“Opinion Piece”sunseaandsnails

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“I'm Hungry” As I write to you I am currently relaxing like Frankie said so on the local beach. My big toe gracing the water, my wrist adorned with the appropriate hippy bands and my hands hold the world famous Thai burger...just kidding! You see my Mum would know this isn’t me as for since I can remember I have been a foodie. Even as a baby I would refuse the gunk in a jar in favour of my Mum’s mashed up Shepherd’s pie. Therefore for me visiting

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a different country is the perfect time to sample some of the local cuisines. We’ve come a long way in the last century and possibly a little too far in terms of Heston Blumenthal but still the British are suspicious of the cleanliness of other countries. Man up! I’m not saying you should go around picking foreign chewing gum of the floor just that you haven’t lived until you’ve smelt the spices of a Moroccan tagine or tasted the freshness of an Italian salad. In addition it is more than likely that that hot

“You haven't lived until you've smelt the spices of a Moroccan tagine”

Dear Mum,

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that one) To this day I can honestly say it is one of the nicest meals I’ve had and controversially one of the very few things I would refuse to pass my mouth as a child. I hunted Asda for ages but it turns out no one really craves snails the way I do. So here’s me saying, do me a little favour? Try some and maybe one day we’ll be seeing them sat next to cheddar and ham!

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dog you’re munching on as ‘safety’ food in Korea really did used to be a hound, so really, what have you got to lose? As a country we are often referred to as ‘reserved’ and that is definitely doesn’t mean the table at the local Japanese bar. The funny thing is if you pump a Brit with enough alcohol and they’ll be ready to take on any challenge that’s on their plate. Take me for example. It was the first night in Barcelona with my Spanish class and we’d been sent of to complete a quiz. Of course after the first two questions it was abandoned deeming it more valuable to our learning to locate the best bar in town.

Thankfully we arrived just in time for happy turning up to our group meal nice and merry shall we say. In my drunken state it proved harder to find the English section of the menu than a penny in the ocean and with that I took it open myself to order snails with rabbit and I managed to do this en Español. (Quisiera caracoles con conejo por favor - for the record. You never know when you might need Love Me

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