{"id":5355,"date":"2022-07-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2022-06-18T12:40:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:40:25","slug":"basque-fact-of-the-week-otorduak-meals-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2022\/07\/10\/basque-fact-of-the-week-otorduak-meals-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Basque Fact of the Week: Otorduak, Meals of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\">There is a scene in one of <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> movies when one of the hobbits is shocked that the human doesn&#8217;t know what second breakfast is. The scene always makes me think of the Basque Country; when I go there, it seems I never stop eating. Food is such an important part of the Basque culture, not only to fill bellies but to bring people together &#8211; meals are a big part of social life. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Family-Lunch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Family-Lunch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5356\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Family-Lunch.jpg 480w, https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Family-Lunch-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lunch with my dad&#8217;s family in Amorebieta back in 2012. I think they &#8220;made&#8221; me eat three whole rabbits that day&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Like most western cultures, there are three primary meals each day. The day starts with breakfast &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gosari\">gosari<\/a><\/em> or <em>barausi<\/em>. In the Basque Country, this often consists of a drink &#8211; coffee or tea for adults and milk or juice for children &#8211; and some kind of cereal or pastry, though sometimes eggs or ham might make its way to the breakfast plate. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwipx9jPgrf4AhVJD0QIHZAGBvAQFnoECAcQAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F2154989%2FEtymological_Dictionary_of_Basque_by_R_L_Trask_edited_for_web_publication_by_Max_W_Wheeler&amp;usg=AOvVaw19-BSeEj39pJmQztCns3gb\">Larry Trask<\/a>, <em>gosari<\/em> comes from the word <em>gose<\/em>, meaning hunger. The suffix &#8211;<em>ari<\/em> is often associated with meals, so this is the meal of hunger.<\/li><li>The middle of the day, usually between 12 and 4pm, is broken up with lunch &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bazkari\">bazkari<\/a><\/em>. Timing is slightly different in Iparralde compared to Hegoalde: in the north, influenced by French customs, lunch is typically from 12-2, while in the south it is more often from 1-3. Lunch is by far the biggest meal of the day in the Basque Country. Trask relates this word to <em>baratu<\/em>, a Basque word for stop.<\/li><li>And, the last meal of the day is <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afari\"><em>afari<\/em><\/a> &#8211; dinner. In Hegoalde, dinner is usually pretty late, particularly by standards in the United States: dinnertime ranges from 9pm to midnight (I&#8217;ve sat down to eat more than once after midnight in the Basque Country). Trask&#8217;s etymological dictionary highlights <em>sorgin-afari<\/em>, used in Bizkaia, which is a dinner eaten by women celebrating the last social gathering of the winter and <em>sorgin-apari<\/em>, from Gipuzkoa, a light midnight supper eaten while building a lime-kiln. Of course, <em>sorgin<\/em> means witch. While <em>afari<\/em> has that same &#8211;<em>ari<\/em> ending, the meaning of the root has been lost, though some of related it to <em>gau<\/em>, the word for night.<\/li><li>But, that&#8217;s not all! <em><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hamaiketako\">Hamaiketako<\/a><\/em> or <em>hamarretako<\/em> &#8211; literally meaning the meal of 11am or 10am, respectively &#8211; is a light meal that is eaten between breakfast and lunch, typically at 10 or 11am, as the name suggests.<\/li><li>And, not to be outdone, there is an afternoon meal as well: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Askari\">askari<\/a><\/em>, <em>arratsaldeko<\/em>, or <em>merienda<\/em>. This is another light snack, often a sandwich, to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary reference: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Otordu\">Otordu<\/a><\/em>, Wikipedia; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2154989\/Etymological_Dictionary_of_Basque_by_R_L_Trask_edited_for_web_publication_by_Max_W_Wheeler\">Etymological Dictionary of Basque<\/a><\/em>, by R. L. Trask, edited for web publication by Max W. Wheeler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a scene in one of The Lord of the Rings movies when one of the hobbits is shocked that the human doesn&#8217;t know what second breakfast is. The scene always makes me think of the Basque Country; when I go there, it seems I never stop eating. 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