España-Comida

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In Spain there is a variety of recipes, they distinguish themselves in many ways such as culture, religion and climate. But of course, most of the Spanish cuisine is influenced by seafood and it's flavor, available thanks to the ocean that surrounds the country. This is Spain:  media type="custom" key="18007514" Here are some game to help you learn about food in general in Spanish: [] []

 **__Here's some  famous  Spanish dishes: __ ** //__The Main Dishes:__//   Paella:  One of the most famous main dish is the paella, a dish made mainly of rice and sometimes seafood. Paellas are whether vegetarian, Valencian , seafood or mixed. Seafood paellas are more common and famous. Paellas originated from Valencia just like a variety of other food. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-decoration: none;"> This is the picture of a seafood paella, it is made of shrimps, mussels, peas, tomatoes, garlic, chicken and so on. <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Here's Valencia: media type="custom" key="18023170" <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Here's a video: media type="youtube" key="WFS9y5vj32g" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Fideu à :

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">This is the fideuà ( also called fidueada ), a noodle dish, similar to the Paella. Most of the time, it is mainly made of seafood and noodle.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> There is a variety of ways to make a fideuà but shrimps and white-fleshed fishes are usually found in all fideuà. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Here's a video: media type="youtube" key="-poLXyifllI" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px;">Arroz A La Cubana: <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">This is a rice dish called arroz a la cubana ( also known as arroz cubano ) which mean Cuban-styled rice. T his is a rice dish, served hot. It is famous in Spain but it's also popular in the Philippines and Peru. <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> It is made of fried eggs, rice, tomato sauce and sometimes this is also served with fried bananas or sausages. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Here's a video: media type="youtube" key="6rFw3JaBH2I" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 37px;">Arr ò<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 37px;">s Negre: <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> This is the arròs negre ( also known as arroz negro). It is also a rice dish with lots of seafood in it. It is also really special because we use white rice yet it becomes black. The black come from the ink of the squid or cuttlefish which also enhances the seafood flavor. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> We always use cuttlefish or squid in this dish but other ingredients include shrimps, peppers, garlic, olive oil, crab and so on. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Here's a video: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">media type="youtube" key="iZF3WOJ3ALk" width="425" height="350" <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px;">Chicharr ó <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px;">n: <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> This picture shows a Chicharr ó n, a dish mainly made of meat (most of the time pork but sometimes even mutton, chicken and/or beef). It can be served either hot or cold. <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> We use the pork rinds (the skin of the pork) to cook this dish and it is usually seasoned and then deep fried. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Here's a video: media type="youtube" key="JUT3RUcM1fA" width="425" height="350"

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;">Gacha: <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">This is called Gacha it is a staple dish that used to be very popular amongfarmers and country folk. Several Gachas can also be eaten as a desert. There are several variations of it such as Andaluc í a, Castile-La Mancha, Valencia and Aragon.

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;">Pinchitos: <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;">

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> This special dish, also known as pinchos morunos, originated from Spain and is generally made of meat- pork, chicken,beef, or lamb. The meat is usually marinated with olive oil, spices, and herbs such as garlic, thyme, paprika, pepper and so on. This dish is traditionally cooked on charcoal braziers and served hot. It is served with bread lemon and wine. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Here's a video: <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> media type="youtube" key="BZbf57f2mpo" width="425" height="350"

<span style="color: #00ffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px; text-align: left;">__The Soups and Stew:__

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 25px; text-align: left;">Ajoblanco:

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">This is a popular cold soup. This white soup is usually mainly made of bread, almonds, garlic, water, olive oil and salt. It is usually served with watermelon or grapes. One interesting festival in the town of Almachar, Magala celebrates this soup on 2 September.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">Here's Almachar, Magala:

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