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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You know that there’s basically one paella recipe per Spanish village, right (if not more)?

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  • fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m Spaniard, I know. The thing is that Spanish omelette is a potato omelette, even though people then add other stuff to the base. They don’t call it tortilla de patata, they call it “tortilla de patata y X”. The only variances are the density of the omelette and if it has a little bell peppers (or more than a little, goddammit Biscay) or not. Anything else isn’t a “tortilla de patata”.

    I’m not saying that it will taste bad, it just isn’t the thing. There are plenty “tortilla de patata y chorizo” and such, but you would never add chorizo or chatka in there and call it a “Spanish Omelette”.

    I would be surprised to find anything but the basic omelette if I order a “pincho de tortilla”.

    Regarding the paella, I’m not from Valencia so I won’t push back that much there, but I know that usually if you diverge from the standard Valencian paella, you state it in the name, like a galician “Paella de Marisco” and such.

    I’m sure you have a national dish known elsewhere that locally has plenty variations, but everyone agrees that the basic version is X.

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Bacon does seem a bit extreme, I’ll grant you that.

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• Soggy@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They’re only fucking it up if they’re trying and failing to make a specific thing, not just because they thing they make offends you.

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