by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Bando De La Huerta, Beaches, Cartagena, Celebrations, Christmas, Easter, evergreen, Fiestas, flora and fauna, food, horses, Murcia Region, The Book
Our video showing all the wonderful aspects of living in or visiting Murcia on the Costa Cálida. We’d love your feedback, please add comments on youtube! Get the book: Going Native In Murcia
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, Christmas, food
We’ve spent 6 Christmases in Spain now and each year it gets better. And whilst I’m sure you’re just about getting over your over-indulgences and probably thinking about summer fun already, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the season of goodwill. We’ve been...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, food, Murcia Region
Well, they’re both (my husband and his mother) still alive and they ate lots of them – so I think they liked them! Here’s how you serve them: 1. You need fresh “barra” – bread stick – slice it into rounds 2. Cut a juicy garlic...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
So, here’s a recipe from the Murcian cookery class. Murcian Recipe – Sardinas En Salmuera Sardines (Sardinas)Salt (Sal)Bread (Pan)Tomatoes (Tomate) Clean the sardines, chop off their heads, chop off their tails and remove the innards. Cover them in salt and keep...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region
Recently I had the pleasure of 8 matronly Spanish ladies teaching me how to cook – the Murcian way. It started out as a Murcian Cookery class, with a teacher and students (me plus the 8 ladies). It ended up as a mad drive through one way streets, with a car full...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Last year we baked the Murcian Christmas specialty of Cordiales. These are the delicious little almond cakes, with angels’ hair filling. They are very simple to make, fun and sticky, taste scrummy and don’t hang around for long in our house. When you see these in the...
