On the food front, this weekend's about grilling burgers & hot dogs but I couldn't shake a video of anchovies caught in the Bay out of my mind. Implausible to say that making #boquerones is back-breaking work but standing at the sink for two hours removing heads, guts, and spines from the fillets did deter me from making any for years. A stool was acquired at #Minimo's liquidation sale, vastly improving the ergonomics.

The recipe is #HankShaw's: https://honest-food.net/boquerones-recipe-anchovies/

Rincón de la Victoria entrega el Boquerón de Plata a Pastora Soler

Rincón de la Victoria entrega el «Boquerón de Plata» a Pastora Soler e incluye en su red de restaurantes al madrileño Surtopía

El alcalde de Rincón de la Victoria, Francisco Salado, ha entregado en Madrid un año más el galardón Boquerón de Plata, que este año 2025 ha recaído en la cantante Pastora Soler por el fuerte vínculo personal que tiene con este paraíso malagueño

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https://nutriguia.com/gastronomia/rincon-de-la-victoria-entrega-el-boqueron-de-plata-a-pastora-soler.html

Ich habe heute 500 Gramm Sardinen geköpft, ausgenommen und (!) entgrätet. Und nun in Petersilie, Knoblauch und Essig eingelegt.

Wie so eine Spanierin. #boquerones

(3) …”The research suggested that one of the reasons is that #Spanishcooks tend to fry in #oliveoil, which is ‘less prone to #oxidation than other edible oils & fats.

A 2nd reason is that in #Spain, #friedfood does not equate w/#fastfood.

One of the most popular #friedfoods, whether eaten at home or in a restaurant, is #boquerones, oily little #fish that are rich in #omega3 oils - #antiinflammatory fats that lower the risk of heart attacks.”…

-#BeeWilson ##WSJ