Sorry it's been awhile since I last wrote, but I have been in the Basque Country for several weeks. Dan had some business there so I went with him. Eating in Euskadi was a fun and interesting experience. There were a lot of primal options. They are big on eating a big piece of meat for their main course. Typically a hunk of steak, pork, lamb or fish. When we stayed Getaria, which is right on the coast, we ate a lot of fish. Hake is a popular fish in the Basque Country along with tuna. For sides big salads with white asparagus, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and tuna seemed to the favored choice. The only type of asparagus I saw while there was white, I never saw any green asparagus.
Pintxos (pronounced pinchos), served in practically every bar in the Basque Country, were also a tasty treat. Many of the pintxos tend to be served on bread, however, you could definitely find some that were not. Some of my favorite breadless varieties were roasted mushroom caps, artichoke hearts wrapped in bacon and marinated and baked artichoke hearts, yummy--I love artichoke hearts! Don't get me wrong they have plenty of pastas and they love their bread, but I found it quite easy to eat primal while vacationing in the Basque Country.
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