La mona de Jueves Lardero Food and drink · Motilleja, La Manchuela, Albacete On the Thursday that opens Carnival the residents go out into the countryside to eat the mona, a sweet bread with a boiled egg set into it which in the lands of Albacete gives the day its name and which is accompanied by longaniza and chorizo from the pig slaughter. Jueves Lardero, antes de Carnaval Photo: Fun25 (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Motilleja