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| Mokona 290th Post
 
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|  "Re(3):What do you know about Spain thread" , posted Thu 28 Jul 01:57
Nice country Spain! Been in Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Valencia, etc., also a bit in the basque part (sorry, don't know the word in spanish or english)
I remember the people being really nice (much nicer than the italian, which I find rather pompous and disrespectful most of the time, though I know many many sweet italian people too)
The food was great every time (man, the paella I ate in Valencia... hmmmmm)
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| Time Mage 2212th Post
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| "Re(3):What do you know about Spain thread" , posted Thu 28 Jul 07:05:
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Food! How do you make paella?
Well, there are like... 3 million ways to make a Paella, but the first thing you need is the recipient itself (Called paella, in fact. The dish in question is "Arroz en paella"). It's a big, not too deep pan. Should be only about 10 cm deep and at least 50-60 cm of diameter.
Then, rice, vegetables (green and red pepper, artichoke, tomato, etc...), some kind of meat or fish (chicken, seafood... whatever you want, really), garlic, sappron, lemon, rosemary, salt, black pepper. Ah, olive oil, too.
I don't know how to make one, although is not that difficult.
BTW, as good as a paella is, gazpacho >> paella.
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| Time Mage 2212th Post
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| "Re(5):What do you know about Spain thread" , posted Thu 28 Jul 19:36
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Yeah, use a paella pan to make paella!
But saffron is crazy expensive here. Is it more affordable to the common people in Spain, or is it still really expensive?
Talking about Spanish food, there are tons of new tapas bars / restaurants opening everywhere where I live. It's like Tapas are slowly becoming the new sushi.
I've had some nice Spanish wine before too...
Well, saffron is still expensive here. In fact, paella is usually made with some kind of alimentary colorant, to give the yellow colour and some taste. Saffron is for "high class" paellas, although you only need a tiny little bit in each one.
And about tapas... I find that quite funny. Here, in Granada, tapas are totally free, I mean, you order a beer, and along with it comes a tapa. They range from tiny ones, like some olives in a small dish, to a BIG dish with fried potatoes, and meat, depending on the bar, but always free. That's unique in all Spain (along with I think Jaén and Almería, that is, Eastern Andalucía), so I fin rather strange when I have to pay for one tapa.
Depending on the place you go, you can get a big dinner just by ordering two drinks, since also the tapa varies with every drink you get. There's one bar famous for having its third tapa to be basically dessert, since the previous two are so complete.
Oh, and yesterday I eat a "Tortilla de Paratas" (Spanish Omelette) sooooo good... My mother makes the best ones in the world.
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| Sensenic 1331th Post
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| "Multiple answer!" , posted Fri 29 Jul 02:35
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I heard recently about Mexico maps' sales increasing greatly in the USA after Barcelona was given the '92 Olympics
Is this a joke?
dunno, not contrasted ^_^;
Well, and there's also Jeb Bush's comment: "I want to thank the president of the Republic of Spain for his..." ^_^
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I know it's not the most economically successful nation in the EU right now
Uh-huh. It's a rather common joke here to make comments about Spain being still a 3rd world country. Specially in what refers to Internet Access, and mostly culture in general. There're lots of self-made injokes or funny comments about our level of inculture.
Or at least, that's what I hear/say ^_^
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Hm. Well, I know about Catalan. Some names from that language are interesting sounding
Like.... dunno.... Joan? (stupid note: it's my name)
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i heard that they eat baked squid in spain
is this true?
Well, we do eat boiled squid with fried potatoes, all mixed with the squid's ink. 'Tis called "calamares en su tinta" --> "Squids in their own ink". original name, ne?
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I angered an Spaniard. He called me cara de plasta.
Funny. Not much of a common insult.
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All I know about Spain is that I don't like the lisp
The what? LISP is a programming language but I guess you're not refering to that. Whassat?
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I think they did have a funny mascot for the 92 olympics.
Good ol' Cobi... Nostalgia... -sniff-
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Isnt "te cago en tus muertos" another popular Spanish insult?
"Me cago en tus muertos", yes. Literally "I poo on your... eh... dead family members".
And "Me cago en <insert sth here>"/"I poo on <sth>" is a very common swearing too.
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"Coger" es más divertido en Argentina que en España
Me sé de uno que fue a Argentina y pregunto "¿Para tomar el autobús?" y le contestaron "Pues como no sea por el tubo de escape..." 
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And, more specifically, in my case, what do you know of Catalonia?
They're greedy bastards. XD
Para tí, TM, con todo mi cariño, "porque te love you"(tm):
Derecho a tapa + lyrics.
Y ya questamos, promoción del grupo dun amigo:Alma cegada, ^_^
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And i heard that spanish people are very hot-blooded.
I don't like stereotypes based on statistics, but yes, you could say it's (generally) true.
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I lived near a city called Zaragoza for about a year back in 1991-1992. I was only 11 though. My dad was stationed at the US Air Force base there and since then, I've had a strange obsession with that place.
Anyway, my family has friends there. Even when I went back to visit in 1995, I was in love with the place. I want to visit it again.
¿De Zaragozaaaaa? ¡Mañicooooo!
Yeah, the famous US bases, they're not much loved, no, m'afraid... u_u
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spanish people use 'th' at various times because one of their kings had a speach problem.
¿? Interesting... Please elaborate.
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spain conquered and colonized lots of places.
It was "the Empire where the sun never sets", cuz it took all around the globe and it was always daylight somewhere ^_^;
And I've just started...
Za Peepaa Yomiko chan! -Nyoooon-
My philosophy professor was a flan Myself
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| Sensenic 1333th Post
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| "On gastronomy..." , posted Fri 29 Jul 02:39:
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but the first thing you need is the recipient itself (Called paella, in fact. The dish in question is "Arroz en paella").
Yup. And in Catalan "paella" literally means "frying pan".
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BTW, as good as a paella is, gazpacho >> paella.
Yuck... Me no gusta.
Pa amb tomàquet rockzzzz!!! More than anything else.
It's a typical (and easy!) Catalan food. You just squeeze half a tomato on bread, add olive oil and salt... and the magic's done!
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Talking about Spanish food, there are tons of new tapas bars / restaurants opening everywhere where I live. It's like Tapas are slowly becoming the new sushi.
tapas do rock, most certainly... You have these small bits of everything, you pick from here, you pick from there... *Makes a Homer Simpson face* -Ghhaaaaahhh....-
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Oh, and yesterday I eat a "Tortilla de Paratas" (Spanish Omelette) sooooo good... My mother makes the best ones in the world.
As a matter of fact, the second best ones, just right after my father's :p
Why is there a familiar who can do really good paellas and/or tortilla de patatas and/or any typical food in general, I wonder? ^_^;
EDIT: Grammar ugly.
Za Peepaa Yomiko chan! -Nyoooon-
My philosophy professor was a flan Myself
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"Re(1):What do you know about Spain thread" , posted Wed 27 Jul 05:46
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