During these days students @ s 5 and 6 of Primary virtually all colleges Mazarrón are getting a very special view.
The Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, accompanied by Basque chef José María Arriola;
are teaching schoolchildren in the municipality diverse culinary recipes based on local produce and where it has a special role bluefin tuna.
Ginés Campillo explained that "in addition to the bluefin tuna, are teaching students the importance of our history and food culture products such as tomatoes and salted."
José María Arriola, who live cooking various dishes to then be tasted by the participants of the activity, explained that "children are responding very well to the recipes you prepare them, as some of them had not even tried before bluefin tuna. "
This Basque chef, who masterfully moves between the stove in the kitchen that is enabled in every school to develop this initiative conveniently added that "among the recipes peppers stuffed with tuna meatballs or feature of this tuna, among others. "
The Mayor of Mazarrón interacts with school for this activity has been called 'Cooking with the Mayor' and in which Ginés Campillo asks questions such as when and where the tomato came to Europe, what the fishing trap and if there is any in the Bay of Mazarrón.
Questions students @ s respond with great ease.
Campillo added that "in every school different dishes are made with these products but always tartare of bluefin tuna, although at first always generates some reluctance because it is raw fish is repeated at both ends to fascinate scholars as teachers ".
The mayor also added that "this initiative will be continued during the First Conference on Bluefin Tuna 'red & red' to be celebrated in the marina of Puerto de Mazarrón from 6 to 8 June."
Specifically, Ginés Campillo explained that "we will have a school contest in which children will have to demonstrate their culinary skills preparing recipes that these traditional foods we are showing you are present."
The award of this event took place on Saturday, June 7 from 13 hours.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón