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Eating
Ham and tomatoes
These are slices of cured ham lightly fried in tomato sauce.
The salt could cause you to knock back more drink than you
expected. It is a typical plate to have after the morning
bull-running. Or also at the afternoon bull-fight. As a sandwich
it is excellent, but if you don't have particularly sharp
teeth you end up pulling out all the ham with the first bite.
Then, while it hangs from your mouth you don't quite know
what to do with it. It's not a good idea to stuff your mouth
with all the ham at the same time - you could be chewing until
kingdom come on it.
Like most places, the ham you get can be of a better or poorer
quality. With the ham you can get in some places, you could
make a ball of cord from it
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Qué
beber
Sangria
When a stranger
arrives in town for Sanfermin for the first time, before
he even exits the station or airport building he is ordering
a bottle of sangría. It's like he's looking for his
baptism water.
They believe that this is the national drink in Pamplona
for Sanfermin, when, in fact, it is hardly ever drunk here,
except at the bull-ring during Sanfermin. In any case, the
mixture is basically made up of watered-down wine, lemon
juice and sugar. Then depending on tastes or needs, with
vodka, or rum, or with some peaches, cinnamon, or whatever.
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Sanfermin Fauna
The Crass one
These enjoy a dubious
reputation among the natives of the town. They are a bit
like the base version of the normally beloved outsiders
(foreigners) although more than one has been seen to have
emerged from one of our own areas in the town.
It is believed that they mean well, they want to seem funny,
but, alas, they just can’t manage to bring it off well,
or they just can’t seem to understand what the Fiesta
is all about. Their actions are usually characterized by
a lack of respect for the old or for the children, or even
for the urban facilities on the streets. They can also be
seen around places like the bull-running where some subtlety
is needed.
Along the route of the bull-running they are likely to do
some idiotic thing under the glare of the cameras, in search
of fame, without paying attention to the 650-kilo bull coming
up behind them. San Fermin has made more than one protest
to the authorities. He says his miracles can’t keep
up with the demand when there are so many idiots around.
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