More than 35 tm. on the feast of Carballino O Octopus, who recalled Paul.
Ourense, Aug. 8 .- More than 35 tons of octopus flesh "or Caldeiro and pie were distributed today at the forty-eighth Festival Carballino O octopus, cephalopod starring named Paul, who became famous for his gifts of divination during the recent football World Cup.
The opening ceremony was conducted by the abbot Monteiro, Osera Monastery, which was commissioned to say a few, fallen earth chips, words because this year is dedicated to her community, which has always had close links with the party.
This time it has broken the record for ticket sales application and to access the site, located in the Municipal Park, as mayor, Carlos Montes, bump the "success of participation."
Amounts listed in this sense that, darkfall gold for sale, the tickets were sold "several weeks before the celebration, in part because of the large media appeal that throughout the summer had the villa and its gastronomic feast," which qualify as "the most important of the entire Community autonomous. "
Also emphasize that the hotel occupancy, as the municipal campsite was almost 100 percent a fortnight before the celebration of, ffxiv gil, the feast "and recorded reserves of" Galicia, rest of Spain and Portugal. "
The campsite manager explained, meanwhile, which this year had to open a waiting list, at the high number of applications.
As a special visit, the party had this year with the presence of numerous German authorities and the aquarium Sea Life Oberhausem, home to Octopus Paul, who became famous for hitting all the results of the last World Cup.
The German expedition was composed of the consul of Dusseldorf, Manuel Viturro, the councilman of Culture, Apostolos Tsaladtras: that of Tourism, Michael Schmitz and Oberhausem aquarium manager, Tanja Manzini.
The Germans, returned with this visit, conducted recently by the mayor of O Carballino to deliver a gift to Paul octopus, consisting of a bronze statue and name the animal "favorite friend of the Villa."
More than thirty pulpeiras were responsible for the preparation of the typical dish, which tasted visitors along with the meat "or Caldeiro" in preparation very similar to octopus "a feira", and empanadas, which were completed with liquors and fussiness.
With the Festival of Octopus so complete an intense week of events Carballino O, that this year also was marked by the attainment of the Guinness Record for the largest octopus cover the world with over 100 kilos in a single dish that outnumbered 17 cm the previous record, in the absence of official recognition.
The so-called "path Paul" in local bars and the presentation of 101 recipes for octopus, completed the intense schedule of events.
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