it was opening, just after a tostada (cheese and tomato) for Rog and a couple of coffees.

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All ordered in Spanglish!

The market is amazing. We bought all the ingredients for seafood rice / paella tonight - red pepper, tomato, squid, clams, small prawns, large show prawns to decorate the top. We also spotted tuna belly on sale, and as it was so delicious last night, decided to splash out on 100g. Just €5! Makes last night’s bargain €25 (which we were comparing to central London) look like the worst deal of the year.

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Back to rescue Flynn and pay for last night’s carpark - €8, not bad for a night in central Cadiz in a double room with Tempurpedic mattress, central heating, ensuite bathroom and tea and coffee making facilities.

Our first stop was at the NMAC Foundation Open Air Gallery. Rog does like a sculpture park, and Flynn thinks they’re better than the indoor sort, as he’s allowed to view the artwork. His favourite was this one - we think he got the idea they’d suspended balls and sticks out of the reach of dogs. Perhaps the piece was about one’s inability to get just what one wants? Or perhaps the artist was a cat person.

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Now, Mr. Flynn, our revenge for last night…

Rog mostly came to see the James Turrell work, “Secondwind 2005,” and I must admit it made the best photos. The bumf describes it as like a sacred site for another, better, species. Certainly a species which doesn’t need a comfy seat or a colour TV.

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Both of these species do like a comfy seat.

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Our pitch for the night was back on Camping Pinar San José, at Barbate, on the Atlantic coast. We stayed there for a weekend on our return from Morocco while waiting for the garage to get the parts delivered to fix our heating. We got a much better pitch than last time, and the woman on the desk was much friendlier, so a win.

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We rewarded Flynn for putting up with our brief city break by taking him for a long walk down to the sea and along the coast.

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Then past the Trafalgar lighthouse, through some lagoons and along the next bay, with stick throwing a plenty.

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We stopped for a drink in a hippie surf bar.

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Do I smell patchouli oil? Cannabis?

This whole area has a very different vibe than it did in February, that’s for sure. Much livelier. But it’s a lovely place, all the buildings are low rise and the coastline is backed with deep, sandy forests, through which we trudged back to the campsite.

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Another massive benefit of this site is the warm doggy shower, so at least Flynn won’t be taking half the beach back into Denby this evening. We hope.

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We had a quick game of Paris Cité de la Lumière. Good points: very good for windy campsites, nice and compact. Bad points: Rog remembered an important scoring rule from the one and only time we’ve played before, and won.

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Cheaty remembering in progress

Then dinner of sashimi then seafood rice with our amazing haul from the market. Delicious.

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Tuna belly sashimi

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We've stayed at that site I think 3 times now. It's a big site but the pitches seem well spaced out. The walk to the lighthouse is memorable.

 

[Jane And Rog]

We've stayed at that site I think 3 times now. It's a big site but the pitches seem well spaced out. The walk to the lighthouse is memorable.

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That’s a very similar photo

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