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The bread of Neda

Neda, Ferrol, A Coruña

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The bread of Neda

Food and drink · Neda, Ferrol, A Coruña

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Pan de Neda has long been kneaded from flour milled in the mills of the river Belelle, whose waters enjoyed a reputation for the quality of their milling. The tradition became established in the 16th century, when Philip II set up the Reales Fábricas de Bizcocho in Neda to supply the naval base and shipyards of Ferrol, with a bread that stayed edible for months for voyages to America; in the 18th century workers here staged Spain's first strike, trying to exchange this bread for the one made in the shipyard itself. With a thick crust and dense crumb, it is distinguished from pan de Cea by its stronger flavour and by being eaten fresh out of the oven. The mills remained active until the 1950s, and since 1989 its festival has been held every first Sunday of September.

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