Qué Comer

Quails with white beans

This is a typical dish from the south of Navarra. Mothers have a special ability to create a kind of edible ecstasy in all of us with a good plate of Quails and white beans.

This particular type of white bean are collected before drying so that they are usually quite soft. On top of the creamy beans you serve one or two quail, depending on their size, just as if it were the icing on the cake.

It's a dish for those of you who have clean and delicate hands. If you have to spend a lot of time in a enclosed space after eating this dish, it might be better to choose a different dish if you don't want to put your friendships in danger.

Qué beber

Pacharan

This a traditional liquor from Navarra which is made from the berries of a local bush. It's taste is a mixture of sweet and sour, which is, in fact, the case with most loci's. It has a reddish color and is about 25° proof. It is usually taken with ice after a heavy meal to settle the stomach. If you are not used to drinking the stuff, go easy on it. If not, the following morning they could be wiping you up with a mop and bucket.

Sanfermin Fauna

The ones from outer space

Nobody knows where they appear from, but everyone has the same doubts about their belonging to the human race. They have super-powers: some can fly, others wave little red plastic rags in front of the bulls, and there are others who, without warning and without asking for any money in exchange, turn themselves into statues of salt in the middle of the street.

Some people from here are of the opinion that they don’t come from another planet, but that they are undergoing a progressive degenerative genetic mutation. Probably, from eating hot dogs from some street-corner stand, which is imbued with a strong tang of urine all round it.

The fact is, when someone feels for some reason a bit low during the Fiesta, one of these beings can detect it and will miraculously make an appearance with some super-powered act that will bring back that euphoric feeling once again. They are a bit like the arch-angels of the Fiesta.