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How Well Do You Know Your Spanish Food

Maya Pillai
Spanish cuisine is heavily influenced by its geographical location, climate, cooking methods and availability of the ingredients. Test your knowledge of the Spanish cuisine with this quiz.
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Fabada is a winter dish that is eaten hot. A stew made with beans, choriz, black pudding and pig shoulder.
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Amazing Fact
Churros are usually served with a mug of hot chocolate. They are quite delicious.
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Incredible Fact
Turron is a traditional rectangular or round shaped snack that is made during Christmas using egg white, roasted almonds, and honey. It is gifted to near and dear ones during Xmas.
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Cool Fact
Spanish cider is called Sidra. It's a traditional drink of Asturias that is brewed from locally grown apples.
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For Your Information
Fuet is a thin and dry pork sausage that is very yummy.
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Quick Bite
All the paella has rice as the main ingredient. In Valenciana chicken, pork and rabbit is added. Mixta has both seafood and meat. Marisco has only seafood and rice. Vegetal has mainly vegetables. While Negra is seafood and rice soaked in squid ink.
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For Your Information
Tortilla Española or Spanish tortilla was invented as a healthy and cheap dish to feed the masses.
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Interesting Tidbit
Tapas is a plate of appetizers. There is cold tapas that contains olives and cheese or warm tapas that has chopitos and fried seafood.
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Did You Know?
A traditional Xmas delicacy. The whole hind leg is cured and its sold as a whole.
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Fascinating Fact
A big circular bun with a hole in the center decorated with glace`d fruits. Hidden inside it are two objects - a figurine and bean. Who finds the figurine wears the crown and who gets the bean pays for the bun.
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Interesting Fact
Seville oranges are known for their quality and taste. These are grown in Sevilla and used to make orange marmalade.
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Cool Fact
The dish is in remembrance of Reconquista when the Spanish Christians forced the Moors form south of Spain into Africa. This happened in the 15th century.
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