Celebration of Death and Pork

El pepito famoso. These photos are fresh, so get up there and smell the screen. Don't that smell good?


We celebrated the 31st anniversary of Francisco Franco's death by making some of the best sandwiches ever. These sandwiches are called "pepitos" to those of us who know them. They are made with a slice of pork loin that has been lovingly marinated in garlic, salt, bay leaves and paprika. Then you take that nice piece of pork loin (known as "lomo" in these here parts) and you sautee it in the very same pan that you used to sautee some green peppers. When everything is cooked, you put a slice of pepper and a slice of lomo in a piece of freshly baked ciabatta (or, as we say in Spain, chapata). Don't bother with condiments. They will only slow you down. Now sit right down and eat three pepitos as quickly as you can.

If you are lucky, you will eat all three pepitos before the other person you live with asks for a bite. We did not have that kind of luck today. Someone here ate her pepito and then got several bites of my pepito number three. But it was worth it. She loves me, after all.