Everybody
who comes to Spain will inevitably come across this famous Spanish snack. You
can try it sitting on a terrace of a café, buying it from a street seller or in
an actual churrería. It can be eaten
all day long although it is normally consumed by the Spaniards for breakfast
dipped in hot chocolate or in café con
leche. We have seen locals waiting in a long queue in front of an obviously
favoured churrero one late Sunday
morning.
The
origin of these golden, crispy sticks is up for a debate however many claim
that they were dreamt up by Spanish shepherds. Up in the mountains fresh bread
was hard to come by. They solved the problem by mixing flour, water and salt,
threw some sugar on it and TA-DA! Just like that the churro was born. It didn’t need long to make it to South-America
where it has many different varieties.
During
one of our intercambio sessions we went to visit Utrera, a small town about an
hour away from Seville. We didn’t need a lot of persuading to order churros and in a few minutes we were
staring at a small mountain of hot, golden-brown pastry bits and cups of
steaming hot chocolate. Heaven delivered! We asked Penelope to demonstrate how
to eat churros in a proper Spanish style.
She was more than happy to oblige!
Step
1.
Admire
the churros and the hot chocolate
then wait until you can’t take it any more.
Step
2.
Grab
a bit of churros.
Step
3.
Dunk
it in the thick hot chocolate.
Step
4.
Close
your eyes and give yourself over to the sweetness and crispiness.
Step
5.
Repeat
steps 1-4.
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