Cambios

The menu varies according to the times of the year, the regions and the customs of each family. It ranges from very frugal dinners such as an omelette and milk to those consisting of two courses and dessert that are always lighter than the midday meals.

Bermeo fishermen (B), up to a few decades ago, got up at five in the morning when at sea, had a coffee and started working. Around 10.00 a.m., depending on the fishing, they had the first meal that was called ''armuzue. ''They would then continue to work until around four or five in the afternoon, always depending on the fishing tasks, when they would stop for the second meal, ''marmitxe. ''Nowadays, nearly all the boats follow the shore timetables, in other words, they have breakfast between half-past seven and eight, have lunch at around one p.m. and have dinner at about 7.00 p.m.

On Sundays, people have a lighter breakfast-brunch and they have a later and better midday lunch. They sometimes skip the afternoon snack and dinner or high tea is similar to the one on weekdays.