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>> jose: are we going to do another shot or what? yeah, we should do another shot. you don't have to do it. >> anthony: i'll do it, i'll do it. >> jose: good. boom. >> anthony: yeah. >> jose: that's arrojo. >> anthony: i've tasted this in one form or another all over the world. >> jose: that's the local moonshine. >> anthony: that's good. >> jose: tony, i have a surprise for you. >> anthony: you finally got us salmon. >> jose: what the [ bleep ], don't move. [ jose speaking spanish ] we searched for it and we found it. >> anthony: the magical salmon. for a thousand euros a bite. >> jose: no!

>> jose: you see here in asturias that nothing is plentiful. and the people of asturias, even in the hard times they know what to do with nothing. and i think asturias has been the land that nothing has been able to do a lot. and that shows you the character of the people of asturias. >> anthony: so i'll tell you, a five-hour hike up the mountain, it's tough.

The problem with miners starts when the soviet union was over. and in europe the social democracy was over. and the last strike was five years ago. the miners were the last soldiers of the working-class movement. in the last strike, the airport was closed by the miners. the highway, the sea too. they closed asturias. everybody in the streets, screaming. and the miners stayed in the fight, and the war is over when one side wins. they win. we lose. and for me that was the end of -- >> anthony: the end of organized labor.

>> anthony: wow. >> jose: it's 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: that's the town. you're going to see what the people of the mountain used to eat. >> anthony: well, to quote the great american poet 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

♪ >> jose: this is us. ♪ >> anthony: wow, is this a traditional local dish i guess? >> pablo: yes, yes. >> anthony: what's this called? >> pablo: well, i think "pitu de caleya". pitu with rice. >> anthony: wow, all right. so, born and bred in asturias? you were born here? >> pablo: yes. yes, yes. >> anthony: what did your family -- what business was your family in? >> pablo: all of my grandparents were all in the mine. my mother owned a little shop. and my father is a teacher. >> anthony: one of the typical characteristics of somebody from asturias. okay, independent, tough.