EL RINCON DEL SOCIO – EL PORRON LEVITADOR – HISTORIA DEL MEJOR AMIGO DEL HOMBRE
A porró, porrón, or porron (Catalan: porró in the singular, porrons in the plural) is a traditional glass wine pitcher, typical of Catalonia and Aragon but well-known in other parts of Spain. It resembles a cross between a wine bottle and a watering can. The top of the bottle is narrow and can be sealed off with a cork. Stemming upwards from the bottom of the pitcher is a spout that gradually tapers off to a small opening. It is shaped such that the wine stored inside it will have minimal contact with the air, while being ready to be used at all times. The idea originated as a replacement to bota bags. Porrons are most commonly filled with regular wines, either white or red, but are also used to drink Cava, and a smaller version filled with a sweet, dessert wine (typically Grenache) is also common in Catalan restaurants. The lack of contact with the lips allows a group of people to share the same vessel without offending their sense of hygiene.
Drinking from a porron
To drink from a porron, a beginner starts by bringing the spout very close to his mouth and tilts it forward slowly so the beak points towards the teeth. Once the liquid starts coming out, the porró is pulled away from the face while the drinker looks up. To finish drinking, a beginner lowers the porró and brings it back down and closer to the mouth again before stopping, quickly tilting the spout up at the last moment so there is no spillage.
A regular user can start and stop drinking from the porrón with the spout held at a distance without spilling a drop.
The porron in literature
George Orwell described a porron in Homage to Catalonia:
| “ | …and drank out of a dreadful thing called a porron. A porron is a sort of glass bottle with a pointed spout from which a thin jet of wine spurts out whenever you tip it up; you can thus drink from a distance, without touching it with your lips, and it can be passed from hand to hand. I went on strike and demanded a drinking-cup as soon as I saw a porron in use. To my eye the things were altogether too like bed-bottles, especially when they were filled with white wine. | ” |
The levitated porron
Sometimes the porron can produce strange effects in the drinkers as they can see the porron moving alone and levitating !!!
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Anonymous
26 April 2012 (13:00)
juego por la noche
en pachangas de parranda
bebo con porrón y como butifarra
JUEGA TU CONMIGO
SI QUIERES CONMIGO JUEGAS….
YEAHHHHH!!!
Anonymous
26 April 2012 (12:52)
¿Hay futbol esta noche?
Pues no lo se, pero lo que si se es que esta noche hay PACHANGA!
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (22:52)
Ah!! pero la fotos las ha hecho Alfonso
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (22:28)
Con eso de que no firmaís los artículos me estaís haciendo un lío, bueno pues…..
Alfonso and Emilio for Presidents ya!!!!
Tanto monta, monta tanto, pero este artículo lo ha escrito Emilio
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (18:46)
I TORNEO LITERARIO EUROPADEL
Comming soon!!
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (16:49)
I mean in English. Sorry for the spelling fault in the precedent comment.
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (16:47)
I tell you in advance that you can write to participate in the competition in Spanish, Inglish or French.
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (16:44)
You will find out how to participate in this competition very soon!
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (16:03)
Boletín Informativo de última hora:
Europadel is launching a literary award and the first in the list, for the moment, is not other than Mr. Emilio Camba!!!!
We’ll keep you informed
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (15:35)
And on Thursday more porron…porron…porron-pon-porrompompero lala!!!!
Anonymous Singer
25 April 2012 (15:06)
And also it gives the name to the most famous song in the World:
-” Porron-pompero, porron… porron… porron-pon porron-pompero… porron… porron… porron-pompom”
Olé!
Anonymous
25 April 2012 (14:47)
Alfonso de la Fuente for President ya!!!!!!