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Spanish Cuisine: Traditions & Meals

Spanish cuisine has been influenced by many cultures due to Spain's history of outsiders seeking to take over the country. Traditional Spanish foods include ingredients imported from the New World like tomatoes, potatoes, and chocolate. Main meals include lunch around 1 or 2pm and dinner between 10pm and midnight, consisting of multiple courses. Popular dishes include paella, gazpacho, and tapas appetizers. Regional cuisines and special holiday foods vary throughout Spain.

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Spanish Cuisine: Traditions & Meals

Spanish cuisine has been influenced by many cultures due to Spain's history of outsiders seeking to take over the country. Traditional Spanish foods include ingredients imported from the New World like tomatoes, potatoes, and chocolate. Main meals include lunch around 1 or 2pm and dinner between 10pm and midnight, consisting of multiple courses. Popular dishes include paella, gazpacho, and tapas appetizers. Regional cuisines and special holiday foods vary throughout Spain.

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Introduction to

Spanish Foods and Culture

Foods For Life Class


Mrs. Pohlman
Influences on Traditional Foods
 Cooking Elements:
 Romans
 Moors
 Ingredients:
 Imports from exploration of new word
 Spanish history includes much time overrun by
outsiders wanting to take over. Resulting in
absorption of wide range of cooking styles.
Ingredients From New World
 Tomato Chocolate
 Potato  Beans

 Sweet Potato  Zucchini

 Vanilla  Peppers
Agricultural Production
 Largest producer of olives in world
 Chief agricultural products:
Barley Potatoes
Milk Tomatoes
Olives Wheat
Oranges Grapes
 Poor soil and dry climate results in low
production.
Livestock
 Sheep main livestock
 Europe’s leading fishing country
 Fishing industry includes:
 Mussels
 Sardines
 Cod
 Anchovies
 Squid
Spanish Meals
 8:00 am light breakfast
 11:00 am midmorning breakfast
 1:00 pm tapas
 2:00 lunch
 Between 5:00 and 6:00 tea and pastries
 Between 8:00 and 9:00 tapas
 Between 10:00 and Midnight dinner
Light Breakfast
 8:00 am
 Includes coffee or thick hot chocolate

and churros or bread


 Churros are fried doughnuts
Midmorning Breakfast
 Served at 11:00 am
 Usually includes:
 Grilled sausages
 Fried squid
 Bread with tomato
 Omelet
Tapas
 Light snacks or appetizers
 Eaten with fingers or toothpicks
 Found in most cafés and bars
 Not unusual to find 20 or more on menu
 Word means cover or lid
Tapas Continued
 Originated in Andalucia
 1st tapas included thin slice of sausage or
ham placed over mouth of glass to keep
flies out
 Today they may include: olives, toasted
almonds, veal rolls, stuffed peppers,
peppery octopus, cheese, or dips
Lunch (Comida)
 Main meal of day
 Nearly all businesses close during lunch
period
 Eaten at home
 Three courses
1. Soup or salad
2. Fish, meat, vegetables
3. Fruit and cheese
Between Lunch and Dinner
 Merienda
 Tea and pastries
 Between 5:00 and 6:00 pm
 Tapas
 Between 8:00 and 9:00 pm
 May skip evening meal if eat substantial
amount of tapas
Dinner
 Served between 10:00 pm and midnight
 Includes three light courses
 May include:
 Soup
 Omelets
 Fruit
Desserts
 Not emphasized on menus
 Not popular in their culture
 Desserts they do serve:
 Flan- an egg custard topped with caramel
 Ice cream
 Fresh glass of orange juice
Paella
 Spain’s signature dish
 1st prepared in Valencia
 Each region has own recipe
 Named after two-handled metal pan in which it
was cooked and served
 Ingredients may include: chicken, red peppers,
shellfish, peas, snails, sausage, tomatoes
 Served over saffron flavored rice
Gazpacho
 Liquid Salad
 From region of Andalucia
 Made from ripe tomatoes, bell peppers,
cucumbers, garlic, and bread moistened with
olive oil, vinegar, and ice water
 Served cold
 Different Regions have own versions
Other Popular Foods
 Sausages (chorizo) flavored with paprika
or garlic
 Meat and Vegetable Stews
 Garlic and tomatoes flavor many dishes
 Olive oil common ingredient
 Sauces accompany many dishes
 Wine usually accompanies meals
Holidays with Special Foods
 Holy Week
 Between Palm Sunday and Easter
 Christmas
 Easter
 New Year’s Eve
Holy Week
 Most elaborate festival
 Coffee, chocolate and anisette flavored
liqueurs served
 Holiday Sweets:
 Tortas de aceite- cakes made with olive oil,
sesame seeds, and anise
 Cortados rellenos de cidra- small tarts filled
with sweetened squash
Holy Week Sweets Continued

 Torteras- large round cakes made with


cinnamon and squash and decorated with
powdered sugar
 Yemas de San Leandre- A sweet made by
pouring egg yolks through tiny holes into
boiling syrup
 Often served with marzipan
Christmas and Easter
 Christmas Foods:
 Roasted Chestnuts
 Pastel de navidad
 Individual walnut and raisin pies
 Easter Foods:
 Causerras
 Orange flavored doughnuts
New Year’s Eve
 Tradition to eat 12 grapes or raisins at the
12 strokes of midnight
 Believed to bring good luck
 Also tradition of Portuguese
Regions
 Cooking very different from region to region
Resources
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 [Link]/food/ethnic_cusine/[Link]

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 Goyan Kittler, P., & Sucher, K. (2000). Cultural foods trends and
traditions. 1st ed. Belmont, Ca: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
 Portnoy Editorial Services. (Ed.). (2000). A global food tour. 1st ed.
Peoria, Ill: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

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