Spanish Cuisine

So let’s talk about food.

Spanish food: Ham, tapas, and wine. Seriously, everything they eat is some form of pork or ham. The pig is like a god here. They even have ham museums!! They drink wine (sangria or tinto de verano usually) with every meal. One night when Melissa, Sasshine, and myself went to the café near our campus and all ordered cokes, we were made fun of by the waiter. All in good fun, I guess. When we were there for ice cream the next day a different waiter jokingly said, “Quieres sangria?” (Do you want sangria?) as he passed by us. They must have been talking about us! We must be known as the lame American girls. Tapas are appetizers. They're pretty decent (although, they usually revolve around ham or potatoes). The only real Spanish dish seems to be paella, and there’s not much variety in it. Paella is basically rice, sometimes made with seafood or vegetables, or chicken. Usually seafood here. Anything else they eat is some form of potato or egg. They also eat ice cream here a lot, which is fine by me! The flan (Spanish custard dessert) that I tried at the dorms was disgusting. While we’re on that subject…

Dorm food: Salad and bread. That’s pretty much all we eat here. There is literally bread for every meal, and salad at every lunch and dinner. No, not salad. I meant lettuce. There’s a difference. At breakfast there is cereal and gross slabs of lunchmeat and cheese (which no one eats). Lunch and dinner usually have some kind of meat… wait, let me re-phrase that—some kind of pork. Lately we have been getting chicken more often because word has gotten out that everyone is sick of pork. The salad is usually plain, sometimes with olives, or mixed with tuna and random veggies. The good part is that…. searching for a good part….... hmmm….... ice cream on Sunday afternoons! Yay!

Needless to say, we like getting out into the city. We especially like finding places with great (American) burgers. Ham and paella are just a little bit old. Can’t wait for Italy!

(Side note about burgers: The McDonalds here is awesome. Legit.)