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Mona de Pascua
I have to go out & buy some Monas de Pascua today, for my kids to take to school. They all go down to the beach, play some games & eat their monas on the last day before the easter break.
I know they don't have these all over Spain, but does anyone know what the mona actually represents? It's a pastry/cake sort of like a doughnut with a small chocolate egg in it. |
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I have never heard of this pastry, but a wiki seach revealed that the Spanish mona comes from the arab munna which means provisions for the mouth (victuals). I always find regional foods on holy week to be interesting subject matter.
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Mona is typical from Catalonian speaker places (Catalonia, Valencia and Baleares). Here it's eaten on Monday (Lunes de Pascua). People go to the country and eat "carne a la brasa" and "mona". My husband's grandmother told me that years ago the godfather/godmother (padrino/madrina de bautizo) used to give a mona tor his/her godchild, but it consisted in a kind of bread with boiled eggs (as much eggs as the child's age), until his/her First Communion.
But the monas made here are a bit different from yours. Here this is a round cake, with "yema tostada" on it (and inside it or, sometimes, with jam) and decorated with a figure of chocolate. Something like this (not exactly): |
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They are supposed to be eaten on Monday here as well - but they have them on the last day of school too. |
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I've never seen hard boiled eggs here Just chocolate, chocolate and chocolate
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*Aviso de chiste mala* ¿Cuál prefieres: la mona arrugada o la mona lisa? |
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Aquí torrijas es french toast o en Nueva Orleans pain perdue.
En Madrid lo que a mi me gusta más son los torteles de la Mayorquina. Me dan recuedos de galactabúrico, un dulce griego, disponible aquí (por un precio). Y lo que prefiero màs es una buena mona lisa.
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Pero French toast no es lo mismo que una torrija - parecida sí, pero no es lo mismo...
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¿Caul es la diferencia? Nunca las comí, pero las vi y francamente no me gustaba su aspecto (pero no se puede juzgar un libro por su portada). Se las sivre frias ¿verdad?
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