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The Food Programme

Catalonia

The Food Programme

BBC

Food, Arts

4.4977 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

With Catalonia in the midst of a political crisis, Sheila Dillon travels to the region just as they self-declared independence and discovers how the spirit of the region and its people are very much reflected in their passion for food.

Transcript

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0:19.5

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0:23.4

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0:26.6

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0:29.4

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0:35.0

Hello, you've downloaded a podcast of BBC Radio 4's The Food Program.

0:42.0

Welcome to our world, from cooking to culture, politics to pleasure.

0:47.4

We hope you enjoy it. I'm up in the wet back.

0:55.0

Difficult to get your eye in, huh?

0:57.0

Yeah.

0:58.0

I'm up in the Moncek Mountains northwest of Barcelona in Catalonia, directly north the snow-covered Pyrenees loon.

1:10.0

This is a part-rich leg. That's a good one.

1:14.0

We drove here before sunrise because it's the mushroom season and that I've discovered is a big deal in Catalonia.

1:22.0

So I'm trying to get my eye in.

1:24.0

When you cook it it turns purple and some people think that it's not good

1:32.0

but it's so good.

1:34.0

I'm with Chef Sergy de Mayo and his friend,

1:37.0

winemaker Judet Sogas.

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