Comments on: In Pursuit of Plankton: An Andalusian Love Story http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/2010/01/27/in-pursuit-of-plankton-an-andalusian-love-story/ A lover of Spain eats her heart out. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:21:49 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Trixie http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/2010/01/27/in-pursuit-of-plankton-an-andalusian-love-story/comment-page-1/#comment-7409 Trixie Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:57:18 +0000 http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/?p=360#comment-7409 Well, after some years of spending long days--and nights-- at sea in an open boat, I can say that I read this plankton blog with great interest. Whales have very smelly breath but I imagine they didn't have the advantage of aborio. Or for that matter, Angel. A splendid description. I love your writing. I think I would laugh a lot on a Spanish Journey. Well, after some years of spending long days–and nights– at sea in an open boat, I can say that I read this plankton blog with great interest. Whales have very smelly breath but I imagine they didn’t have the advantage of aborio. Or for that matter, Angel.

A splendid description. I love your writing. I think I would laugh a lot on a Spanish Journey.

]]> By: Teresa http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/2010/01/27/in-pursuit-of-plankton-an-andalusian-love-story/comment-page-1/#comment-7317 Teresa Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:30:45 +0000 http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/?p=360#comment-7317 Eddie -- I must send this to Angel, he will love it. Too bad he hadn't read this story before spending his long and fruitless day trolling for plankton and getting almost none... it goes on to say the plankton dive deep during the day, so the best "plankton fishing" is at night. Eddie — I must send this to Angel, he will love it. Too bad he hadn’t read this story before spending his long and fruitless day trolling for plankton and getting almost none… it goes on to say the plankton dive deep during the day, so the best “plankton fishing” is at night.

]]> By: Eddie http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/2010/01/27/in-pursuit-of-plankton-an-andalusian-love-story/comment-page-1/#comment-7316 Eddie Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:24:22 +0000 http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/?p=360#comment-7316 According to the Boating Enyclopedia, the ocean scientist William Beebe said in 1927 that “shipwrecked men in an open boat, if their lot is cast on waters rich in plankton, need never starve to death.” In 1952 Alain Bombard, a French doctor and adventurer, drifted across the Atlantic from Casablanca in a rubber life raft called "L’Heretique" to prove Beebe’s point. He lived exclusively on fish he caught and on plankton “soup” he trawled with a fine-mesh net. According to the Boating Enyclopedia, the ocean scientist William Beebe said in 1927 that “shipwrecked men in an open boat, if their lot is cast on waters rich in plankton, need never starve to death.” In 1952 Alain Bombard, a French doctor and adventurer, drifted across the Atlantic from Casablanca in a rubber life raft called “L’Heretique” to prove Beebe’s point. He lived exclusively on fish he caught and on plankton “soup” he trawled with a fine-mesh net.

]]> By: tony http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/2010/01/27/in-pursuit-of-plankton-an-andalusian-love-story/comment-page-1/#comment-7312 tony Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:06:15 +0000 http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/?p=360#comment-7312 whoops - make that angel... whoops – make that angel…

]]> By: tony http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/2010/01/27/in-pursuit-of-plankton-an-andalusian-love-story/comment-page-1/#comment-7311 tony Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:05:45 +0000 http://spanishjourneys.com/oliveme/?p=360#comment-7311 my wife took me to aponiente for my birthday last summer. the most exquisite food i can recall tasting. we had the degustacion (tasting) menu - nine or ten dishes and every one a visual feast, only bettered by the taste. the restaurant is only open in the summer and now that ferran adria has closed el bulli for two years (from 2011), i hope angle gets the recognition he deserves. i'll be back when he opens his doors in the late spring. my wife took me to aponiente for my birthday last summer. the most exquisite food i can recall tasting. we had the degustacion (tasting) menu – nine or ten dishes and every one a visual feast, only bettered by the taste. the restaurant is only open in the summer and now that ferran adria has closed el bulli for two years (from 2011), i hope angle gets the recognition he deserves. i’ll be back when he opens his doors in the late spring.

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