Lovers of good food are in luck. And it is that the calendar is full of big days, in tribute to some food that we love. One of them is the omelette, not only the potato one, that too, but the omelette in general. And it is that this dish admits so many ingredients that we could be eating tortilla for months every day and it would be with a different flavor. Lighter or more complete, for carnivores and for those who prefer fish, for vegetarians and even for vegans. There are tortillas for everyone and a day dedicated to her. Do you want to know what is the Origin of Tortilla Day? We tell you.
Origin and history of Tortilla Day
The omelette day It will take place on February 24. It is like this coinciding with Fat Thursday, that is, the first Thursday of Carnival. Now, where does the celebration of this day come from? Well, it is not difficult to imagine, although well, just as this day has been chosen, perhaps it could have been any other and, in fact, each town celebrates it on different dates. Although it is true that there is, let’s say, a consensus, by which, on the first Thursday of Carnival, it was customary to go out to the countryside or to the rivers, to celebrate the day with the family. When we go to the countryside for a day of picnics, we usually bring food that is easy to eat, that can be eaten cold and brought prepared.
The omelette is widely consumed, because we can leave it made the day before and then divide it into portions, take it raw, put it on bread, accompany it with sausages, sauces or simply consume it as a skewer for an appetizer. In addition, we tend to conceive the potato omelette as the protagonist of any event, because we love its flavor. But it is true that there are many varieties of omelettes such as, for example, the omelette with peppers, the sacromonte omelette, with sausages, with sausages, with aubergines, with courgettes, with artichokes, with ham or with prawns and a very long, almost endless etcetera. .
In any case, you decide the flavor of your omelette, although there is a 90% chance and we know it that you will choose the potato omelette as your favorite. In this aspect we have to tell you that there are places where another date is dedicated to the potato omelette in the calendar and it is celebrated as the World Potato Tortilla Day. If this is the celebration that interests you, make a big mark: March 9.
Where is Tortilla Day celebrated?
The Tortilla Day is celebrated throughout Spain. Each Community and even each town or locality organizes its own acts. For example, they are very used to celebrating it in Torrejón de Ardoz, in Madrid. Also in Galicia and in Catalonia. Although they are not the only ones, because everywhere there is news of acts that have been organized to celebrate the day. It should not be overlooked, however, that currently and due to the Covid pandemic situation, public acts are canceled or restricted in many places.
You also have to know that, although we have given you a date, but then each place establishes its own day to honor the tortilla. For example, in Villa de Vallecas they celebrate it on April 25; in Fuenlabrada they do it on March 9; in Torrejón de Ardoz, on February 3; in Robledo de Chavela they celebrate it in spring but they don’t have a fixed day; in Morales de Valverde and Benavente, in Zamora, they celebrate it on the first Sunday of March; in Gamonal, in Toledo, they do it the Thursday before Carnival; in Velilla de San Antonio, it is the first Thursday of February; in Azuqueca de Henares, by Guadalajara, they do it in February; in Mejorada del Campo, in Madrid, coincides with Thursday Lardero; and in Valdemoro, they celebrate it on April 25, coinciding with the day of San Marcos.
Since when is Tortilla Day celebrated?
Tortilla Day is an old holiday. Although it is true that it does not have a fixed start date either, just as, as we have seen, each place sets its own day of celebration and even customs, although tortillas are eaten in all of them as could not be otherwise.
To know the start date of this tradition, you have to go to the specific place. We know the meaning of this festivity but, for example, in Fuenlabradais celebrated from the fifteenth century, on March 9. This day takes place pilgrimage of Santa Juana. The people of the town began a pilgrimage to Cubas de la Sagra, to visit the Saint, to whom miraculous cures were attributed. Tortillas were consumed during the pilgrimage, so that is how the omelette day.
In Robledo de Chavelathe day of the tortilla is nothing other than the snack day, which celebrates the arrival of spring on an afternoon of this season. It is a tradition to prepare the famous Snack Day Rolls and go out to the fields to eat them with tortillas.
In places like Velilla de San Antonio, in Madrid; or Gamonal, in Toledo, coincides with the proximity of the Carnival. While in Valdemoro the festival coincides with the day of San Marcos.
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