A bit of common sense

Apparently Diane Clarke attended a meeting about the Gastronomic Day where she was told that things will be different for this year.

The first year that we went down to the Plaza Concordia for this event, there was plenty of food for all. The British contingent was small occupying just one corner. The following year there was more food and a larger British contingent but also there were a lot more people in attendance. Consequently, when we joined the queue, there was very little food left. It was the same the year after.

Last year the British contribution was out of proportion with the percentage of Brits living in Bigastro. The tables we were allocated groaned with the amount of food on them. We had every right to feel proud of our achievement. However people had got greedy; you could not help but notice that many of the people who were served first came away with two or three plates piled high with food - much of which they left on the tables to be thrown away.

The concept of the day, as far as I can gather, is that people get to sample a range of different dishes that they are maybe not familiar with. Spanish people get to try traditional British dishes and Brits get to try the flavours of Spanish food. Other nationalities get a free lunch! I don’t think it is the intention to provide people with a three course meal which would save them cooking that day!

So for this year things will be different. We are told that people will be strictly rationed to ONE plate each and will be SERVED the food rather than pick up as much as they can get on their plates. Hopefully that will mean that everyone will get to sample the food on offer and enjoy the afternoon.

PS Our contribution is a plateful of pork sausages and a plateful of sausage rolls. We hope you like them.