Asturian-American Migration Forum

Hi Sam - well, welcome aboard. Found your way to Asturias, did you? You can practice your Spanish here. Maybe give our interpreters some R & R. :) Well deserved R & R, might I add, hermanos y hermanas!!! Sam is my niece who got her Masters at Columbia University not very long ago and is work...

Boy, I just reread these tributes to my grandfather's store and really enjoyed them. I do remember Fred Hickman (my Uncle Fred) and many of those spoken of. I hung around the store during the summers that I spent with my aunts, Ruth Jean (Book)and Kate (Menendez), Ken's mom - and, of course, my abue...

Thanks, Charolette
No Cotsco nearbly but Albuquerque, two hours away. A man in our coffee clutch at work gets our coffee there. I'll request he look for it next time.
Thank you

Gracias, Jovita.
I will look into it.
This is another eliment, again, defining Spain's high standards. It has a very distinct flavor and people would not want to eliminate. I intend to make that purchase.
Muchas gracias

I thank you Ron. It was so nice to reminisce.
Thanks for your condolences, Art.

Art
I don't remember the capers. They may have cooked away or just unattainable. The saffron had to be the ingredient that distinguished the flavor. Sadly, the only saffron I have seen here is from Mexico. I don't think it is the real thing. I thank you and I will be trying this ASAP.
Donna

Mary and Andy had the store after Grandpa's retirement. Those were the days of my absence. To my recollection, I'd only met them once, to my dismay. I was very young. Grandpa was very fond of his brothers. I would very much like to hear from that side of the family. I email Roland and Ruth Jean's da...

At reunions my grandmother, Viola Alvarez, and my aunts, used to compile the entre to our feists, Arroz con Pollo. It is different than I have eaten since. I never acquired the recipe. I do enjoy the Colombian version with raisins, but it's not the same. They browned tons of chicken parts, then ever...

I saw your face, Ron, and I was going to tell you many times that I remember you, but hadn't gotten to it. You haven't changed. Yes, it was Josehine Alvarez. I needed a pinch. I thought that was she in the pictures. I need a prod! It's all coming back to me. I envy you, growing up there. The times m...

Right, Art. That's the one! I seem to recall cousin Josaphine from when I was younger. I think she was my grandfather's cousin, or maybe my dad's, not sure. I think she had blonde hair, but I need Ken (Menendez) to verify who she was. She made the most wonderful Longaniza de Aviles. Dad (Donald Alva...

He loves Snickers Bars. Down here we call him Snickers Bill. That's kin to me! I like Snickers too.....
His maternal grandfather is Asturian. His mother is first generation Mexican.
In the Wiki reference it states his father was raised in Boston, but actually born in Nicaragua, right?

Thank God for that! Those guys are soooo handsome!

To set the record straight, the ‘vaqueiros de alzada’ are a sub-culture in western Asturias known for sticking tenaciously to their lifestyle since the 15th century. They practiced a type of semi-nomadism, herding their cattle from one highland pasture (‘brana’) to another according to season. Beca...

So true, Bob. Verdad. My sociology teacher, my freshman year, referred to a most beautiful girl in our class. She was of 4 races defined as black, yellow, red and white. He said that eventually we would evolve to one mixed race, just earthlings. He thought that we might become most beautiful, most p...

My friend who several years ago migrated from Oviedo hates filling out such forms. He works for the airlines in Lauderdale (they often request it) and says he's simply caucasian. I don't like to say I'm caucasian either but obviously that's it. I'm confused by all the catagories they list, so I expr...