Fresh beans

Laziness struck us hard yesterday and at lunch time we headed to el bar de Miguel in Nigüelas for tapas and drinks but mainly sunshine. Once again Monchéri praised this little spot in the valley, blessed with mild weather and a very laid back lifesyle. As usual friends turned up and conversation rolled on food and special ways of preparing cod, and planning a future picnic on the beach. Monchéri suggested some horse riding in the countryside, un dia de estos, some day, meaning that it would surely take him a few weeks to organize the whole thing. As I was teasing him about that, someone at the table said : pues, ¡no olvides que aqui nos llaman los lentos! don't forget we're called the slow ones here ! so we'll see...!

The table next to ours was occupied by three couples with kids. Like us, they were a bit loud and cheerful. One of the men left the table for a while and came back with a bag full of habas broad beans. I quickly glanced at the content of the bag thinking, yummy.... habas con jamon serrano...broad beans with jamon serrano which is one the most common dish in spring here. The man joined his friends and put the bag on the table, then picked up a big bunch of green beans and gave them to me saying : me has lanzado una mirada tan cariñosa que sabia que querias algunas! y ademas son frescas, acaban de cogerlas...you looked at me so tenderly I knew you wanted some beans ! and also, they've just been picked up...

I love those green beans. They have a slightly bitter taste and a very nice crunchiness when you eat them raw. I've been eating nearly the whole lot while writing this post

Have a very nice week end !
this is what the sky looked like in Granada two days ago.
seems likely to be the same today

pics : me