Pintxos in San Sebastian

After spending a morning on the beach or walking around the gorgeous San Sebastian waterfront, we'd naturally start thinking about lunch.  On the first few days of our trip, it was hard to adjust to the pintxos (Basque tapas) way of life.  We knew that small bites was the way we'd be eating (in fact, something we were looking forward to) but the issue was that everyone in the city jams into these tiny bars during the lunch time and dinner hours. Everyone is standing and jostling for position at the bar.  It's chaos, with lines maybe three to four people deep.  When you'd finally wedge your way to the bar, you'd fill your plate with a variety of treats and the bartender would count your tapas and somehow remember them later.  Without a doubt, my favorites were the hot options.  In this picture, you see the raw mushrooms and green peppers, aka pimentos de padron.  If you ordered either of these, they'd fill up a plate and take it to the back for cooking.  The black trumpet mushrooms and porcinis in this picture came out briefly sauteed with butter.  The green peppers were indeed what I have been looking for in the States when making this recipe. They were briefly fried and sprinkled with sea salt.  Once in a while, we'd get a hot one, but that was fine by me - just an excuse to have a refreshing beer before going back to the beautiful Basque summer.

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The green "things" are of two different kinds. If they are long and thin, like Mexican peppers, they are called "guindillas". They are the ones on the picture. But, if you pay attention, on the top there are some bigger. They are, as you well said, "pimientos de Padron". They are also green peppers. But, be careful with them, as a few of them are very hot!
If you wanna take a look to a website about bars of pintxos, go to www.todopintxos.com.

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