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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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Green Pepper Glut

I love this time of year when the real heat has gone, the garden is looking sad but I´m getting the best harvest I´ve had all year of green peppers. They really don´t like the intense heat that we´ve had this year. Several heat waves whacking the temperature up to 45ºC made them (and me) struggle. Now they´re very happy and will go on producing until the first frost.

Freshly picked home-grown peppers


But what to do with them? I absolutely don´t eat them raw, unless in an English pub and they´ve been used in the salad or as a garnish. I don´t like them that way, (but if I´m paying for them I eat them!) I have never seen peppers served raw here in Spain where they are abundant throughout the year.

My personal (not for diets) way of eating them is fried in olive oil and made into a sandwich (brown bread of course, not nutritionaly the deficient white stuff, delicious though it can be) and butter (´fraid so) and wait for it - bacon. Actually I would use bacon if I was in the UK but here I use a delicious Lomo Adobado, slices like ham that are fried lightly - this is also delicious on lightly toasted bread topped with a fried quail egg.

Green Peppers Frying in Olive Oil

Peppers actually take quite a long time to cook, like onions, they need a low heat and to be turned often, they also because of their shape need pressing down into the pan so all the pepper is in the oil.


They begin to loose their shine and become dull and olive green instead of bright green when cooked.


Soft and delicious they´re ready to eat - however you like them.


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