Because the house in which we are staying was mostly empty, we went to a local (larger) supermarket. It is not very photogenic, so you’ll have to cope with my selection of points of interest (or oddities, for that matter) …
In the entrance, where the special offers are placed, they had a stand of Salsa Espinaler. This is local condiment used to spice up tinned clams, sepia etc. They make fantastic tinned products as well.
A similar, but less fancy version is made by Dani, a company featuring other items for the very important aperitif (for e.g. Sunday lunch) as well …
I would have loved to get this Vermouth bottle, but then again I prefer other drinks for aperitif …
This visit I want to stock up on two or three paella pans. Just maybe not here, although the selection was decent …
These 1.5L bottles contain a mixture of red wine & lemonade, premixed for your convenience. I like the idea & it is cheap …
Some pork rinds (which I had to purchase, of course) …
The cookbook section was a bit disappointing, although they covered most regions. Plus all of them were in Spanish. I’ll need to look elsewhere …
Got a nice whiskey for the vacation: Chivas Regal Mizunara 12. Decent price as well, although …
… in Spain, Gin & Tonic reigns supreme ! This is just the “pink section” of their products.
Combined with myriads of tonic waters …
… and the odd “dry add-ons” that are immensely popular to doll up your G&T.
Seemingly white canned asparagus is a thing, too. My wife was a bit puzzled …
Beans are very important to the Catalan people. One of my goals for the vacation is to prepare the prefect pot of beans. They have great varieties, but I am looking for the elusive “Mongetes de St. Pau” variety. I might drive up there …
Cargols (or snails), precooked. I’ll get them in the restaurant instead …
Callos (or tripe) …
And (befitting maybe the products that @liuzhou can find imported into China), the “paella” section.
This I found cool: the “broth” section - essentially all meat products you want to make a good broth (sausages, fat, bones, feet, …) wrapped conveniently in packages. And many of them. I got some for my beans …
Lamb - baby lamb at that. Look at the size of that leg …
On the lighter side - fuets (a kind of salami) …
And this you know …
The meat counter, where I purchase some nice ultra thinly sliced head cheese …
And the fish section …
We purchase goods for about 300€ and went home happily …
