Ibiza Gold Standard

It's that time of the year again when the Christian forces do battle in the annual English Speaking Church on Ibiza's Quiz Night. Or, as our team refer to it, The-beat-baggy-trousered-philanthropist-Bob-the-vicar's-team-at-all-costs-night!

To this end I've been honing up on useless information courtesy of the googlepedia and am now in the C's.

Did you know that the pods of the Carob trees which grow all over Ibiza are used to make healthy chocolate, are fed to animals and are fermented into alcohol? And did you know that the Carob seeds in the pods are of such uniform size and weight that they were used by ancient peoples as a measure for precious metals and stones. We still use the name today - carat - for gold and diamonds.

Did you know that our Marli's favourite between meals snack is a carob pod?

Here she is tucking in to one just to prove that she's worth her weight in gold to us!