Calentita Day

I have visions of the late 1950`s in Gibraltar, of seeing the Calentita street vendor walking through our streets carrying a large round container on his head, which he would then rest on a small stool he carried, and then he would cut out a slice. It was a good source of protein known as the poor family`s staple, and can be traced back to the 16th century, when the Genoese migrants brought the recipe to Gibraltar long before British rule.

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