While I drink my coffeeLa calçotada
The calçotada
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Els calçots són i blanques. Són de Valls, una ciutat de l’Alt Camp.
Calçots are long white onions. They come from Valls, a town in the Alt Camp.
A l’hivern, la es reuneix i fa una calçotada. Hi ha calçots, una vermella i molta gent a taula.
In winter the family gets together for a calçotada. There are calçots, a red sauce and lots of people at the table.
Una de calçots? Dues? Ningú no compta. Tinc un consell: porta roba vella!
A dozen calçots? Two? Nobody counts. I have some advice: wear old clothes!
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Grammar in the text
- Una dotzena de calçots? — Dotzena: a dozen, with de.
- Tinc un consell. — Tenir: tinc, I have.
For your diary
Quina festa de menjar hi ha a la teva família? Què mengeu i quanta gent hi ha?
What food feast does your family have? What do you eat and how many people come?