In a recent interview for extremadurate.es I said every time I come back from Extremadura I bring 20 kg of food in my suitcase. Some people laughed and others asked me how I manage to do that.
As I just came back from Extremadura I thought I would share with you how much food I brought and point out which products are local and homemade/handpicked.
Let’s start!
1. Olive oil
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
2. Jamón ibérico de cebo (from black Iberian pigs fed on acorn, pasture and compound)
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
3. Jamón ibérico de bellota (from black Iberian pigs fed on acorn)
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
4. Lomo ibérico (Iberian dry-cured pork tenderloin)
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
5. Picaditos de jamón ibérico (minced Iberian ham)
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
6. Chorizo ibérico (Iberian pork chorizo)
✓ From Extremadura
7. Chorizo blanco ibérico (Iberian pork sausage similar to chorizo, but containing no paprika)
✓ From Extremadura
8. Cow and sheep cheese
✓ From Extremadura (Cabeza del Buey, Badajoz)
9. Sheep cheese
10. Maizena cornflour
11. Goats’ cheese with paprika
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
12. Lomo ibérico (Iberian dry-cured pork tenderloin)
✓ From Extremadura
13. Goats’ cheese
✓ From Extremadura (Carbajo, Cáceres)
14. Bonito tuna
15. Oregano
✓ From Extremadura
✓ Handpicked
16. Cola Cao cacao powder
17. Green marinated olives
✓ From Extremadura
✓ Handpicked
18. Quince paste
✓ From Extremadura
✓ Homemade
19. Goats’ cheese and Iberian ham spread
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
20. Goats’ cheese spread
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
21. Goats’ cheese and green olives spread
✓ From Extremadura (Alburquerque, Badajoz)
22. Cream cheese
✓ From Extremadura (Santa Amalia, Badajoz)
23. Iberian pork and cherry pâté
✓ From Extremadura (Santa Amalia, Badajoz)
24. Goats’ cheese with paprika
✓ From Extremadura (Valverde de Leganés, Badajoz)
25. Brown lentils
26. Walnuts
✓ From Extremadura
✓ Handpicked
27. Cannellini beans
✓ From Extremadura
✓ Handpicked
28. Magdalenas (Spanish version of fairy cakes, no icing involved)
✓ From Extremadura
29. Perrunillas (a traditional sweet from Extremadura made originally with lard that has a very rich taste)and galletas rizadas (a giant biscuit-type of sweet made with flour, eggs, lard and lemon zest, among other ingredients)
✓ From Extremadura
All this should last until mid-December. That is when I will be travelling home again. If you are wondering how on earth I will be able to eat all this in two months the truth is I might not, but if I run out of some kind of home food I start worrying a bit, I am not going to lie!
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And you, do you bring back any food from your travels?
Irene Corchado Resmella
I'm a UK-based independent Spanish sworn and legal translator working as ICR Translations. On Piggy Traveller, I share my home region of Extremadura with the world to encourage travellers to discover a different Spain.
And now I am officially hungry… ¡Starving! Send some over to Scotland 😉
That’s a good sign, then. Food looking good :). I might not be able to send food to Scotland but, if you ever come down to Oxford, we can share some good stuff I brought in my suitcase! Thanks for reading.