Alejandro Maestre on Nostr: EL Ventorrillo of Uncle Benito There is a hidden place in the middle of the Murcia ...
EL Ventorrillo of Uncle Benito
There is a hidden place in the middle of the Murcia orchard called El Ventorrillo del Tío Benito.
If you don’t have any acid reflux problems, it’s a place where you can buy cured meats and homemade bread. The cured meats are spectacular. The bread is too, although it’s worth warning you about something: it’s a bit hard. And when I say a bit hard, I mean you need, at the very least, a Valyrian Steel blade to cut it.
It does have its good side, though. That bread doesn’t go stale in a year. It would probably survive a nuclear war. When nothing is left on the face of the earth, there will be cockroaches and a loaf from Uncle Benito.
The pity is the owner.
An elderly lady with a very bad temper. And I’m not talking about the charming small-town bad temper, that kind of “what do you want now” that secretly means she cares about you. No. I’m talking about real bad temper, the kind that leaves a mark, the kind that makes you rethink whether the cured meats were worth it.
(They weren’t worth it)
I’ll never go back again. But I’m taking two things with me: the memory of the taste of that cured meat, which still haunts me, and this photo of three regula…
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https://alejandromaestre.com/en/diario/en-el-ventorrillo-del-tio-benito/ 
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