Something I found weird when first visiting Spain when I was
a kid was all the live crabs at the food market. Coming from Sweden, this is
something that I had never seen and found it very weird.
Now, several years later I live in Barcelona and had a
friend visit me. We did the regular touristic tour which of course includes
visiting La Boqueria Market on Las Ramblas. We walked around and passed the sea
food area and I had a good laugh when my friend suddenly yelled out “WTF, are
they alive?!” with an expression on his face as if he had seen a ghost. I had
forgotten how weird that sight is for Swedes but was entertainingly reminded
that day.
In Sweden most sea food is frozen but here it is mostly
fresh. Big markets like La Boqueria are very uncommon in Sweden and most food
is imported. Maybe that’s why no one has heard about Swedish cosine whine
Spanish cosine is famous and popular all around the world. Also, eating octopus
and clams? That’s also weird but that’s a story for another time.
Written by: David Dickens
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