Health Food inquiry (2)

[Jeffrey Crawley]

What Lisa was drinking is UHT or long life milk, milk that has been
processed for a long shelf life.

Leche Entera just means whole milk, ie not skimmed or semi-skimmed.

You will find UHT on the ordinary shelves inside supermarkets in litre or
half litre tetrapacks.  Many small supermarkets will not have space for
anything but this and it keeps for many months.

Check the dairy chiller cabinets and you will find 'ordinary' milk, usually
in cardboard cartons similar to juice cartons (about 3 inches square and 9
inches tall) and has only been pasturised.

Far better than ColaCao is Chocolate caliente - a thick hot chocolate drink
which goes almost solid when cold, enjoyed best with churros (like a stick
or loop of donut) dunked in.

Olive oil is, of course, polyunsaturated and probably the most healthiest of
edible oils.

Regards

Jeffrey

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Kraus [mailto:LMKRAUSaDOANE.EDU]
Sent: 31 March 2003 19:01
To: GOCAMINO
Subject: RE: Health Food inquiry (2)


Just a note about the milk  and dairy products in Spain:

I was never able to find 'regular' milk like I am used to drinking here in
the heartland of the US.  Instead, it was all "leche entera" which is
supposedly "whole" or "complete" milk but it has been highly processed.  It
has a very long shelf life and doesn't need to be refridgerated until
opened.  I never could get used to the taste (even after being there for 6
months) so I only drank it in coffee or hot chocolate (commonly referred to
by "ColaCao"--the brand name of a popular chocoalte drink mix).

Aside from the milk, there is a large variety of cheeses (though I have no
idea of their nutritional break-down), yogurt and of course ice cream that
are quite delicious.  I think you would have the best luck finding low-fat
choices in larger grocery stores such as el Corte Ingles.  Hopefully, these
will agree with your dietary needs.

As for other low-fat options along the Camino, a lot of the meat, fish and
potatos are fried (in olive oil).  Good luck!

Lisa