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		<title>Spanish Christmas Customs 5 &#8211; Saints and Canelons!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Esteban/Sant Esteve My Catalan mother-in-law could never relax on Christmas Day.  Plates with remains of chicken or turkey were whipped from under our noses, earthenware dishes hauled away for scrubbing. While we were still gut-busting our way through turrón, cava, coffee and brandy, or already flaked out, bloated and snoring, in armchairs, terrifying crashes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish Christmas Customs 3 &#8211; the villancico</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Villancico The Spanish word for Christmas carol has its origin in the old Castilian word villano, meaning ‘villager’ – as opposed to noble or squire. During the 15th and 16th centuries the villancico was a jolly sort of song-and-dance knees up for country folk, and it was only in the following centuries that the songs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish Christmas Customs 2 : building the belén</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 11:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so you know what a belén is, but it took me years to realise that Belén is how the Spanish say Bethlehem, as in ‘O Little Town of’. I had always assumed that it just meant ‘Christmas crib’ or ‘Nativity Scene’ – which, of course, it does. Neither translation, however, does justice to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish Christmas Customs 1- Fleecing the relatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, yes, you’re all familiar with the Three Kings, the 12 lucky grapes and the big fat Gordo Lottery.  But you don’t know everything about Spanish Christmas customs, do you? Whatever, you can always refresh your memory and load up with extra bags of useless information for all those Christmas parties.  We start the countdown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Muffled prawns, please: the best Spanish menu ever.</title>
		<link>http://inthegarlic.com/2011/10/muffled-prawns-please-the-best-spanish-menu-ever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, how we laughed. It&#8217;d been a long time since any of us had browsed such an inscrutable menu.  We worked out most of the items, though we did have a problem with &#8216;black poplars&#8217; (the bilingual among you, start racking your brains &#8230;). I won&#8217;t spoil your fun. Here is a sample of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipple number 5: A Whisky called Dyc</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why should you swap steady old JB or Ballentines for a brand with such a smirk-inducing name? Well, it&#8217;s more economical for starters – about a third of the price in the supermarket, and possibly a Euro or two cheaper for a copa in a bar. And if you&#8217;re going to do like the Spanish in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipple number 4 &#8211; Pacharán (candy in a glass)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also spelt with a t and an x, pacharán is a Designation of Origin product of the Autonomous Community of Navarra. To its detractors, the deep raspberry- coloured &#8216;syrup&#8217; looks, smells and tastes like cough medicine, to its fans, it&#8217;s candy for grown-ups in a glass. The first thing that hits you is the aniseed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipple number 3 &#8211; Licor de bellota</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acorns are not only meant for the crème de la crème of Spain&#8217;s porcine population. These sweet nuts, rich in oils and oleic acid, come from the evergreen holm oak and have been used since forever to make a truly delicious post-dinner tipple. Home to the best jamón ibérico, Extremadura is also home to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipple number 2 &#8211; Ponche Caballero</title>
		<link>http://inthegarlic.com/2010/12/1110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you&#8217;ve seen your face distorted in the shiny silver bottle and wondered what was inside? After reading that &#8216;Gentleman&#8217;s Punch&#8217; was in fact Spain&#8217;s most widely-consumed spirit, I decided to investigate. On websites the fruity nectar is described as an orange brandy, steeped with the flavours of plums, raisins, nuts and cinnamon. Sounded interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipple number 1 &#8211; Anis del Mono</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Christmas on the horizon it&#8217;s time to break out of your conservative imbibery, to take a long hard look at all those jazzy bottles lined up on the barman&#8217;s shelves – and dare to drink something different. Watch out over the next couple of weeks for  regular doses of useless but possibly inspiring tipple-related [...]]]></description>
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