I have realized when I have visited other places that food is one of the most important things in our lives. We all know that old song that says “there are three things in life: health, money and love,” But we also know that, in the Spain of the seventies, we were not allowed to say what we wanted to. That song was censored, because the original lyrics said: food, sleep and sex.
In addition, food is what makes that we move, and talk, and dream and so on. So, if we are what we eat and we eat what we can easily get, what we get served at our favourite restaurant, what we have at Mum’s or friend’s table or what we choose at the canteen’s bar, eventually, we are what we are surrounded by.
So, I am a “pa amb oli”. “Pamboli” is the most appreciated meal in Mallorca. You need some country bread, one tomato, some olive oil, enough slices of Spanish ham and cheese (the one you like most), olives, sea fennel, vinegar peppers and one or two cloves of garlic.
Cut two or three slices of bread. Toast them a bit. Rub the garlic over the slice of brad. Then rub half a tomato over the bread. Season the bread with some salt and dress it with a bit of olive oil. After that, place on one slice of bread the slices of Spanish ham and on the other slice of bread the slices of cheese. Place them both on dish and put place beside the slices of bread some vinegar peppers, olives and sea fennel.
As I said, I am a “pamboli”. So, what are you?
