A vegetable is served at a simple woodent table with nothing more than a sauce.
Is the main ingredient of a calçotada where family and friends get together to consume large quantities of calçots.
The calçot was first cultivated in the late 19th century by a farmer called Xat Benaiges in the southern catalan town of Valls.
The region who celebrates the approach of spring with noisy and boisterous winter gatherings; the focus of wich wast the humble calçot.
Over the past 20 years, the popularity of these get-togethers has spread millions of calçots are now consumed at events throught out Catalonia.
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