Magdalenas

ACROSS SPAIN THERE IS AN EARLY MORNING RITUAL PRACTISED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY BY HUSBANDS. THE MEN GET DRESSED, LEAVE THE HOUSE AND THE HUNGRY KIDS, AND WALK OUT INTO THE MORNING SUN. THEY WANDER TO THE KIOSKO OR NEWSAGENT, PICK UP A COPY OF EL MUNDO OR EL PAÍS DEPENDING ON THEIR POLITICAL LEANING, AND THEN BUY A BAG OF MAGDALENAS FOR BREAKFAST. THESE SWEET LITTLE YEASTY PASTRIES ARE SERVED WITH A BIG CUP OF CAFÉ CON LECHE INTO WHICH THEY ARE DUNKED. TO THE N