For this week's cultural activity with the Spanish students we went to La Casa de Las Torrijas near Sol to try a famous Madrid sweet -- "las torrijas". I expected something like french toast based on the descriptions we'd heard, but it turned out to be more like a donut. Basically las torrijas are pieces of fried bread (generally a few days old), covered in sugar crystals and honey and full of a creamy, gooey substance made of milk and wine. They're typically enjoyed during the week of Carneval and Semana Santa. Our evening was extra dulce as we had some sweet wine to accompany the torrijas! All good fun
Charlas with Consuelo at dinner... apparently in Franco's day, the government used to profess that Spaniards were all good and happy as long as they had bread to eat and a bullfight to watch. Consuelo likened this mentality to the present in which 20% of the country is unemployed and fútbol is on the TV every single day for distraction. Así, es la vida.
http://madrid.salir.com/la_casa_de_las_torrijas
Charlas with Consuelo at dinner... apparently in Franco's day, the government used to profess that Spaniards were all good and happy as long as they had bread to eat and a bullfight to watch. Consuelo likened this mentality to the present in which 20% of the country is unemployed and fútbol is on the TV every single day for distraction. Así, es la vida.
http://madrid.salir.com/la_casa_de_las_torrijas
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