Enjoy Spains Famous Food! |
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Spain is a wonderful country if you want to travel around and try the different specialties to be found in the various regions that you can visit. On the coast, logically, you'll find some excellent fish and seafood dishes, and inland you'll be delighted with the wonderful dishes made from meat and vegetables. There are an infinite variety of ways of combining these ingredients - and you'll find excellent fresh fruit, too. Of course all of Spain is famous for the wide variety of appetizers or tapas that are provided as either part of a main meal or as small tidbits to have with drinks. In most of the small rural areas the tascas (tapas bars) are the only types of restaurants available and will feature different dishes based on what is available. In large cities there will be all different types of restaurants and more likelihood to find the more elaborate presentations and preparations of the traditional foods of the country. There are two main meals of the day, lunch ("comida" or "almuerzo") and dinner ("cena"). Both are eaten considerably later than in Anglo-Saxon countries. Lunch is usually eaten between 2.00 and 3.30 in the afternoon, and dinner any time after 9.00 in the evening. Breakfast is a very light affair, and most people have a snack in the early evening, called a "merienda". You cannot go to Spain without having paella. This is really a staple food of the countryside that has become the traditional food of the country. Paella is traditionally made from rice, pieces of rabbit, broad or green beans cooked slowly to make a one meal dish, then heated quickly to give a toasted, caramelized bottom to the dish. In the larger centers the paella is often very exotic combining seafood such as shrimp, mussels and crab or lobster. Vegetables and fruit make up a very important part of many Spaniards' diets. A typical entree will be a salad or a vegetable sauted with ham, and fruit is eaten by many people as a dessert. The main course could be meat or fish. Desserts are perhaps not as varied as in some other countries, but you can still find a great variety, often varying from region to region. And after your dessert, why not end your meal in typical Spanish fashion, with "caf, copa y puro" (coffee, liqueur/spirit and cigar - although the cigar is becoming less and less common).
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