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SPAIN
became a global empire influential in the early modern period, became one of
the first countries to colonize the World new and left a legacy of more than 500
million Spanish speakers today, making it the second most spoken first language
in the world.
Spain is a democracy organized in the form of a parliamentary government
under a constitutional monarchy. He is a developed country with the thirteenth
largest economy in the world by nominal GDP. Spain also has a high standard of
living with the tenth highest quality of life index rating in the world in 2005. It is
a member of the United Nations, NATO, OECD, and WTO.
What occurred in your mind if asked to mention the food - traditional food in all
countries in the world? Surely that occurred in your mind are the traditional foods
in a few countries, such as Italy with pizza, parmesan cheese, lasagna, China
with dumplings, noodles, Indonesia with gado - gado, Ketoprak, soup, and others
- others. What about Spain? Did you know about the food - traditional food in
Spain. Let us review the traditional food in Spain.
1. paella
Paella is a traditional Spanish dish of
Valencia consists of rice with meat,
fish, seafood, and vegetables and
turmeric, which serves to give a yellow
color and a unique flavor. The food
comes from the mid 19th century
near the Albufera lagoon, the coast of
Valencia. Broadly dish Paella is the
national dish of Spain and the Valencia
regional dishes.
Jamn Serrano and Jamn Ibrico is a dried Spanish ham sliced thin and a
Spanish food. Typical of Jamn Serrano ham is salted dried usually made from
white pig and Jamn types are generally served with thinly sliced or diced
sometimes
3. Queso Manchego
Other traditional foods queso manchego is usually eaten together - together with
jamn serrano or ibrico. Queso manchego cheese from sheep's milk is a kind
manchega the area of La Mancha, Spain. This manchega cheese must be aged
between 60 days to 2 years.
4. Tapas
Tapas is a Spanish tradition food consists of various types of food on the plate small dishes, such as appetizers or snacks like jamn serrano, queso manchego,
and others - others or menu warm tortilla espaola, meatballs, and others others
According to The Joy of Cooking, the original tapas is a slice of bread or meat
used to cover between the glass and the glass tip so as to prevent the flies
perched and hovering over the food. The meat is usually ham or chorizo.
5. Tortilla Espaola
The food is typical of other Spanish tortilla espaola still referred to in English as
Tortilla, Spanish Omelette is a typical Spanish dish consisting of an omelet made
with added potatoes and fried in vegetable oil. In Spain this dish called the
tortilla de patatas or tortilla espaola, which means "little torte / cake".
Tortillas are fried potato omelet dish with olive oil. Tortilla is a flavorful dish with
the addition of chopped onion and can be served while still warm or cold. The
most common tortillas just made with eggs and potatoes, and perhaps with
onions, fried temperate. In Spain, tortilla is almost always accompanied by bread
and sometimes with pimientos de padron.