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Its gone. gooseneck barnacles, my boy. all right. >> anthony: are we going swimming for those things later? >> jose: you want to? >> anthony: what do you just dive right in with a speedo and rip them off the wall, right? >> jose: yup. >> anthony: easy. >> jose: no. you have to respect the sea. these guys put their lives at risk to bring the precious gooseneck barnacles to the table. but its a flavor like no other. sometimes i feel like we dont appreciate enough when we eat these foods how much g...

All right. >> anthony: are we going swimming for those things later? >> jose: you want to? >> anthony: what do you just dive right in with a speedo and rip them off the wall, right? >> jose: yup. >> anthony: easy. >> jose: no. you have to respect the sea. these guys put their lives at risk to bring the precious gooseneck barnacles to the table. but its a flavor like no other. sometimes i feel like we dont appreciate enough when we eat these foods how much goes into it. without those fishermen, w...

This moment, becomes really personal. >> anthony: i hear a rumor youre looking to buy a fish today? youre looking to bid on the first? >> jose: i mean, listen to me, bourdain and andres -- >> anthony: youre looking to get me into this? >> jose: "b" and "a". el campanu. between you and me we can afford it, no? >> anthony: all right, im in. im in for 50% of this fish. now whats the highest price paid for the first fish of the season? >> jose: for a campanu, 6, 7, 8,000? >> angel: 18. euros. 18,000...

>> anthony: well, in this case, yes. ♪ do you know how to play this game? >> jose: tony, ive seen this often. ive never played in my life. >> anthony: it has to be over the line? >> jose: over the line, very important. it has to hit that surface, we know that. >> anthony: all right, but its okay if you hit any pin? but it can bounce? >> jose: it can bounce, yeah. so the ball has to go spinning, so when it touches the spin will take the ball. >> anthony: i can do that. >> jose: probably not. i ...

Robert frost, beans, beans, the musical fruit. the more you eat, the more you toot. the more you toot, the better you feel, so eat some beans with every meal. >> jose: thats the reason coming here. >> anthony: oh, its beautiful. i expect to be accosted by some keebler elves at any moment. "we welcome you to munchkin land. munchkin land." >> jose: it moves.

Skin is better than the flesh itself. oh, my, god. >> wow. wow. >> jose: is it everything i told you? >> anthony: its everything you told me. the fats, ethereally suspended somehow between skin, flesh, and bone. you bite into it and just a flood of flavor explodes in your brainpan. >> jose: keep going, keep going. >> anthony: jose, this is an enchanted country, and in fact this region of the country is the most extraordinary place i can think of. >> jose: dollar bills. >> anthony: the mountains,...

Sea, its amazing. >> jose: im throwing you the bills. if i had hundreds. >> anthony: just stuff it in the g-string, my friend. >> jose: we are so close to a wide, i dont -- >> anthony: and no, ill let you say it. what do we say about now? no, first we take one more satisfied bite. >> jose: i think i got the [ bleep ] bone in my throat. >> anthony: tracheotomy, im going in. i think weve learned something here in asturias. i dont know why i didnt expect it to be this beautiful, but it is far more ...

>> anthony: wow. ♪ ♪ >> jose: its a hot day today. >> anthony yeah. ♪ ♪ >> jose: i came overdressed. >> anthony: jesus. >> jose: okay, are you hungry now? >> anthony: oh, god, are we there? >> jose: thats the town. youre going to see what the people of the mountain used to eat. >> anthony: well, to quote the great american poet

Fish last year? is that correct? >> angel: 2014. >> jose: in 2014 you caught el campanu. >> angel: yes, yes. >> anthony: so that means what, the first salmon caught on the river? >> jose: el campanu. the first salmon of the season. campanu. today, for the entire day, around the rivers of asturias, hundreds of fishermen trying to get the permit in kind of an auction, in kind of a lottery where they are going to grant them certain parts of the river, and only for 30 minutes, 1 hour at a time depen...

Think this is? an appetizer? or is it a main course? many people would say thats a main course. >> anthony: i would say that. >> jose: we eat this in asturias as an appetizer. the first course. >> anthony: wow. and its favada? >> jose: favada. its really difficult to define a region by one dish, but without a doubt, asturias is defined by this dish. favada. >> anthony: deep, deep soulful cooking. >> jose: and you have to meet guillermina now. probably shes inside. guillermina is a very special p...