Spanish restaurant web quest

1. Spanish restaurant web quest Alan Gunther Hour 4 Spanish

2. What is the difference between Mexican and Spanish food? Spain • Eggplant, potatoes, and olive oil are common ingredients used in Spain. • When sharing a dish. In Spain you would get one dish for sharing instead of just one dish per person. (for appetizers) • In Spain, food is normally eaten with forks, spoons, and knives.

3. What is the difference between Mexican and Spanish food? Mexico • Chili Peppers are common spices used in Mexico • Unlike Spain, Mexican food is commonly spicy • Mexican dishes are normally made for one person each in sharing, instead of having just one dish that for sharing. (for appetizers) • Mexican food is commonly made to be eaten with hands

4. What time do people eat dinner in Spain? Difference to the United states? • Breakfast: In Spain they have coffee with milk and commonly toast with jam or sweet rolls with jam • Snacks: They eat tapas. Tapas has become so popular to them that they made it a verb (Vamosa tapear) • Lunch: Biggest meal of the day, 2 to 4:30. It’s a tradition for lunch break to be several hours long. In order to take naps and regain energy for work. It’s a 2 to 3 hour break. Consist of soup, fruit, vegetable, and ice cream or flan (this tradition has slowly been changing, because of their lifestyle) • Snack after Lunch: Usually eaten from 4:30 to 5. • Dinner: Small meal eaten at 9 to midnight. Consist of lamb, chicken, fried potatoes, and rice covered in tomatoes sauce and topped with fried eggs. They also have flan and fruit for dessert.

5. Continues • In Spain, in between meals they walk or some kind of exercise to stay in shape. • In the United States. We don’t exercise enough, nor maintain a proper diet. We eat at unusual times and sometimes skip meals. • Spain eats more than us, but they tend to stay in better shape.

6. Galicia • Known for farming and fishing. • Their food consist of seafood and vegetables • Octopus is popular • Empanada Gallega is a popular pie they have. It contains a mixture of seafood, meat, and vegetables. • Lacón con Grelos is very popular. It’s the front legs of a pig. Its boiled.

7. 5 Fruits • Al Ara`ndano- Huckleberry • El Coco- Coconut • El Damasco- Apricot • La Mandarina- Mandarin • La Papayo- Papaya

8. 5 Vegetables • bambooshoots — los tallos de bambú • cabbage — la col • parsley — el perejil • radish — el rábano • red pepper — el pimiento rojo

9. 2meats, 2 seafood, 2salads • Spanish seafood salad- crab, boiled octopus, vinegar, and vegetable/ Cucumber Salad- cucumbers, tomatoes, and olive oil • el cordero- Lamb/ el tocino- bacon • los mariscos- Shellfish/ la langosta- Lobster

10. 2desserts • cremabatida/ Whip Cream • Helado de menta con chispas de chocolate/ Mint chocolate chip ice cream

11. 5drinks • Vinoblanco- white wine • Vinotinto- red wine • Vinorosado - rosé wine • Ron- Rum • Cerveza- beer

12. Info • http://www.toptastes.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000103 • http://spanishfood.about.com/od/discoverspanishfood/a/spain_meals.htm • http://spanishfood.about.com/od/spanishregionalcuisines/a/galicia.htm • http://spanish.about.com/od/wordlists/a/verduras.htm • Spanish.about.com- fruits • http://spanishfood.about.com/od/soupssalads/tp/TopSummerSalads.htm • http://www.studyspanish.com/vocab/meats.htm • http://gospain.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/spanishdrinks.htm

13. Pictures websites • http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=7 • Google Images