Alun Kirby"... ineffective at cleaning greasy fingers... "
He's talking about the "servilletas of the Iberian peninsula".
But he's using them WRONGLY!
They are NOT for cleaning fingers.
Use them to hold your tapa / pintxo and your fingers NEVER GET GREASY in the first place! For this, they work really well.
Locals know this. I learnt by observing locals in Porto's tascas.
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‘The beauty of the useless’: Spain’s super-thin restaurant napkins are throwaway art treasures
Forever flimsy and ineffective at cleaning greasy fingers, the servilletas of the Iberian peninsula resist the relentless ‘optimisation’ of our age. A new photo book recognises them as cultural treasures in miniature