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What is Spain's main food? When I was there, I tried to eat tapas whenever possible.
by ktRolster 10y ago
What is Spain's main food? When I was there, I tried to eat tapas whenever possible.
- zeropoint46 10y agoI agree 100 percent. Been to Spain a lot and still have yet to figure out what their "food" is. all I know is on the coast I can get good paella and inland is potatoes, eggs and jamon.. Which is all fine and dandy but its not exactly deep.
- Oletros 10y agoSpain, as a I suppose almost all the countries, doesn't have a "main food". Paella is not even a food, it is just a dish with concrete ingredients and 99% of what is sold as paella is not paella, it is a rice dish. EDIT: Legumes (beans, chickpeas and lentils) are the ingredients in the day to day dishes
- zeropoint46 10y agoI know paella as a rice dish with saffron plus other stuff like meat and veggies. The point, at least, I'm making is that if you talk to someone and ask them to think about Italian, Japanese, Chinese, etc food, they have a pretty good idea of what comprises that cultures culinary "menu". With Spain I don't see that. And I'm not saying this sarcastically, I'd really like to know for next time I go there, cause I feel like I'm missing something, and its not 10 year old jamon and eggs...
- Oletros 10y agoYap, it happens the same with cheese or wine, the famous ones are French or Italian. A good start for the variety is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cuisine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cuisine even when the pictures at the right are wrong. It is not mixed paella and pintxos are not common in Catalonia.
- zeropoint46 10y agoThanks, I'll remember to check the wiki again next time I go. I do think it's funny 2 out of 3 of the first dishes at the top of the page are paella and jamon...