The was only one tiny change with last week’s food order in that we got sent a mango instead of a grapefruit – which means we had an odd Sunday breakfast. I think that was an error at their end rather than some form of rationing.
The food delivery driver was wearing a visor this time – but we still were signing for the order.
I ordered some stuff from Amazon – including Horace food and his pee-pads, a new cafetiere, as the glass in our old one broke, some coffee and some tennis balls for Daisy. Amazon sent me a message to say delivery times would vary depending on the importance of the items being delivered. And Horace’s food and pee-pads are apparently the most important in that order, as they are coming tomorrow, which is pretty much normal delivery times. And the coffee is coming last!
I try to keep Horace on the same food, as he’s difficult to feed and it takes him a long time to get used to new food – and the same with his pee-pads. He’s great, but we will never be able to train him to go outside.
Talking about coffee – we didn’t get our normal coffee last time and got Dia own label. I didn’t think it tasted very nice and Ian thought the same. It transpires, that our normal coffee which is traditional Spanish coffee (which we’ve never really thought about or made a conscious decision to choose, it was just all that was sold in the local shops), is a completely different type of coffee made by a different process. It’s called ‘torrefacto’ and the coffee beans are roasted with sugar, which is why they are shiny and sticky. I’d noticed that before, but never really questioned why.
The technique was used during the Civil War, to make coffee go further and last longer – and never stopped – so that explains that!
Of course, all Semana Santa parades have been cancelled and there will be no Easter celebrations this year. It’s very common for Spanish people to go their country houses during the Easter weekend, so I imagine we’ll be getting reminders soon about staying at home during the Easter weekend.