This last Friday I visited Alimentaria at Gran Via's site. The fair is sooooo big that it has been divided into two huge Areas: Monday I visited the Plaza España fair and Friday I went to Gran Via. It's a new business space in Barcelona... some months ago you couldn't get in there, it was getting build and there was a big traffic mess, but now it's beautifully set: huge avenues and green areas and high buildings are giving shape to one of the future most important Barcelona's business places.
It was a pity I went there on Friday because everybody was either tired and wanted to go back home quickly or they just made a great business and didn't need to stay in the fair until the last minute. The fair was supposed to end by 15:00 and by 13:00 nearly everybody was packaging and getting things ready for their departures.
This time I was able to meet a rare specimen that was all over the place... the Human-vulture!!! I was astonished to see how this kind of people would go around all the fair's stands begging and filling their huge bags with food, they didn't seem to get enough with just one piece... they wanted all!!! See all these women at the Cyprus stand! I just couldn't see the products... couldn't get nearer... I was afraid one of their talons would hurt me ;-)
The poor guys couldn't go faster, placed their products on the table and a second after they were inside a human-vulture bag!!! 2 Minutes and the stand was empty!
Sorry, Ivy! Couldn't get the chance to see any of your country products!!!
I was a bit luckier when visiting the North America's stands, of course the organic and ecologic food had an important space there, but I got stucked in the legume's space... an amazing spread of coloured legumes showed and a nice big belly middle aged man asked me to have a taste to their garbanzos and beans. They tasted great! I would have a problem to differenciate American's from Spanish products...
This experience has been a great help to understand some of the words and legumes some of you use in your recipes. First time I heard an American call garbanzo a chickpea, I thought he/she might have some Spanish influences, but here I saw that in the States are simply called same way we do!
See first picture on the left? See those black lentils? They are Beluga Caviar lentils, isn't that a great name for a legume? And the red chief lentils, don't they have a beautiful colour?
Looked behind my back and didn't see any human-vultures near, so I continued my visit ;-)
The Greek stand was also getting ready to leave the fair but I could get a glimpse to some of their typical products: their famous yogourth, some biscuits (done with ouzo! a word that I continuously listen in some of my greek foodiefriends blogs) and olive oil.
The Chinesse stands were all empty, Belgian, Italian and Mexican looked half empty too!!! Oh my good! Maybe the specimens should be called Velociraptors instead!!! Do you recognize any of these butts? Oooohhhh I should get out of here soon!!!
Some of them have mutated already and get wheeled carts...The Mexicans are taking the last Tequila shots to get some extra courage... but the end is near, Velociraptors are now all over and they are just not having enough with the food in the stands they are starting to smell humans' fear...
Aawwwwgghh I see the entrance doors... I'm so near, but I'm listening to these weird steps behind me.... OMG will I be able to write about Spanish Oils, Wines, Organic food, Cooks demos?... I'm getting there... but these steps are getting nearer... I'm fainting, didn't have a bite for long now...
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