Home cooked meals

The appetizers

If you went over to your Spanish friend's house for lunch, like The Mister and I did this weekend, here's what the menu may be like (it was for us):

Appetizers:

Jamón

Cured cheese

Sausage slices

Olives

Potato salad with hard-boiled eggs, pickled asparagus and tuna.

First course (called the primero plato):

Spanish lentils made by your friend's mom (mothers always make them best), with bread to soak up the liquid.

Second course (segundo plato):

A whole fish, (fins, head and all - remember what I said about eating the whole animal?) sliced in half, drizzled with olive oil and broiled.

Dessert (postre):

Your choice of fresh strawberries, bananas or oranges, topped with a touch of whipped cream.

Beverages:

Spanish wine (of course)

Then, you try not to waddle out the door.