Did I mention that I miss living in Spain? “Te echo de menos” in Spanish is the equivalent phrase for “I miss you” in English. To translate it word for word, “echar” is to throw or throw out. “De menos” can mean too little or not enough. In my mind, I imagine it to mean “I want to throw you out the least” – that’s kind of like “I miss you”, right? When I start really missing Spain, I browse La Tienda or Despaña and daydream about all of the lovely nibbles I would make. During an overstock sale, I picked up some lomo (cured pork loin) and chorizo (cured Spanish style sausage). I grabbed a small wedge of manchego (a semi-hard Spanish cheese from La Mancha region) and set upon adulterating my grilled cheese sandwiches.
I brushed the bread with olive oil, spread some leftover caramelized onions from some beer brats I made in celebration of Labor Day, then Tetris’d my way through tomato slices, sunflower shoots, pea shoots, chorizo or lomo, and manchego. I just need to throw together some homemade tomato soup or an almond garlic gazpacho to really enjoy these sandwiches.
Stereotype Rebel 