Spanish Cuisine

Effect of geographical conditions, other cultural difference and also climate impact is always shown on the food of that place. Spanish food is also heavily influenced by the sea food as Spain is surrounded by oceans. Daily meals eaten by the Spanish in many areas of the country are still made by hand, from fresh ingredients bought daily from the local Mercado. This is more common in the rural areas and less common in the large urban areas like Madrid, where super Mercado are beginning to take over the open air. Spain's extensive history with many cultural influences has led to a unique cuisine with literally thousands of recipes and flavors.

Among the multitude of recipes that make up the varied cuisines of Spain, a few can be considered common to all or almost all of Spain's regions, even though some of them have an origin known and associated with specific places. It should be noted that almost every tapas bar serves some small tidbit when a drink is ordered, without charge. Some typical foods from Spain include:

Potato omelette: It is a typical Spanish dish consisting of an egg omelette with fried potatoes. Frequently it also includes onion and garlic, depending on region or taste. Every Spanish home has its own favorite way of preparing tortilla so this dish have so many variants for it.

Paella: For Spaniards this dish is one of the countrys national dishes. This dish is originated in Spain's Valencian region near Lake Albufera, a lagoon in eastern Spain. This dish is an internationally known dish of white rice, meat, seafood, beans and vegetables

Sausage: Sausage is usually made from ground meat, animal fat, salt, and spices, typically packed in a casing. Sausage making is a traditional food preservation technique. Its a prepared food traditionally casing are made of animal intestine but now often they are of synthetic.

Migas: It is a traditional dish of Spanish cuisines and Portuguese cuisines this dish is usually eaten as a breakfast. Now a days Migas literally translated as a Crumb. Crumbs are a fashionable first course served for lunch and dinner in restaurants in Spain. It includes day-old bread, garlic, pimenton, olive oil, and contains spinach or alfalfa; often served with pan-fried pork ribs. Ingredients may vary from region to region.

Stew: A stew is a combination of solid food ingredients that have been cooked in water or other water-based liquid, typically by simmering, and that are then served without being drained. For better flavor stew is cooked on a low temperature. Its ingredients include any combination of vegetables, meat, poultry, sausage and sea food.

Madeleine (cake): Madeleine is traditional very small cake with a distinctive shell like shape. Madeleines traditional recipes include ground nut as well as common cake recipes like floor, eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla. Their taste is some what similar like pound cake but mostly pronounced as butter-and-lemon taste well.

Churro: Churro is originated in Spain it is also known as doughnut. This is a fried dough pastry based snacks sometimes made from potato dough. Churros are often sold by street vendors, who in many cases will fry them freshly on the street stand and sell them hot. They are fried until they acquire crunchy consistency and then sprinkled with sugar. It is also a common breakfast dish, but it differs in that it is savoury rather than sweet.

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