by Debbie Jenkins | Cartagena, evergreen
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF CARTAGENA! Full of useful tips straight from a British couple who now call this region their home. Let Debbie and Marcus be your guides as they share their love for Cartagena, its people and its surrounds with...
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...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, Fiestas, flora and fauna, food, Murcia Region, The Book, towns
After four more years of research, investigating, enjoying and eating (!) here in Murcia we’ve eventually finished the third edition of our popular book, Going Native In Murcia. This one is a whopper, with 3 times as much information plus town maps. I...
by Debbie Jenkins | Activities, evergreen, horses
Having always had a burning ambition to be a horsewoman (it’s the spurs and whips that caught my attention) I eventually got round to buying my own horse when I hit my forties. Some people would say I was slightly crazy (especially my husband) for buying a...
by Debbie Jenkins | Celebrations, evergreen, Fiestas, Murcia Region
There’s only one thing worse than not being able to speak the language when you live in a foreign country, and that’s speaking it badly! I have an affliction that I think many language students have at some point: using the wrong word at inappropriate...
by Debbie Jenkins | Murcia Region
Our brand new cancer centre opened its doors to the public on Thursday, 4 November, and we were amazed at the response; we had people queueing at the door an hour before we were due to open and the volunteers were rushed off their feet until an hour after we should...
by Debbie Jenkins | Cooking, evergreen, food, Murcia Region, RECIPES
Zarangollo is a common dish in the Murcian countryside in Spain. It is frequently served in tapas bars in the area. The dish is a scrambled eggs with courgettes, onion, and occasionally potatoes. All ingredients are sliced very finely, fried in olive oil and then...
by Debbie Jenkins | evergreen, Murcia Region, The Book, towns
Well of course there’s our Going Native In Murcia, still the most comprehensive guide to Murcia (well I would say that!), and there are also some others you might like to read if you can find somewhere to buy them: From Geocolor there’s Murcia Viva –...
