The Worst of Spain 6: The Most Disgusting Dessert Ever!
by Carl at LA-Madrid Files
Carl from the great LA-Madrid Files blog writes in with, well, would you eat this?!
“I once lived in a hostal on Calle Huertas. The owners were Gallegos and they cooked really fantastic meals for the few of us paying for room and board. I loved all the great food and even tried (and liked) the weird animal-parts dishes they put in front of me.
Aurelia, the lady of the hostal, was always excited to get fresh ingredients direct from Galicia brought into town by her family members. One day, some real fresh ingredients arrived - a bottle of pig’s blood slaughtered the day before. Aurelia announced that we were getting a very special dessert after lunch. She was going to make pig’s blood crepes. So as promised, that day a plate of very red crepes, sprinkled with sugar, were placed in front of me. They looked delicious but the problem was - I knew the red part was not food coloring.
I tried them and they were quite good. You could not really taste the blood. But I’m afraid I lived up to the squeamish American stereotype that day - I could not finish them. The thought of pig’s blood crepes was just too disgusting.”
Posted: October 16th, 2007 under Spain Travel, Worst of Spain.
Comments: 9
Comments
Comment from Graeme
Time: October 16, 2007, 7:50 pm
Hmmmm…..sweet morcilla. Doesn’t sound too bad, I think I’d give it a try.
Comment from Stuart
Time: October 17, 2007, 12:54 am
The thought of a steak that [i]isn’t[/i] red in the middle and dripping with blood evokes a similar reaction in me.
You say the stereotypical American is squeamish, I also thought the stereotypical American liked a good steak.
Comment from ValenciaSon
Time: October 17, 2007, 3:16 am
I never had a spanish desert I didn’t like. I can’t say I had blood crepes. Wasn’t that a Klingon recipe from Star Trek The Next Generation?
Comment from luke
Time: October 17, 2007, 9:40 am
I love Spanish food but apart from Almond tart, I have never thought much of Spanish desserts. Most of them seem to be poorer versions of French desserts (which I love). I think biscuits and desserts are probably the only culinary thing the British do better than the Spanish (actually I’d have to add crisps to that list).
Comment from Alex
Time: October 18, 2007, 6:52 pm
I think I could be the lone foreigner on this, but the only thing I absolutely could not stomach when i was studying abroad was the tocino my Señora served with her cocido. She cooked it as a big brick clock and sliced inch thick pieces for every person at the table. I can hear the sluuuuurrrrp of the butter knife moving through the opalescent gel…ugh. I ate it the first time she gave it to me, but could not accept it the second time. It was the only time I ever rejected food from my Señora.
Comment from Alex
Time: October 18, 2007, 7:13 pm
oops! clock is suppose to be block. that makes it a little hard to understand.
Comment from Ben
Time: October 19, 2007, 9:17 am
Alex, I sympathize, Tocino can be pretty hard work at first! I still leave it on the side half the time!
Comment from BrianA
Time: October 22, 2007, 2:06 pm
@Luke - Agree about the puddings. If you get the chance to try pan de calatrava you might like that too. Sort of bread pudding made with brioche. Otherwise I stick to the flan or the gelado!
Comment from Dinintel
Time: December 15, 2007, 3:10 am
Ummm….delicious “filloas de sangue”…
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