{"id":64386,"date":"2016-03-25T10:17:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T09:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=64386"},"modified":"2019-12-09T12:29:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T11:29:14","slug":"catalan-gastronomic-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-gastronomic-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalan Gastronomic Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunday afternoon and you&#8217;re invited to&#8230;. a <strong>cal\u00e7otada<\/strong>? A <strong>casta\u00f1ada<\/strong>? What? Welcome to Catalonia, where <strong>agricultural<\/strong> bounty is <strong>celebrated<\/strong> with friends and family, and the whole neighborhood! Agriculturally-inspired festivities continue to thrive in <strong>Catalan culture<\/strong>, and especially in its capital city, Barcelona. From season to season, you&#8217;ll find yourself stumbling upon public pla\u00e7as filled revelers sitting around tables and enjoying the local harvest. Here are a few <strong>gastronomic\u00a0festivities<\/strong> observed by Catalan folk:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-gastronomic-celebrations\/#Calcotadas\" title=\"Cal\u00e7otadas\">Cal\u00e7otadas<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-gastronomic-celebrations\/#Castanadas\" title=\"Casta\u00f1adas\">Casta\u00f1adas<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-gastronomic-celebrations\/#Dotze_Raims\" title=\"Dotze Ra\u00efms\">Dotze Ra\u00efms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Calcotadas\"><\/span>Cal\u00e7otadas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/calcots.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64447\"><img class=\" wp-image-64447 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/calcots-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"calcots\" width=\"356\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a>Anywhere from November to April, it&#8217;s more than likely you&#8217;ll encounter smell of grilled <strong>cal\u00e7ots<\/strong> while walking through the neighborhood. Just what are cal\u00e7ots, exactly? They&#8217;re a type of scallion, or green onion, unique to Catalonia! Rumor has it they were <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cal%C3%A7ot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">originally cultivated in the 20th century<\/a>. In any case, the <strong>celebration<\/strong> of eating cal\u00e7ots, known as <em>cal\u00e7otadas <\/em>in Catalan, are a staple celebration of the region. Typically, the scallion-like cal\u00e7ots are lined up on a grill and cooked over an open fire, served wrapped in newspaper, stripped from their charred skin and gratuitously dipped in unbelievably <strong>delicious<\/strong> romesco sauce specially made for the occasion! <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romesco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Romesco sauce<\/a> is a beautiful shade of red, made with raw almonds, red peppers, pine nuts, red peppers, and bread. Be sure to ask for extra sauce before the event starts&#8230;everyone is always left wanting more! Finally, your <strong>cal\u00e7ots<\/strong> are served with red wine and bread. Oh, and don&#8217;t wear white: playing with charred \u00e7alcots can be tricky business when it comes to keeping clean.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Castanadas\"><\/span>Casta\u00f1adas<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Roasting-Chestnuts.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64445\"><img class=\" wp-image-64445 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Roasting-Chestnuts-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"Roasting Chestnuts\" width=\"283\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a>A <em>casta\u00f1ada<\/em>, celebrated in both Galicia and Catalonia, traditionally takes place during <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic.org\/saints\/allsaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">All Saint&#8217;s Day<\/a>, on November 1st. <strong>Casta\u00f1as<\/strong>, or <strong>chestnuts<\/strong>, are seen in heaping piles all over markets in <strong>Catalonia<\/strong> and neighboring regions from mid-October to the end of December. While you can always get your chestnut-fix from your local Catalan street vendor, roasting chestnuts over a barrel-bound fire, you don&#8217;t want to miss your local <strong>casta\u00f1ada<\/strong>. Sweet wine, <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.nnhotels.com\/es\/barcelona-20\/la-castanada-y-los-panellets\/\">panelletes<\/span>, and more chestnuts than you can imagine are usually the typical arrangement found at your <strong>casta\u00f1ada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"tw-swapa\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dotze_Raims\"><\/span>Dotze Ra\u00efms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Grapes.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64449\"><img class=\" wp-image-64449 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Grapes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Grapes\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><strong>Dotze Ra\u00efms<\/strong>, or twelve grapes in Catalan, is a <strong>tradition<\/strong> celebrated all over <strong>Spain<\/strong> and recently in other Spanish-speaking countries. Its origins are unknown, but it is said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twelve_Grapes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">tradition started<\/a> in 1895 after an over-abundance in grape production by vineyards. On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctspanish.com\/christmas\/grapes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nochevieja<\/a><span class=\"st\">\u2014<\/span><strong>New Year&#8217;s Eve<\/strong>, in Spanish<span class=\"st\">\u2014<\/span>people all over Spain gather around tables, each equipped with twelve grapes to be eaten with the twelve sounds of the bell tolling, to welcome the New Year. The goal is to put twelve grapes in your mouth in twelve seconds, for twelve months of good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"64386\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday afternoon and you&#8217;re invited to&#8230;. a cal\u00e7otada? A casta\u00f1ada? What? Welcome to Catalonia, where agricultural bounty is celebrated with friends and family, and the whole neighborhood! Agriculturally-inspired festivities continue to thrive in Catalan culture, and especially in its capital city, Barcelona. From season to season, you&#8217;ll find yourself stumbling upon public pla\u00e7as filled revelers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":64446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4421],"tags":[865,1271,1272,3652,156,3654,3651,918,265,3655,3653],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64386"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110440,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64386\/revisions\/110440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}