1. An Experience in Spain
Dave Morrison

2. Outline
● Part 1—What did I learn about Spain?
● Food
● Music
● Places
● Customs
● Language
● People
● Part 2—What did I learn from Spain?

3. FOOD!

4. Food--Jamón
● There are a thousand ways to eat jamón in
Spain, here are some of my favorites
● Jamón serrano
● Longaniza
● Morcilla
● Filete de cerdo

5. Jamón!
● And I love jamón! I even bought my own!

6. 5 weeks later...
● For the sake of my health, it is probably good
that I only bought one

7. Olive Oil
● Olive oil is perhaps the most pervasive
(common) ingredient in Spanish food, and I had
a lot of it
● I went through 8 L this year and last

8. Pescaito Frito
● Pescaito frito is perhaps the emblematic food of
Málaga
● And no, it is not pescaDito frito, saying like that
would be absurd

9. Salmorejo and Lentejas—My
attempts at Spanish cocina
● There are a zillion great Spanish foods, and
what is more amazing is that for each great
Spanish food that exists, at least 5 towns have
their own twist on it
● Example—Salmorejo, Porra, Gazpacho

10. Porra Americana
● Here is porra americana, which I made myself!
It got the recipe from a Cordobesa, I was taught
how to make it by a Malagueña

12. Alas...
● Admittedly, my porra americana is not as
good as salmorejo cordobés or porra
antequerana. All Spaniards who tried it
could only say—

13. Falta algo...

14. Lentejas
● I wanted to make a dish using sofrito, which I
know to be the base of many Spanish dishes. I
decided on lentejas, and my Spanish abuela
and next door neighbor, Doña Ana, taught me
how!

15. Preparation

16. Sofrito!

17. Almost done...

18. Done!

19. Admittedly, another 6 months passed before
I made a bowl of lentejas tasty enough to
feed to a dog without embarrassing myself

20. MUSIC!

21. Spanish Music
● Music is an integral part of any culture, since it
communicates the experiences and
perspectives of its people in a more immediate
direct way than most other artistic mediums
● Some of my favorite Spanish musical
experiences included
● Murgas at Carnaval
● Procesiones during Semana Santa
● Flamenco, whenever and wherever (Jorge Pardo)
● Coplas (El Cafe de Chinitas, La Morena de mi
Copla)

22. Málaga Carnaval—Murgas

23. Procesiones during Semana Santa
● Epic trumpet music, beautiful tronos

24. Llevo 12 !@#$ horas llevando este trono y ahora estoy
comiendo la cabeza del tío enfrente de mi
“Throne face”

25. Flamenco
● I have always loved flamenco music. In Spain I
enjoyed a number and variety of concerts
delivered by a great number of cantaores,
bailaores, y tocaores
● Free Friday night flamenco concerts in Baeza last
year, in a cellar
● Sara Baras (baile)
● Countless concerts with toque/cante
● Jorge Pardo (flamenco/jazz fusion)

26. Flamenco Lessons
● I could not have been luckier than to have
lessons at Portada Alta from Dani Heredia.
They were a lot of fun, and a great challenge

27. PLACES!

28. In Spain
● List of places I've been to in Spain...
● Malaga, Ronda, Antequera, Baeza, Ubeda, Jaen,
Cordoba, Granada, Sevilla, Toledo, Barcelona,
Avila, Madrid, Salamanca, Nerja, toda la Costa del
Sol, Almeria, Valencia etc...
● All of these places are remarkable for their history
and their culture. Spain is a large country, but,
given its cultural diversity, it should be 5 times
larger. And I haven't even been to the North

29. But Malaga is the best
● I don't know why, but out of all the wonderful
places in Spain, Malaga is my favorite. I think it
has something to do with the ocean air, the
weather, the food, and the people
● I consider myself an adopted boqueron, but if
you all would give me your blessing, it would
mean a lot...

30. Will you adopt me?

31. LANGUAGE!

32. Language
● I have been in Spain for 2 years, and I think my
Spanish has improved quite a lot
● But if one thing is for sure, my knowledge of
jargon, local sayings and expressions has
exploded. This really increased my capacity for
self-expression, gave me some good laughs,
and taught me more about the Spanish people

33. Some of my favorite sayings
● Trabajo menos que el camarero de la Santa
Cena
● Vete a freir monos
● Tiene mas cojones que el toro de Osborne
● He oido hablar tan bien de ti que creía que
estabas muerto
● Eres mas lento que el caballo del malo
● Está aliquindoi

34. People
● The people in Spain are my favorite part about
Spain. In fact, I never would have come here if
I didn´t already know I liked the people. I have
known two families in Malaga since I was a
very young child, and my experiences with
them brought me here

35. Some words
● Here are some words that I think of when I think
of the Spanish and Spanish life (this list has an
Andalucian bias)
● The following words are in no particular order

36. jamón

37. cachondeo

38. sol

39. calle

40. playa

41. tapas

42. fútbol

43. familia

44. amigos

45. cariño

46. alegría

47. amor