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From Spain with love: Percebes: Yummy!
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FROM SPAIN WITH LOVE: BARNACLES : YUMMY!!
Barnacles or "percebes" are found solely on Northern Spain�s Atlantic coast, principally in Galicia
They are eaten moderately (the reason? They have astronomical prices!) and in some areas there�s no tradition of consuming them. They grow on wave-beaten rocks and it's very dangerous to catch them.
They are prepared always fresh by boiling them in salty (or better still salt) water for 4-5 minutes.
Watch a video which shows how "percebeiros" (people who catch barnacles) work. Say if the sentences below are TRUE or FALSE
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1. You can get�barnacles anywhere in the market��
FALSE
TRUE
2. They are crustaceans that grow on the rough North Atlantic coast�
FALSE
TRUE
3. People who love oyster tend to hate barnacles�
FALSE
TRUE
4. "Percebeiros" have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world�
FALSE
TRUE
5. They have to catch the barnacles in the few moments they have between two waves�
FALSE
TRUE
6. The waves are so wild that the percebeiros might be hit by their own boat
FALSE
TRUE
7. Annie is confident that the percebeiros have control over the waves
FALSE
TRUE
8. they jump from rock to rock chiseling the barnacles�
FALSE
TRUE
9. About three percebeiros die every year on the job�
FALSE
TRUE
10. A percebeiro can make about one thousand one hundred dollars on a good day
FALSE
TRUE