¡Hola! Soy Karlos and now it's my turn to add my major reason for travelling to Spain. No, it's not apples or cider for that matter of fact. Although cider has strong traditional value in northern Spain, they have festivals and everything...I might do a post for it when we lose interest in this blog and it goes dead for a few weeks. So check back in the middle of August and be educated.
Right, so as the title suggests and what you probably thought this post was all about but then forgot because I distracted you with apples, is actually about Paella. Paella Valenciana to be precise because although we have like the rest of the world jumped on the bandwagon of calling any throw together rice stew as Paella and then declaring it Spanish is in fact distorted. Fancy that. Spain recognises Paella as being a Valencian dish and it's fine citizens have embraced this proclamation with open arms. The other misconception about Paella is that it is exclusively a seafood dish but there are many versions and I am particularly interested in the meat one. It uses rabbit and chicken (or duck) with white rice, green veggies and beans. It also contains the magical credit card cancelling saffron and it's what gives Paella its distinctive yellow colouring.
That's all for me now but here's a video of how to make Paella. It's in Spanish so just pull a Pocahontas and listen with your heart.
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