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THE COVER

Historians count some of things of to eat, that origin of cover locates in province of Cadiz and concretely in way that takes San Fernando, where finds Sale of Cat, that is the place in which King Fernando VII used to stop to replenish forces, or expressed in gastronomical terms, to recover the stomach with foods. Then, the King requested that they served wine to him as the Earth, and to avoid that the dust penetrated in the glass of the good broth, solicitd there that "they covered it" with one rodaja of mountain back or one loncha of jamón, of the cover name. There are other histories, perhaps with less antiquity or historical rigor, but all agrees with the action to cover the glass or the glass. It has given origin to one of the richer and ingenious gastronomical customs of our earth. Ask in the recommended establishments what has of cover, will be astonished of the amount, quality, forms to serve it and in many occasions, of his names.

THE PESCAITO

If, tapero beloved to the fish takes off the "d here to him" and "pescao" is pronounced, and to which it uses in the establishments and malagueños homes "pescaito", denominated thus, not only by its smallness, that due to its abundance they were possible to be consumed in all the sizes, but because it is the affectionate form to denominate our things, also putting to him the diminutivo to make it, if it fits, still more good; for example, if Póngame requests "fried big holes" he is not bad, but if it adds the diminutivo and it smooths its request saying "puts fried boqueroncitos to Me" the waiter will interpret because you want it something of ours, and fried as here the "Pescao" is fried.

Remember:

Big holes - Boqueroncitos, Salmonetes - Salmonetitos, Jureles - Jurelitos, Squid - Pulpito, etc.

It does not forget to prove the "espetos" of sardines or "pescao to the salt", but always it requests that they have the statures allowed by the authorities. It is important for all, thanks.

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