A Slice of Jamon

Paella and Friends

2011-10-02T13:49:00.000+02:00

This is me and my friend Tommy. Tommy comes to visit us in Spain three times a year and sometimes for my birthday. In September it is still nice and hot outside so sometimes we make a paella on the barbaque.

Tommy likes to cook although he is not as good as carving ham as me because he has had no practise. My ham carving is getting better as last week my dad let me use one of his expensive knives.

Tommy is very funny as sometimes things go wrong, I like this picture because he has funny look on his face, I think it was a spark from the fire.

I am carving more ham soon so will take some pictures for the next blog post.

Adios! Josh

Spanish Chorizo

2011-07-27T15:24:00.000+02:00

This chorizo is hot, smells nice and you can have it for tapas, with wine, rice or you can fry it or barbeque it. I took these photos with my Dad who doing pictures for the website and he let me use his camera very carefully!!

We cooked the chorizo sausages in a frying pan first for these pictures because they look better and nice and tasty.

The chorizo costs ten euros and you can get 10 in a pack, we buy them from Julian who is our butcher. The best way to have chorizo is for tapas on toothpiks after they have been done on the barbeque.

2011-07-05T16:47:00.000+02:00

This is my new dog who came from the Spanish countryside so I decided to call him 'Campo'. I dont know how old he is but he is just a puppy. I think he came from a farm down the road and copies my other dog 'Reme'

My dog 'Campo'

A few weeks ago I went to a village called Maria with my Mam and dad and we visited where the serrano hams are made. It was very interesting and we took lots of photos of hams and chorizos and other things. When we wnet to the top floor where the hams are cured we had to use a lift with do doors!

Serrano Hams

The hams from Maria are very good and I have been practicing my carving on a 'jamon' bodega. I think my tapas are getting better!

My Dads ham video

2011-04-08T15:47:00.000+02:00

My Mam and Dad have made a good ham video for Youtube. It is lots of different people from my village saying that they love Spanish ham. Mam took the videos of differnet people in her english classes and in shops and at the end is my little brother eating some ham tapas!

I hope you like the video and we cant wait to make some more for the summer when my friends come to visit.

Joshua.

American Amigos

2011-02-01T18:31:00.000+01:00

In January my mam and dad cooked a paella for some American people who had come from the USA to Andalucia for a holiday! It was a good day and I made a new friend called jack who spoke very good spanish

My dad took this foto of me and jack looking through their telescope which they brought to Orce.

We all enjoyed the paella and dad carved some ham for tapas, my little brother loved the paella as well! I hope I can write to my friend Jack when he gets home to America as its good to have friends especially from other countries!

Ham Carving Competitions

2010-10-10T17:21:00.001+02:00

jamon iberico

These hams are from a competition for cutting hams in Andalucia. The competition was in Cordoba which has some of the best hams in Spain. The hams are Iberico hams whcih are very expensive.

There were quite a lot of good hams and cortadores de jamones and good knives as well.

One day i want to be in of of these competitions and maybe be a world champion ham cutter!

Very Expensive Ham

2010-10-02T16:21:00.000+02:00

I like to learn about kinds of Spanish ham and a very special ham that is made in Spain is jamon iberico. Not everyone knows what a jamon iberico is but it is from a very special pig which is black and there are only a few left in Spain.

The ham is very expensive and very good my dad had some sent to him and he made good tapas with scrambled eggs and gambas.

One day i hope to buy an jamon iberico and cut it for my dad as he likes it very much. I think this picture is one of the best hams.
Adios!

Orce wine and sausages

2010-08-15T18:25:00.000+02:00

Sorry for not being on my blog for a long time but I have been busy at the swimming pool and on my bike.

Today I was helping my Dad take some fotos. This one is Orce wine, lomo, chorizo, olives, cheese and pate. It is for sending to other countries that don't have those kind of things. The Spanish cheese is really really tasty and so are the olives and chorizos. People think it is starnge that I like olives but they are very nice.

Next time I will do videos for my blog

Orce Shops

2010-07-11T16:49:00.000+02:00

This shop is in Orce, the mans name is Juan - jo and he has lots of Spanish hams and sausages. He is a very nice man and always tells me the best sausages and jamones to buy.

Sometimes in the summer Juan-jo has HUGE pumpkins that he sells and he grows these in his own garden. I like shopping in his shop because he has lots of things and I like his tomatoes which are very ugly but very tasty with ham and cheese!

First Slices

2010-06-30T16:44:00.000+02:00

First slice of jamon serrano

This is my first slice of jamon my dad was really pleased and proud, I cut the ham really thin.

I'm showing my 1st slice of jamon. Look how big this ham is!

Super Tapas! jamon y queso. ( ham and cheese)

My First Spanish Ham

2010-06-26T14:54:00.000+02:00

This is my first jamon so today I will cut some jamon and I will make some tapas for mum, dad and all friends. I'll make recipes with my jamon today, it is 9kg so there will be lots of tapas.

I chose this ham by myself and the butcher let me push the bone in the ham to smell if it was cured.

La proxima vez tapas de jamon!

Jamones from Guadix

2010-06-22T22:30:00.001+02:00

This week I am buying my first ham and I will be helping my dad cut the ham. I am going to study the parts of the ham.

These hams are from Guadix. One day I hope to cut one of these hams because they are very special.

Ham photos coming up on a slice of jamon!

My Cave

2010-06-17T17:44:00.000+02:00

Esta cueva es donde vivo. (This cave is where I live)

He vivido en la cueva 6 anos, me gusta vivir en ella. Es muy grande con 9 habitaciones y el jardin con barbacoa tambien.

I have lived in the cave for 6 years, I like living in it. It is really big with 9 rooms and a garden with a barbeque

hasta luego.

My First Post

2010-06-14T20:04:00.000+02:00

My Mam's bacalao recipe which was tasty.

This photo of the john deere has 2 wheels at the back.

Ya esta por ahora!