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NATIONAL SPANISH PAELLA DAY – March 27
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Posted on 03/27/2017 4:03:08 PM PDT by heterosupremacist

Recipes at link ~

A rice dish from Spain, paella has become very popular and is known around the world. It originated in its modern form in the mid-19th century in Valencia, on the east coast of Spain.

At lunchtime, workers in the fields would make the rice dish in a flat pan over a fire. They mixed in whatever they could find – such as rabbits, snails and vegetables. Later, for special occasions, chicken was added. Paella has spread to every region of Spain, as well as worldwide, using almost any type of ingredient that goes well with rice.

There are many versions of recipes of paella. Key ingredients are saffron and olive oil. Saffron is an essential spice that also turns the rice a beautiful golden color.

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1 posted on 03/27/2017 4:03:08 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
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To: heterosupremacist

my dtr got me a small paella pan when she was in Spain.....I haven’t done it yet, but I’m going to soon....except not the peas....don’t understand the peas at all...


2 posted on 03/27/2017 4:05:23 PM PDT by cherry
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To: heterosupremacist

Good stuff!


3 posted on 03/27/2017 4:05:34 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: heterosupremacist

Snails?

They mixed in snails?

They couldn’t eat just plain rice?

Maybe a little ketchup?

But snails?

“Don’t look! Don’t.....look! Waiter, there are snails on this plate! Now go and get those cheese sandwiches with the crusts cut off that you talked me out of!”


4 posted on 03/27/2017 4:10:47 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: heterosupremacist

Cool!! I have great memories of eating Paella throughout Spain with my daughter after she finished her studies in Europe.


5 posted on 03/27/2017 4:11:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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I have a neighbor who was a chef in Barcelona for several years - he knows exactly what he is doing when he whips up a batch! ¡Me gusta!
6 posted on 03/27/2017 4:20:48 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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Did your neighbor work at Los Caracoles in Barcelona, by any chance? Best paella I ever ate, and I still have fond memories of it after more than 40 years.


7 posted on 03/27/2017 4:25:15 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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Best paella I ever had was at a Spanish restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. And that includes the paella I had in spain


8 posted on 03/27/2017 4:27:18 PM PDT by Josa
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To: heterosupremacist

If you’re going to do it, make sure you try it with Spanish (not Mexican) Chorizo.

I like scallops, shrimp, and chorizo in mine. Lobster claws are good also.

Every region in Spain serves it differently.


9 posted on 03/27/2017 4:32:56 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: heterosupremacist

Great Post!

10 posted on 03/27/2017 5:28:41 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Muslin acceptance at the root of this day. Wait for it, wait for it:

“There is an old story of how the Moorish kings’ servants created rice dishes by mixing the left-overs from royal banquets in large pots to take home. It is said by some that that word paella originates from the Arab word “baqiyah” meaning left-overs.The term Paella actually refers to the pan that it is cooked in. All the way back to the ancient Sanskrit language the term Pa means …to drink, and the Roman culture from the latin made words like Patera, Patina , Patella which could mean a container to drink, or perform other culinary functions.”

11 posted on 03/27/2017 5:38:30 PM PDT by keving (We are the Government)
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Yeah, but I always add pork to my paella! HA!


12 posted on 03/27/2017 5:41:21 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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When you look into the paella, the paella looks back at you... with creepy little shrimpy eyes.

Give them little sunglasses so I don't see them watching me and I'm good to go.

13 posted on 03/27/2017 6:01:11 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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# 13 When you look into the paella, the paella looks back at you... with creepy little shrimpy eyes. Give them little sunglasses so I don't see them watching me and I'm good to go. Agreed! the simple solution is to behead those little crustaceans! HA!
14 posted on 03/27/2017 6:06:39 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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Name the restaurant in Dublin. I’ll go there. I try to make the stuff 4 times a year. Puts my paella pan to good use.


15 posted on 03/27/2017 6:09:09 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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Name the restaurant in Dublin. I’ll go there. I try to make the stuff 4 times a year. Puts my paella pan to good use.


16 posted on 03/27/2017 6:15:40 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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