Huetor Tajar - Eva Gil

Huétor Tájar, by Adolfo Beltrán

I love el Poniente Granadino / Western Granada. I'm from Huetor Tajar. This Town has  good weather for the asparagus. asparagus from  Huetor has D.O.P. and are  very good to eat. 

I eat asparagus soup. This is made with onions, tomato, pepper, garlic, eggs, salt , olive oil, asparagus and yesterday’s bread. The Hueteños eat  a Mediterranean diet. 

The Hueteños and the Moraleda's people live in houses, but some live  in the caves. They  are built  underground with good temperature (20 C). 

In my Town and other Towns in the Poniente Granadino. we have  characteristic Arabic buildings. 

Asparagus from Huétor Tájar, by Mercedes Gálvez

The engine of Huétor Tájar’s economy is the production, preservation and commercialization of green and green-purple asparagus, the latter under certified designation of origin. . The consumption of green asparagus is already typified in the sources since Romantimes .

The cultivation of asparagus in Huétor-Tájar begins in the thirties, always for self-consumption.  in the forties and fifties, marketing directed to the provincial capital begins. In the sixties, the asparagus arrive at more distant markets such as Madrid or Barcelona. The asparagus from  Huétor-Tájar is protected by a Specific Denomination of quality since October 22, 1996. On March 15, 2000, the European Commission registered the Asparagus of Huétor-Tájar as Protected Geographical Indication in the scope of all the European Union. 

Huétor-Tájar

J’habite à Huétor-Tájar depuis 17 ans. Je suis très contente ici parce que c’est calme. Huétor est un petit village. Il a 20.000 habitants plus ou moins.

Huétor-Tájar

Quand je suis arrivée à Huétor-Tájar, cela fait dix ans, la première chose que j’ai pensé c’est que nous étions revenus chez nous, puisque nous avions habité à Aguadulce et pour moi revenir à nouveau  à Grenade était très important car mes enfants allaient avoir leurs cousins à côté d’eux.