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3 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #11 - Let’s eat!”
February 18th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
So, what are some of your favorite Hispanic foods? Or, what are some of your favorite foods in general? Now, we know that David is the master Paella maker, what about the rest of you? What’s your specialty?
February 29th, 2008 at 1:49 am
I don’t make them, but….I *love* churros y chocolate. Actually, it’s the churros I don’t make, that is too specialised. But I did make chocolate at home, and it was velvety and delicious. I also enjoyed the real thing when I visited Barcelona last summer. I discovered that I didn’t make it so differently at home, so I must have found a good recipe on the internet!
And can you believe that I ate paella in a Chinese restaurant in Barcelona? It was sort of by accident that we ended up there. I’ve had real paella before, but the Chinese version wasn’t bad! Made with noodles instead of rice, I thought that was clever.
My personal specialty is Indian food. I make a lot of curry and garam masala.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Hey Bouks–
That’s noodle version of paella that you had is called fideuà. Like paella, it’s from Valencia, but it’s pretty popular in Cataluña, too. And just as Chinese food has gotten Americanized in the US, here it gets “Hispanified.” Lots of Chinese places serve small tapas-sized portions to draw more people in… it doesn’t surprise me at all that they would serve fideuà, too.
Not exactly a dish, but if I had to choose a favorite food in Spain it would have to be jamón ibérico (salt-cured ham from the Iberian pig). It’s not only insanely delicious, but it’s actually good for you (the fat is monounsaturated, due to the genetics of the pigs and the fact that the pigs feast freerange on acorns). My doctor here actually recommended that I eat it!
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Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: provecho, tener | Function: serving and being served | Topic: food | Politeness Level: formal
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