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kilgram
11-26-2013, 06:46 PM
It is a question for non-European members of the forum, who in theory receive more information about the Spanish cuisine.

Without any research on Internet, what Americans do you know about the Spanish cuisine?

I am curious how much it reaches to the farest countries.

It is also to know how good or bad sellers of the typical Spanish products are the Spanish people.

jillian
11-26-2013, 06:52 PM
I ate here:

http://www.calpep.com

probably one of the best meals i've ever had… maybe *the* best.

shaarona
11-26-2013, 06:52 PM
It is a question for non-European members of the forum, who in theory receive more information about the Spanish cuisine.

Without any research on Internet, what Americans do you know about the Spanish cuisine?

I am curious how much it reaches to the farest countries.

It is also to know how good or bad sellers of the typical Spanish products are the Spanish people.

Not much .. except its good. I spent three weeks in Madrid when I was a kid.. and I loved it.

Peter1469
11-26-2013, 06:53 PM
I just know from spending time there. Different cuisine in the north than in the south. Also most travel guides include the locate favorites. So I always try those first.

oceanloverOH
11-26-2013, 06:54 PM
Mr. Ocean and I had some friends from Spain when were stationed at a NATO base in Germany in the mid-80s....he was some sort of computer contractor, and his wife taught Spanish in the American grade school on base. They spoke excellent English....but of course my command of Spanish is pretty limited, and loaded with California/Mexico slang. And Mr. Ocean can barely say, "hola"! Anyway, we did a lot of inviting each other over for meals....I fell in love with Luisa's arroz con pollo. Oh my, sooooo good. I wrote down her recipe, but to this day it only tastes....mediocre. I remember there were a few things she made that I didn't care for, don't remember what they are now, though. But I recall most of the foods she prepared were excellent.

GrassrootsConservative
11-26-2013, 06:54 PM
I don't know anything about Spanish food.

Mister D
11-26-2013, 06:57 PM
never had "authentic" Spanish cuisine. I'm familiar with many of the traditional ingredients though. I love heat as well so Spanish, Creole, and Latin America fare suits me well.

jillian
11-26-2013, 06:58 PM
I just know from spending time there. Different cuisine in the north than in the south. Also most travel guides include the locate favorites. So I always try those first.

i've learned to love tripadvisor.com

Peter1469
11-26-2013, 06:59 PM
i've learned to love tripadvisor.comMe too. I have some reviews on there.

jillian
11-26-2013, 07:01 PM
Me too. I have some reviews on there.

maybe i read one of yours! lol

i haven't reviewed anything on trip advisor yet. but i have on yelp.

Toro
11-26-2013, 07:16 PM
I love tacos!

oceanloverOH
11-26-2013, 07:19 PM
maybe i read one of yours! lol

i haven't reviewed anything on trip advisor yet. but i have on yelp.

I've done several reviews on trip advisor! Such a helpful site when planning a trip.....I like to pay it forward.

jillian
11-26-2013, 07:21 PM
I love tacos!

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jillian
11-26-2013, 07:21 PM
I've done several reviews on trip advisor! Such a helpful site when planning a trip.....I like to pay it forward.

that's a good way to think of it. i like that!

countryboy
11-26-2013, 07:22 PM
It is a question for non-European members of the forum, who in theory receive more information about the Spanish cuisine.

Without any research on Internet, what Americans do you know about the Spanish cuisine?

I am curious how much it reaches to the farest countries.

It is also to know how good or bad sellers of the typical Spanish products are the Spanish people.
I know absolutely nothing. But I love learning about food from any country. I'm sure I've watched an episode of Andrew Zimmern's Bizzare foods Spain, but cannot really recall exactly what the food was. I think Spain is one of the countries where beef testicles are eaten, no?

Hopefully after enough people have weighed in, you'll teach us about your country's food. @kilgram (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=867)

I heard you mention chorizo in another thread, but it sounded like a lunch meat. Mexican chorizo is a type of spicy pork sausage that is used as an ingredient for cooking.

GrassrootsConservative
11-26-2013, 07:23 PM
I love tacos!

That's not exactly "Spanish Food."

Peter1469
11-26-2013, 07:35 PM
maybe i read one of yours! lol

i haven't reviewed anything on trip advisor yet. but i have on yelp.

I did one for the Dom Hotel in Cologne (it was right next to the Cathedral and the main X-mass market), and another for the Marriott in old town Ghent.

+ others.

kilgram
11-26-2013, 08:06 PM
Well, I can explain a few things. The first will be something easy and traditional. The omelette. Omelette with potatoes and onion.

Two eggs
Cut in small parts the potatoes and onions.
Fry the potatoes a bit but not like for making chips, you need less oil and you must use less.
Also do it in a non sticky frie pan.

And after that put the eggs like making an omelette.

jillian
11-26-2013, 08:08 PM
I did one for the Dom Hotel in Cologne (it was right next to the Cathedral and the main X-mass market), and another for the Marriott in old town Ghent.

+ others.

ah… well, i've never been to cologne or ghent. so haven't checked those out.

Captain Obvious
11-26-2013, 08:12 PM
I love tacos!

http://s.mcstatic.com/thumb/10410650/27229204/4/flash_player/0/1/food_porn_pink_taco_orgy.jpg

oceanloverOH
11-26-2013, 08:50 PM
I did one for the Dom Hotel in Cologne (it was right next to the Cathedral and the main X-mass market), and another for the Marriott in old town Ghent.

+ others.

I've done them for several hotels on Caribbean islands......Gallows Point on St. John, Beaches on Turks and Caicos, etc.

Peter1469
11-26-2013, 08:58 PM
The second to last trip the ex and I went on was to Turks and Caicos. We rented an awesome apartment on the beach with our own chairs next to the high tide mark.

countryboy
11-27-2013, 08:42 AM
Well, I can explain a few things. The first will be something easy and traditional. The omelette. Omelette with potatoes and onion.

Two eggs
Cut in small parts the potatoes and onions.
Fry the potatoes a bit but not like for making chips, you need less oil and you must use less.
Also do it in a non sticky frie pan.

And after that put the eggs like making an omelette.
Well, I guess I grew up eating Spanish food, because my mom cooked that very thing for me all the time. I still make potatoes and eggs to this day. But I don't make it omelette style, I just scramble the eggs into the potatoes and onions. I like to add a little milk to the eggs.

roadmaster
11-30-2013, 10:48 PM
Nothing.

Ravi
12-01-2013, 06:17 AM
Paella!

kilgram
12-01-2013, 06:40 AM
Paella!
Hahaha :)

And Tapas?

Ravi
12-01-2013, 07:23 AM
Yum! Last time I was in Spain (long ago) my favorite place to eat was a tapas bar. Bought a cook book just so we could have them at home. There is one in my neighborhood now but I don't think it is very authentic.

Dangermouse
12-01-2013, 11:47 AM
Churros, with hot chocolate at Albox market.

nathanbforrest45
12-01-2013, 06:25 PM
Its OK


http://www.curatetapasbar.com/

KC
12-01-2013, 06:31 PM
I am looking forward to good Spanish food this summer during my time studying abroad at the University of Granada. ¿Tienes sugerencias, kilgram?

countryboy
12-01-2013, 06:32 PM
I am looking forward to good Spanish food this summer during my time studying abroad at the University of Granada. ¿Tienes sugerencias, @kilgram (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=867)?
What does she look like? :D

kilgram
12-01-2013, 06:36 PM
I am looking forward to good Spanish food this summer during my time studying abroad at the University of Granada. ¿Tienes sugerencias, @kilgram (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=867)?
Are you going to Granada?

Then, you must go of tapas (it is in the typical "bares") :) Also you should try Gazpacho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazpacho), and the very famous is the Asturian fabada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabada_asturiana) but not from Andalucia.

KC
12-01-2013, 06:36 PM
What does she look like? :D

Hahahaha.

KC
12-01-2013, 06:40 PM
Are you going to Granada?

Then, you must go of tapas (it is in the typical "bares") :) Also you should try Gazpacho (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazpacho), and the very famous is the Asturian fabada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabada_asturiana) but not from Andalucia.


Yeah, I'm going to be studying in Granada, but I hope I have time to visit Cordoba as well while I'm in Andalusia. Of course it depends on my studies.

I will definitely try tapas (except for the seafood, I'm allergic) and gazpacho looks good. Thanks!

kilgram
12-01-2013, 06:42 PM
Yeah, I'm going to be studying in Granada, but I hope I have time to visit Cordoba as well while I'm in Andalucia. Of course it depends on my studies.
That's nice.

I've never been in the South of Spain. I would like to go to Granada and Cordoba. Some day I think that I am going to go there.

If you can you should go/come to Barcelona :)

And it would be funny/interesting that you get the Spanish accent from Granada :)

KC
12-01-2013, 06:43 PM
That's nice.

I've never been in the South of Spain. I would like to go to Granada and Cordoba. Some day I think that I am going to go there.

If you can you should go to Barcelona :)

I have other friends with Spanish minors who tell me Barcelona is where it's at :cool2:. All depends on the time and money.

Ravi
12-01-2013, 07:10 PM
Churros, with hot chocolate at Albox market.I had thought churros were Cuban. Live and learn and drool.

Ravi
12-01-2013, 07:22 PM
I like northern Spain better. Maybe because it's closer to France?

Peter1469
12-01-2013, 07:50 PM
They are very different. I like them both.

jillian
12-01-2013, 07:51 PM
I like northern Spain better. Maybe because it's closer to France?

i've only been to barcelona. there's so much in spain i'd love to see.

nathanbforrest45
12-02-2013, 10:50 AM
That's not exactly "Spanish Food."
That's not exactly food at all!

countryboy
12-02-2013, 10:51 AM
That's not exactly food at all!
Tacos aren't food? 'Splain.

nathanbforrest45
12-02-2013, 10:53 AM
I've never been to Spain but I have been to West Virginia.

kilgram
12-02-2013, 02:26 PM
i've only been to barcelona. there's so much in spain i'd love to see.
Did you like Barcelona?

And wow, how many people in these forums that have visited Spain xD

And yeah, Spain as many European countries have a lot of interesting things to see in a very small territory.

kilgram
12-02-2013, 02:26 PM
Tacos aren't food? 'Splain.
By the way Tacos are not Spanish, are Mexican.

But yeah, I am asking myself the same. If tacos are not food what they are?

Cigar
12-02-2013, 02:29 PM
After several years of marriage ... I've for most part purged my wife from that GD Spanish Rice crap Porto Ricans like to make. :tongue:

countryboy
12-02-2013, 02:32 PM
By the way Tacos are not Spanish, are Mexican.

But yeah, I am asking myself the same. If tacos are not food what they are?
Yeah, I know. I was just wondering too.

I love fish tacos.

So tell us some more about Spanish foods. Do Spanish eat tortillas? Is "Spanish rice" Spanish food?

Captain Obvious
12-02-2013, 02:38 PM
http://lovenaturals.com/storefront/images/SpanishFlyFull.jpg

Cigar
12-02-2013, 02:45 PM
Yeah, I know. I was just wondering too.

I love fish tacos.

So tell us some more about Spanish foods. Do Spanish eat tortillas? Is "Spanish rice" Spanish food?

Spanish Rice is more like s Southwestern thang ... if I have more than 4 times a year ,,, that's too much for me.

countryboy
12-02-2013, 02:49 PM
Spanish Rice is more like s Southwestern thang ... if I have more than 4 times a year ,,, that's too much for me.
I know what Spanish rice is, I just wondered if it really originated in Spain.

Mister D
12-02-2013, 03:09 PM
I know what Spanish rice is, I just wondered if it really originated in Spain.

It didn't. It's virtually unknown there as I understand it.

Polecat
12-02-2013, 03:21 PM
I don't have a clue as to what actual Spanish cuisine might be like. Never seen a place here to get it. Never heard of a recipe either. That is sort of odd. Tends to make you think the Spanish might be culinary sadists.:tongue:

kilgram
12-02-2013, 03:45 PM
Yeah, I know. I was just wondering too.

I love fish tacos.

So tell us some more about Spanish foods. Do Spanish eat tortillas? Is "Spanish rice" Spanish food?
Yeap, Tortillas of onion and potatoes, I barely explained how it was done in previous food.

"Spanish rice" I don't know what is. As Spanish rice it is the paella.

I've explained a bit the gazpacho, las tapas(that are complicated because depends on the area they are different). For example something that is used as a tapa in Mallorca and is typical only there, is the "Frit mallorquí" that is done from offal, liver and cooked blood of pork, lamb, goat(kid) and is possible turkey. It is fried with potatoes, onions, tomatoes and red pepper. As addons salt, pepper, clove, garlic, fennel and laurel.

Peter1469
12-02-2013, 05:50 PM
I don't have a clue as to what actual Spanish cuisine might be like. Never seen a place here to get it. Never heard of a recipe either. That is sort of odd. Tends to make you think the Spanish might be culinary sadists.:tongue:

It is actually very good.

Peter1469
12-02-2013, 05:51 PM
gazpacho is a great summer soup, because it is served chilled.

countryboy
12-02-2013, 05:54 PM
Yeap, Tortillas of onion and potatoes, I barely explained how it was done in previous food.

"Spanish rice" I don't know what is. As Spanish rice it is the paella.

I've explained a bit the gazpacho, las tapas(that are complicated because depends on the area they are different). For example something that is used as a tapa in Mallorca and is typical only there, is the "Frit mallorquí" that is done from offal, liver and cooked blood of pork, lamb, goat(kid) and is possible turkey. It is fried with potatoes, onions, tomatoes and red pepper. As addons salt, pepper, clove, garlic, fennel and laurel.
Explain what Spanish "tortillas" are. Mexican tortillas are basically a type of flat bread made from corn, or wheat flour. We eat them plain, or fried, or both, filled with or topped with other fixings.

countryboy
12-02-2013, 05:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G0D9oosy1I

kilgram
12-02-2013, 06:47 PM
Explain what Spanish "tortillas" are. Mexican tortillas are basically a type of flat bread made from corn, or wheat flour. We eat them plain, or fried, or both, filled with or topped with other fixings.
AH ok. Tortilla in Spanish(from Spain) is an omelette. My confusion, I didn't remember that in Mexico tortillas are other things.

Well, the tortillas I think that are "empanadillas" in Spanish. I don't like empanadillas.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanadilla

And maybe the empanada (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada#Espa.C3.B1a), In English from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada)

Ravi
12-02-2013, 06:53 PM
Frittatas are pretty freaking awesome, too.

kilgram
12-02-2013, 06:55 PM
Frittatas are pretty freaking awesome, too.
Frittatas are Italian :)

Ravi
12-02-2013, 06:59 PM
Frittatas are Italian :)

I'm so embarrassed! My spanish cookbook is taking liberties.

countryboy
12-02-2013, 07:13 PM
AH ok. Tortilla in Spanish(from Spain) is an omelette. My confusion, I didn't remember that in Mexico tortillas are other things.

Well, the tortillas I think that are "empanadillas" in Spanish. I don't like empanadillas.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanadilla

And maybe the empanada (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada#Espa.C3.B1a), In English from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empanada)
Haha. Mexican empanadas are a stuffed pastry. :D
Did you watch the video I posted kilgram? It explains what a "Tapas crawl" is. :D

kilgram
12-02-2013, 08:08 PM
Haha. Mexican empanadas are a stuffed pastry. :D
Did you watch the video I posted @kilgram (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=867)? It explains what a "Tapas crawl" is. :D
Yes, it explains quite well what are Tapas and Tapas crawl. However from where I am, it is not the common until recently that it was introduced. It is an exported tradition to my region :)

Captain Obvious
12-02-2013, 10:45 PM
I always thought authentic Spanish food used a lot of eggs and seafood.

kilgram
12-03-2013, 01:26 AM
I always thought authentic Spanish food used a lot of eggs and seafood.
We are using eggs, however I am not very proficious to eat eggs, so I can't think of receipts with eggs.

Seafood is more common in the Galician cuisine. Spain has a lot of variety of cuisine depending of the region.

Captain Obvious
12-03-2013, 07:14 AM
You know it's funny. This is like one of those questions where the answer is basically whatever you want it to be.

Everyone basically is making the same stuff with maybe a little more emphasis on a couple of things.

Peter1469
12-03-2013, 08:30 AM
You know it's funny. This is like one of those questions where the answer is basically whatever you want it to be.

Everyone basically is making the same stuff with maybe a little more emphasis on a couple of things.

Region by region, the food can be very different.

kilgram
12-03-2013, 10:26 AM
Another typical Spanish food, in this case from the North of Spain, from the Basque Country are the "montaditos"
http://www.elromani.cat/wp-content/gallery/variesweb/montaditos_0.jpg

countryboy
12-03-2013, 10:47 AM
Another typical Spanish food, in this case from the North of Spain, from the Basque Country are the "montaditos"
http://www.elromani.cat/wp-content/gallery/variesweb/montaditos_0.jpg
What are they?

My roots on my father's side lie in the Basque region.

kilgram
12-03-2013, 04:37 PM
What are they?

My roots on my father's side lie in the Basque region.
As you can see, montaditos are small portions of bread with different things on it, for example ham, cheese, or different things, you can find anything.

del
12-03-2013, 06:50 PM
I am looking forward to good Spanish food this summer during my time studying abroad at the University of Granada. ¿Tienes sugerencias, @kilgram (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=867)?

i would suggest cafe con leche and pastries at the alhambra. the food is soso, but the view is magnificent.

KC
12-03-2013, 06:53 PM
i would suggest cafe con leche and pastries at the alhambra. the food is soso, but the view is magnificent.

Man, that sounds amazing.

del
12-03-2013, 06:57 PM
jamon iberico, olives and some fresh bread in the parque del retiro was pretty awesome too.

fresh roasted fish in andalusia down the coast from torre molinos with pears poached in wine for dessert.

del
12-03-2013, 06:58 PM
Man, that sounds amazing.

i spent a week in grenada, almost all of it exploring the alhambra.

i'm very jealous of you ;)

kilgram
12-03-2013, 07:01 PM
i would suggest cafe con leche and pastries at the alhambra. the food is soso, but the view is magnificent.
LOL, now I could not avoid to remember the speech of the mayor of Madrid for the Olympic Games, Ana Botella with his relaxing cup of cafe con leche. In Spain that speech caused a lot of laughs, because it was considered as a speech with terrible English.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SluVUMq0Q4g