Food

Feeding the Starved

This may not be the image that the Mallorca Tourist Board would want to see highlighted, but there you go. Ever since unemployment rose to unprecedented levels here in Mallorca, […]

Customs & Traditions

Coca de Albaricoques

I know, I have left this a bit late as we now are at the tail end of the apricot season but, still. You must try one of the delights […]

Customs & Traditions

Twelve Olives at the End of Sant Jaume

The Festes de Sant Jaume are celebrated every year on July 25th. Sant Jaume is the same as San Jaime in Spain and Santiago or Santo Xacobeo in Galícia. In […]

Beaches

Promoting Breastfeeding

I can’t say that I go to Santa Ponça a lot. Had I known what was going on at the beach of Santa Ponça the day before yesterday, I would have […]

Bars & Restaurants

The Sa Calobra Canyon

The Sa Calobra Canyon, also known as the Torrent de Pareis Gorge, must be one of the island’s most dramatic landscapes and is one of Mallorca’s two Natural Monuments. Friends of […]

Customs & Traditions

Cooking and baking in Mallorca would be inconceivable without Saïm (Castellano: Manteca, Lard), just as cooking would be without olive oil. Saïm is pig fat in both its rendered and non-rendered forms, […]

Animals

Langostas and Bogavantes

I like lobsters. They are somewhat dinosaurian in appearance, don’t you think? It pleases me every time I see them on offer in Palma’s Mercat de l’Olivar, for instance. But […]

Food

Sal de Cocó

I may have reported about Sal de Cocó and its benefits before. Sea salt in Mallorca is called Sal de Cocó when it is being collected from the Parque Nacional […]

Animals

A Private Seawater Lobster Tank

Something like eighteen years ago, a friend of mine showed me a private property in Portocolom which was for sale. The house was amazing. It looked a bit like the […]

Boats

Commercial Fishing

We had fish for supper last night. It was quite scrumptious. Which brings me to today’s topic: commercial fishing in Mallorcan waters. It is quite a science. Or so it […]

Food

Preserved Lemons

We love Mediterranean food and cooking in our house. We don’t exclusively cook Mediterranean dishes, no way, but we do a fair bit of those. Naturally, we also enjoy the […]

Animals

This Little Piggy Went to the Market

The eleven little piglets in my photo were fifteen days old or thereabouts when I took the photo a few weeks ago. All male piggies will be taken to the […]

Animals

The Hostatgeria del Castell d’Alaró

The Puig d’Alaró makes for an exciting outing for a number of reasons. You could hike up the northern ascent from Orient which will take you just under two hours […]

Animals

An Invasion of Snails

You may not be much into snails as a gastronomic treat or even as a pet but, this being a blog about Mallorca and its traditions and customs, snails it […]

Animals

Sant Marc and the Fate of Snails

I have a few admissions to make, this Day of Sant Marc (Mark the Evangelist). For some reason, this is the day when tradition in Mallorca calls for the celebration of […]

Customs & Traditions

Mallorcan Easter Traditions

Today, Mallorca celebrates Diumenge des Ram (Palm Sunday), the first day of the dramatic and rather compelling Easter processions, commemorating the entering of Jesus in Jerusalem. Traditionally, on this day, […]

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Food

Feeding the Starved

Coca de Albaricoques

Twelve Olives at the End of Sant Jaume

Promoting Breastfeeding

The Sa Calobra Canyon

Melting Down the Saïm

Langostas and Bogavantes

Sal de Cocó

A Private Seawater Lobster Tank

Commercial Fishing

Preserved Lemons

This Little Piggy Went to the Market

The Hostatgeria del Castell d’Alaró

An Invasion of Snails

Sant Marc and the Fate of Snails

Mallorcan Easter Traditions