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a Spanish meat made from unweaned lambs (roast lechazo-lambs-). Very typical of Valladolid. Lechazo de Castilla y León. Lomo embuchado: everywhere meat a cured meat made from a pork tenderloin. In its essentials, it is the same as Cecina, the Spanish air dried cured smoked Beef tenderloin Longaniza: everywhere sausage
Authors such as Strabo wrote about the aboriginal people of Spain using nuts and acorns as staple foods. [7] The extension of vineyards along the Mediterranean seemed to be due to the colonization of Greeks and Phoenicians, who also introduced the production of olive oil. Spain became the largest producer of olive oil in the world.
A common sight in bar counters and homes across Spain, served as a tapa, [5] a light lunch, or a dinner along with a salad Empanadillas: Large or small turnovers filled with meats and vegetables [6] Ensaladilla rusa: Literally, "(little) Russian salad", this dish is made with mixed boiled vegetables with tuna, olives and mayonnaise Fried cheese
Afrikaans; العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Brezhoneg
Platter of cocido madrileño, a traditional and emblematic part of Madrid cuisine, featuring two of three traditional servings. The cuisine of the Community of Madrid is an amalgamation of the cuisines of various regions of Spain developed, in part, by mass migration to the capital city starting during the reign of King Felipe II.
Another popular and more modern explanation says that King Alfonso XIII (1886–1941) stopped by a famous tavern in Cádiz (an Andalusian city) where he ordered a glass of wine. The waiter covered the glass with a slice of cured ham before offering it to the king, in order to protect the wine from the blowing beach sand, as Cádiz is a windy place.
Spanish food historian Lourdes March notes that the dish "symbolizes the union and heritage of two important cultures, the Roman, which gives us the utensil and the Arab which brought us the basic food of humanity for centuries: rice." [12] The traditional pan known as paella or paellera, along with a traditional wooden spoon used to stir and ...
The potato is a staple food in the region, first arriving in Spain from the Americas in the 16th century, and then grown first and foremost on the coasts of the Ría de Noia. In Galician cuisine, neither the cook nor the recipe really matters; [citation needed] what is being served is the central part of the cuisine.