And if you don't understand us, go fry chuchangas!
CANARY ISLANDS ON THE PLATE
As in many places, cultural immersion must start with the stomach . The most popular products of Canarian cuisine are undoubtedly the well-known wrinkled potatoes and the gofio . Remember that gofio is that flour made from millet —corn, for non-Canarian readers— or toasted wheat that can be eaten kneaded (the so-called gofio skin ) , scalding (thickening a broth and normally eaten with pieces of red onion), as cereals in milk for breakfast, or in a good pottage dish.
And, yes, I know, I can't talk about Canarian gastronomy without mentioning Canary bananas! The ones with the specks. Famous for them, not in vain, we canaries are often called flattened , Synonym of fluffy , by the cadence with which we behave, sometimes extremely placid, which exasperates more than one peninsular. But it is that, down here, we work to the beat slowly, without haste.
The rich Canarian sauce is called mojo picón
During your visit to the Canary Islands, sitting at the table, you will experience moments of confusion. like when in the plaster —our ‘appetizer’—, they ask you "do you want to eat pussies?" . It's not what you're thinking. they are offering you lupins , those yellow grains whose bitterness is removed in water and salt.
Also, if you go to a barbecue —like your ‘barbecues’— and they invite you to a pineapple , do not imagine that it will be the sweet and juicy tropical pineapple, they will probably give you a roasted corn pineapple . They can offer you a pineapple with a less generous and more violent purpose, beware!
That around here we are very 'flattened'
ULTRAVIOLENCE TO THE CANARY ISLANDS
We canaries like food so much that we have very... appetizing insults, like fried potato either sweet potato . But, of course, our insults are soft and seductive, like our accent; If you don't believe it, read: guanajo, machango, cachanchán, flagstone, tolete, totorota, tollo, sanaca, to name a few.
CANARY EXPERT LEVEL
Go fry chuchangas! Following the insulting or false line, you have to learn this common expression that you will easily understand if you substitute chuchangas (as we call small land snails here) for 'asparagus'. With the same sense, you can listen Send/Send move! , a refined version of the classic Que te pires!
Be grounded or be wise. Parents usually tell their children when they leave home, or a friend when he advises them to make a decision with mental clarity. The opposite would be go off , something that happens as a consequence of the expression that follows.
get entangled . Being enralado is something that usually happens in festive moments, of maximum exaltation, in which we go with a tempera (drunk) important. For those situations of lag, it would also be worth the fun change the wig.
be sick from the roof . Far from meaning that you have to make arrangements on top of the house, we canaries say this when someone does or says something crazy. Similarly, when you would say "boy, you've crossed the line", we islanders would settle with a definite you jumped . And if what has happened is that he accidentally messed up or got confused or forgot something, we will tell him you missed the baifo , without any baby goat having to escape.
Water! Yeah, cunt! Us! (pronounced here _/noh/) _ . Interchangeable and multi-use expressions that normally express astonishment or surprise but, depending on the tone, can also convey anger or exasperation.
Go fry chuchangas!
THE WEATHER IN THE CANARY ISLANDS AND WHAT TO WEAR
As you know from the weather maps on TV, we are the islands where, in 99% of cases, there is a huge sun shining . Yes, in the Canary Islands, they usually do calofa . Therefore, when you come, you have to bring the cholas ; no flip flops or sandals, here are the cholas for the beach . But, you also have to keep in mind that when you climb to the top, you can do pellet and you will need to take a pullover to keep you warm that at night the slowed down falls and that, when it rains, the ravines run (here, rivers, it's going to be no) and everything stays plugged in.
What heat!
THREE KEYS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CANARIES
We canaries are not all the same. I am going to reveal the magic trick so that you know which province the Canarian person you are talking to is from. simply asking him what name do you give to three objects , you will know immediately.
1. Popcorn: if when he goes to see a movie he asks popcorn , there is no doubt, it is from the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. If you talk about threads , is from Las Palmas.
two. The sport shoes: if it goes with t-shirts , comes from one of the three eastern islands (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria or Lanzarote) . If, on the other hand, you use tennis , it is clear that it comes from one of the western ones (El Hierro, La Gomera, La Palma or Tenerife) .
3. boiled potatoes: a basic companion for a canary —we are very mumps —. What is going to prepare you some stewed potatoes , from Santa Cruz. What he wants boiled potatoes , from Las Palmas.
Well, these are some first indications of Canarian speech. But this one is very rich and there are still many words and expressions that will surely surprise you during your visit. My advice is: do not stay with the magua (eagerly) and ask a Canarian, who not for nothing have a reputation for being hospitable to all the tourists who come to enjoy our paradise. Don't stop coming, I guarantee you'll have a good time, no, great , as we say around here.
*If I have missed some “ustedes” I have not put it because I respect readers especially, but because, in the Canary Islands, we do not use you. So that it is understood, when we conjugate we come to say “I, you, he/she, we, YOU and they”.
One goes to the beach in cholas
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