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Surely the wonders of Jaén will be magnified if we add to the beauty of our landscapes and the profound nature of our heritage how well we eat >> It is not a minor issue, really >>

JUAN ESPEJO GONZÁLEZ Jan 23, 2022 / 4:48 p.m.

Sight is sight and since the five senses are what they are, we could say that perhaps it is the first in the pyramid of our desires because after what we see comes everything else, in other words, if something does not enter us through the eyes, we discard the rest of the considerations, no matter how profound the smell, touch, taste or hearing. Jaén took a giant step forward with a winning bet, but at first incredulous and despised, that of the interior paradise and we are in another culminating moment for a future that is already present, who does not bet on gastronomy added to the landscape and heritage it is that he thinks with the hindrances of charity from another era in which giving fish is equal to medals, when the fishing rod is the best investment, but that is another matter, what is right now is to value the gastronomy of Jaén, its towns and its cities.

How well you eat in Jaén is so valuable that it is surprising that our gastronomy is not widespread and even universal, it will be because politics has its times, precisely because sometimes the first thing is nothing that has to do with common sense and Mind you, nothing to object to. Until today, when the time has come. Having said this and having achieved what has been achieved, for magnificent and good investment, and I am referring to the Michelin stars that give us shine and recognize a wonderful commitment to indoor cuisine (I am speaking, obviously, of Bagá and Dama Juana) it is the precise moment to extol the day-to-day, which has more stars even if we don't publish them, that journalists, sometimes, only look at the political stage and not at the people's stalls. No one, and I repeat, no one, has poor potatoes like the ones at the Sara bar (El Cerezo) or grilled meat like the one at Venta de San Antonio (Sabariego) or inland seafood like the one at La Mina (station de Andújar) and we can continue, for example, with the garlic flour from the Cruz restaurant (Siles) or the glazed pork knuckle from the Vergilia complex (Cabra del Santo Cristo station) and even the homemade cakes from El Torreón (Lupión) ¿ Does anyone give more at Fitur 2022?

ALOUD

Let's add joys

There is a world away from the media spotlight, which until now is controlled by a few (and I am talking about Jaén, only Jaén) which is that of popular festivals, parades and paso dobles included, which, moreover, has the approval of the authority competent. Well then, dissecting where they come from and who gives the approval, we have to tell them that joys can be sensed; the mayors, always asking with whom, are throwing the house out the window ahead of their patron saint festivities in summer 2022.

QUIETLY

Jaén capital, excluded

Those were other times, politically even more neighborhood than now, and we were experiencing the launch of an idea based in the eight Andalusian provinces, that of a specific theme park that would serve as an economic springboard and a modernist visual stamp. tip for Malaga, jewelry for Córdoba, congresses for Granada and Jaén, Geolit, the oil park that was installed in Mengíbar and not in Jaén capital, as political punishment. In addition, without highway access, a real infamy.

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GUESS...

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RIDDLE...

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