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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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...
Good stuff!
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!”
Cool!! I have great memories of eating Paella throughout Spain with my daughter after she finished her studies in Europe.
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.
Best paella I ever had was at a Spanish restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. And that includes the paella I had in spain
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.
Great Post!
“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.”
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Yeah, but I always add pork to my paella! HA!
Give them little sunglasses so I don't see them watching me and I'm good to go.
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.
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.
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