Lunch in Villanueva de la Jara

As if it were a ritual, lunch in Villanueva de la Jara is more than just morning sustenance for the stomach.

In the mornings, lunch in Villanueva de la Jara is a gastronomic tradition that goes beyond mere morning sustenance when starting the day early. Whether it is for appetite or necessity, having lunch grilled meats in Villanueva de la Jara is a gastronomic tribute to the palate. But you have to know how to choose the place, so as not to be disappointed.

Where do you have lunch in Villanueva de la Jara?

There are several places that offer lunch in Villanueva de la Jara, very diverse and with hardly anything to do with each other. The same is true for lunch, and the same is true for dinner. We are in a land with a very rich and varied gastronomic offer, but it is not easy to find an establishment where to have a good grilled lunch, both meat and sausages.

What time do you eat lunch?

It is absolutely subjective what time to have lunch. There are people who decide to have lunch at eight in the morning, and others at ten in the morning; there are even those who don’t have lunch at all. But we are not talking about breakfast, the typical breakfast of coffee and toast, which is also consumed.

Lunch in La Jara perfumes the streets with the morning fragrance of fire and meat.

What do you have for lunch at La Jara Cuenca?

The ember is essential. Jareño palate, accustomed to savor good meat, and the stomach, in need of food, since the day begins before the sun rises, is faithful to the place where it is properly served.

The ascuas, as the embers are called here, allow tasting different parts of the pig, also called “marrano” in these lands. Therefore, we can list some of those pieces that are the tastiest due to their popularity.

Knowing what to order for lunch on the grill

Let’s identify the different options that pork meat gives us to fill our stomachs with substance. In addition to ham, which you also have to know where to order it, grilled meats for lunch are good for the body and magical for the soul. You have to have a good stomach and calculate the quantity. It is not good to leave food to throw away.

Some parts of the pork and its derivatives should not be ordered in any place because “you can get a bad look”.

• Mask (Careta)
• Snout (Morro)
• Ear (Oreja)
• Lining (Forro)
• Bacon (Panceta)
• Blood sausage (Morcilla)
• Güeña (Guarra)
• Longaniza (Sausages)

And you might say, “Can they look at me funny if I order something abnormal for lunch? It’s almost a couplet in the string of nonsense that can be thrown at you, depending on where you go for lunch.

Summarizing, which is gerund; in order of appearance, we explain each of the options for lunch, deciding what is clear and choosing the right place.

Grilled meats for lunch

The face of the pig is, as its name indicates, the face open to the embers. It is not a very common product for lunch, but it is for lunch, since its elaboration is slow, several hours in front of the embers, controlling that it does not burn or remain raw.

The snout, the snout, is placed on the embers and is toasted to be eaten in pieces, normally cut with scissors. It hardly needs salt, it is a matter of taste, but a well done piece of morrete (snout) will bring a dead person back to life.

The same happens with the lining. A good grill and good lining, toasted by the skin and juicy by the fat. It is necessary to insist in that it is not worth any place to have lunch these delicatessen, as in everything, the fresh meat takes the palm. It also happens with the bacon, which has to be fresh and grilled or salted and turned over and over.

The pig’s ear can be cooked in different ways. Grilled with garlic sauce, oil and parsley. Also stewed, although this way is not usual for lunch, it is for gisada food. There are places where they make it whole and serve it for you to cut it yourself. New fashions that do not make sense, if you want grilled ear for lunch, ask first how they make it and if it is possible that they roast it well and cut it for your convenience.

Güeña o Guarra

The güeña is one of the typical sausages of La Mancha, in Albacete it is called “guarra”. This sausage is made by mixing lean meat, bacon and offal, chopped and spiced and finely entripado. Do not confuse “güeña” with “chistorra”, although visually they may “look alike”, they have nothing to do with each other.

Black pudding, chorizos de orza (if available) and longanizas (sausages) are another option for lunch in Villanueva de la Jara. Depending on your taste, the level of roast must be indicated. If you want it well done, just say so.

Some sayings and proverbs referring to the pig in La Mancha: “El peor marrano se come la mejor bellota”, “Vida de cerdo, engordar para morir”, “En martes, ni tu hija casas, ni tu puerco mates”.

What to drink at lunch

This is another question that will depend on each person and each palate. It is typical to drink wine for lunch, if you find it too strong you can reduce it with soda. Beer would be the second drink in order of popularity, and water at the end, although it is not uncommon to see people who drink sugary soft drinks at lunch, they were not told as children that it is bad for the belly.

Coffee at the end of a Jareño lunch

And even more subjective is the coffee after a copious lunch of grilled meats. Both normal coffee and decaffeinated coffee serve the purpose of rounding off the lunch in the body. Coffee can and should also be seasoned if the purpose is to have a good Jareño lunch.

Coffee with liquor is called carajillo, and it can be any, depending on taste. It can be a carajillo of cognac, rum or aniseed, even whiskey. There are also those who ask for combined drinks, with the liquors; it can be a coffee alone and a glass of sun and shade, cognac and aniseed mixed together. This is very Castilian, and sometimes you hear people ask for “a stone”, and you wonder if they even eat stones here, when what they are referring to is a glass of orujo with a large ice cube, that is the stone.

You can also ask for a “chupito” of orujo or cream. A tiny glass is served, just a sip, iced both the glass and the liqueur.

Enjoy your meal!

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