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>> 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, we wouldnt b...

Im enjoying this cold one. >> jose: boom. >> anthony: ill tell ya. >> jose: could you imagine what people that live here, the only way to go down and up and bring things was walking three, four hours both ways. >> anthony: imagine, how long was that hike? four hours? >> jose: no, it was like -- >> anthony: i was not sure i was going to make it. >> jose: it was like ten minutes. maybe 20. youre in very good shape, come on. this is nothing, and to eat this kind of food we need to put some exercise...

>> pablo: yes, the end of the working-class left. >> anthony: but still youre here. >> pablo: yes. >> anthony: the war is over but youre here. >> pablo: well, you can create some money, some conditions to survive. but not a properly job. the only way to make money for me was to play music. so now, im a musician. i think that for my music, its good to stay here. here i have the truth. for me, that is very important. >> anthony: i just heard bagpipes. have you been invaded by scotland? >> pablo: w...

♪ >> anthony: well you told me asturias was beautiful, but man, you didnt lie. it is amazing. i cant believe theres farmhouses all the way up these mountains. >> jose: they are not farmhouses. its where the shepherds stay for weeks at a time sometimes taking care of the herd. of the goats, of the sheep, of the cows. the cheeses are made with the three milks. asturias has the biggest concentration of cheesemakers anywhere in the world. period. and we use the land like nobody. especially using t...

This one was given to me. i got somebody that got a salmon. hes super generous, you know, "you want salmon? here." friends feed friends. theres no way that you come to asturias and you go without the bite of the salmon. this is going to surprise you because usually everybody always said, "the fish, we need to grill it whole." he breaks the fish in pieces, he cuts all the pieces through. why? >> anthony: grills them separately? >> jose: separately. and over the flesh, because the skin is full of ...

New york. so a question -- when you were a kid, after you left here at age 5, how often did you visit? >> jose: it took me many, many years. almost like 12, 14 years to come back. you know, because to me when i left so young, its almost like meeting a family you knew you had but you never met. still nothing beats these moments. always is something happening. >> anthony: what do you eat here? whats good here? >> jose: everything. here, right now is the season of arbejos. which is green peas. and ...

>> 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.

Bleu cheese, right on top. cabrales on top of the steak. its kind of the sauce happens right on the plate. its amazing. >> anthony: so you want the whole cheese -- >> jose: its heavy. its spicy. >> anthony: i like spicy. jose. >> jose: i love all the opinions. everybody has an opinion, as they should be. and nobody is going to agree with anybody, only because -- >> anthony: any place where people argue about food is a good place. so once a year, twice a year you come. >> jose: yes. at least once...

Area has its own specialty. ♪ >> you can catch that brand-new episode tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. that will do it for me. thanks so much for watching. have a great night. ♪ >> anthony: welcome to the enchanted, seldom-visited wonderland of asturias. thats in spain, if you didnt know. and of course because its spain, i did not come here alone. i came here with a good friend, great chef. hes a complicated man. nobody understands him but his woman. and im not talking about john shaft, shut yo...

>> pablo: there is another sentence -- "asturiano -- borracho, loco, y mal cristiano." asturian -- drunk, crazy, but christian. that is important. >> anthony: so, fair to say a tradition of independence? >> pablo: yes, before the spanish civil war we have the asturian revolution. that asturias during one month was independent because we have a communist anarchist revolution. the workers movement here was massive. >> anthony: in the mines? mostly coming out of mines or organized labor? >> pablo: ...