I loved reading this comment; it reminded me of my own struggle up o'cebreiro 19 days ago, 22 oct.2011. I thought my heart would burst! Callicia was a definite dietary improvement, but caldo callego was still the only way to get green veg. in a cafe. I love it, and I'm about to try my first recipe, without the meat as i am vego. I never saw any meat in the bowls of it I ate in Spain, and few beans either.

I remember eating a bowl of this great soup while walking up to O Cebreiro. There was this little cafe and I was so hungry. A herd of cows were being driven down the narrow road out front and I was talking to a young man who traveled from South America to Spain. The caldo gallego did indeed revive me and the flavour was delicious.