#spanish flavors

[jadenvargen]

posted this on twit but rejected draft for a transgender horror anthology. based on my youth experiences having dinners with bigoted family members while closeted. (deemed too gorey to fit the theme)

#cw gore #cw cannibalism #cw blood #cw organs #transgender #myart #horror #scopophobia #also religious flavor bc a lot of my family is spanish catholic

[happyinthebelly]

Paella for 18-20 in 26” Pan

3 lb boneless chicken thighs with skin  2 bags mussels (approx. 4lb) (rinsed) olive oil 1 bag shrimp (2lb) Chopped garlic 2 pkg chorizo (sliced ¼”) Chopped parsley 6 large plum tomatoes saffron 1 huge Spanish onion smoked paprika 1½ lb green beans (trimmed) kosher salt & pepper 6 cups paella rice (Bomba is best) 3 quarts chicken stock 

lemon garlic aioli: 1½ cups white wine 2 egg yolk ¼ lb butter 1 ts Dijon mustard

4 large red peppers 1-2 TB lemon juice 4 cups frozen peas, defrosted 1+ tsp chopped garlic 3 lemons (cut in wedges) 1½ cups olive oil zest from one lemon salt & parsley to taste

CHICKEN:

Trim any cartilage

Generously sprinkle both sides with kosher salt, pepper, smoked paprika and chopped garlic, drizzle olive oil over chicken – rub marinade into each piece with your hands, refrigerate for 3+ hours

SHRIMP:

Defrost and rinse

Sprinkle with 1 generous pinch of saffron, garlic & olive oil, stir with hands until saffron begins to release, refrigerate for 2+ hours

SOFRITO:

Grate the tomatoes on a box grater into a large bowl, discard skins

Grate the whole onion into the bowl

Stir in about ½ cup chopped garlic, a handful of parsley, plenty of salt & pepper

PEPPERS & GREEN BEANS:

Fire roast peppers, peel and seed, cut into long nice strips

Toss green beans in olive oil, garlic, salt, pepper & lemon zest

MUSSELS:

Heat white wine, butter and chopped garlic in a large pot, steam mussels open

Drain and reserve liquid, throw out any empty shells and set mussels aside

Use this pot make your stock

STOCK:

Toast 3 big pinches of saffron in the dry pot for 1-2 minutes, until you smell it

Add chicken stock, and the reserved liquid from the mussels, bring to simmer, and add a few cups of water to make about 15-16 cups of stock, salt well

Can be done ahead:

Heat ½ cup olive oil in pan

Fry chicken pieces, first skin side down, until crispy and brown

Pour any marinade left from the chicken into the pan

Remove skin, and flip and fry new side until lightly brown

Cut into smaller pieces, set aside (save any juices)

Fry the shrimp next, again adding any marinade to the pan

Remove when just done, and set aside and save juices

Fry green beans next, pretty high heat until brown and toasty, leave them in the pan

Add the sofrito, stirring until all the water is cooked off, and it start to darken (5 minutes or so)

Next, add the chorizo, and cook until the fat start to render (4-5 min)

Taste for salt

1/2 hour before serving:

Heat sofrito to sizzling, add the rice, stir and shake pan to distribute

Cook rice until it’s translucent (keep stirring – about 2 min)

Add all but a few cups of stock, so it covers the rice well, and add any pan juices or drippings from the chicken and shrimp

Drop in the chicken pieces equally around the pan

Shake pan to make rice even – DON’T STIR- EVER – bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer

Lay red pepper strips in star pattern around paella, and distribute the peas

Keep shaking and moving pan to heat evenly, taste after about 15 minutes, and add more stock if necessary

When the stock is absorbed, lay shrimp and garnish with mussels

Turn up heat a little, and keep moving and shaking, you’ll hear a crackle, do this for 3-4 minutes to create the soccorat

Garnish with lemon wedges, sprinkle with parsley, serve with aioli

Recipe source: Dave’s Fresh Pasta cooking class with Chef Jason

#paella #seafood #spanish flavors #cooking class

[cleopatrachampagne]

not enough ppl talk about the multilingual issue of staring at a basic object as your brain cycles through wtf it’s supposed to be called in the language you’re using like an rpg protagonist scrolling through their inventory mid boss battle.

#being trilingual just means i get to be a dumbass in 3 different fun flavors #multilingual #linguistics #spanish #french #english #gaming #rpg

[muwitch]

Miguel🤝Michael

hating being called Mike

#miguel o'hara #spiderman 2099 #michael morbius #morbius #mu speaks #itll be forever be funny to me how those two have so many funny parallels #and im not only speaking about hacing basically same name but with greek and mexican/spanish flavor #the silliest brainrot corner sorry not sorry

[asheanon]

Vincent Valentine running a tea shop.

— For @/Carendsyaz1 (on Twitter)

From: Ask Box Writing Prompt Game

📖 It's Tea Story Time...

At low volume, a strangely familiar tune can be heard playing from within. Though soft and slightly somber, there was something almost bewitching about its sound. For those who felt themselves inquisitive enough to stop by or simply take a little peek inside, the melody often served to pull them in. And if it wasn't enough to keep them there, then another provocation of the senses surely would.

While the space wasn't necessarily sizeable, it was made good use of. The interior was largely cast in black, embellished with mahogany trim and other forms of furniture and decor. Rows of shelves lined the walls - all of which were lined themselves with boxes and tins containing loose leaf tea blends. In one corner, what could best be described as "Victorian Gothic-esque" tea sets were made available with respective displays. In another, a variety of delectable baked goods could be found. It was sleek, elegant and dark. Pardoning some splashes of color, at least.

A modest collection of carmine roses and other fair forms of flower were scattered about and presented daintily, accenting the shelves and countertops. While these floral arrangements were far from abundant, oddly, their fragrance seemed to prove stronger than their number. It dared to puzzle you. Before your curiosity got the better of you, however, a door behind the counter opened.

A gentleman with long raven hair, partly obscured by a headband of a similar shade, emerged with a tray in hand. Following him, a wave of an even stronger rendition of the botanical scent wafted towards you. With a lean figure complimented by a cobalt dress shirt and black dress pants, it was soon made apparent to you... He was tall, dark and... well... he was a pretty handsome fellow too. Had it not been for the metallic shimmer of his silver tray, golden arm and rather pallid complexion, he threatened to blend right into the walls. What's that? Golden arm? Why, but of course!

Donned upon his left arm was a metal gauntlet bearing a golden sheen - large, clawed and unlike anything you had ever seen an employee in your local area wear. Its peculiarity begot intrigue.

He carefully sat the tray down upon the furthest counter, retrieving a pinch of something red, then another of something violet, dropping them both into a small metal infuser. It was then that he noticed he was no longer alone.

"Welcome." He offered a simple greeting. A moment was spared as an electric kettle was given power before he turned to face you. You were met with dark crimson eyes.

For whatever reason, you felt oddly compelled to purchase a lemon raspberry scone in particular... this same compulsion drove you to remark on the "heavenly aroma" just as well. And, as was made evident, there appeared to be a tea in the making right before your very eyes... so, naturally, one would only speculate what manner of tea it could it be, right? Right! Between the redolence and an innate sense of wonder, understandably, you found yourself pressed enough to ask about it.

Logging your order, the man then offered you a subtle nod and an even subtler smile. One that was easily missed. He retrieved a box from nearby, handing it off to you with the assurance it was a similar blend. It was titled "Rose On The Grey."

Clearly, it contained flowers; rose petals and lavender blossoms deemed safe for consumption, but it also bore black tea layered with hints of vanilla and bergamot. In essence, it was a blend of traditional Earl Grey with mostly floral additions.

"Goes well with cream and sugar." He added.

As you seemed preoccupied enough via examining the tea box's contents, he excused himself a moment more, tending to the now well heated kettle. He placed the infuser into a decorative black teacup, moderately gilded. It was one of two, now.

"Would you like a sample?"

Uh, yes. You would like a sample. In fact, when he inquired whether or not you would like any additives, you insisted that it be prepared the way he would personally prepare it. To your delight, he was willing to oblige.

The lull in time placed between the present and preparing two teacups worth of specialty tea felt to pass by effortlessly. A small, intricate table made for two beckoned you over. You took a seat with your scone and the box of tea that was not quite yours (yet,) but you felt compelled to let it accompany you nonetheless. Additional details within the shop catered to the eye as you waited.

"Here." Eventually, an elegant little cup of piping hot tea was presented to you, complete with the recommended amounts of both cream and sugar. Despite the somewhat impassive fashion in which it was bestowed upon you, you can tell it was made with love. Your intuition told you so.

Lightly blowing at the steam, you boldly went in for a sip - only to be stopped with a small "mm-mm." He had his back turned to you, returning to the counter. Had he heard you? How did he know?

The man insisted that you wait just a minute or two more, lest you burn your tongue. It was as if stories of visiting tea-samplers previous to you told themselves in the way he handled the situation. Fine, you would wait...

... But when you were done waiting, it was all yours. The revered first sip of the dark, mysterious shopkeeper's tea - of which seemed just as dark and mysterious, yet sweet as he.

#🌠 Ashe Anon | Writing 📖 #Vincent ⚰️🦇 #Tea time and chill #🍵🥧 #So... #about the “deemed safe for consumption” part... #on another episode of “I learned _ while writing” #there are apparently types of lavender that are safe for consumption #(English lavender) #and others that are considered unsafe #due to having higher levels of camphor in them #(French or Spanish lavender) #All rose types are apparently fine #though! #They just have different flavor profiles depending on the type #🌈 the more you know #thank you for the prompt! #and now for something completely different 🏃‍♂️ #(written addition)

[colorpalettebyrm]

#b76b41 #f8e6c4 #e3ad82 #8fa6b3 #4c1403 #784a38 #016bfb #dd7923 #e79c4f #b03607

#colorpalette #colorhex #palettes #inspiration #aesthetic #curatorsontumblr #fyp #Spain #Estepona #Spanish House #Life in Spain #Spanish Architecture #Spanish Coast #Spanish Style #Spanish flavor #travel

[orcelito]

So weird to be in the "Sentido active" doc again

Finally following thru with my promise to make a sequel fic for it......

#speculation nation #im going to name it smth more well thought than just fucking Sentido #laziest name ever. oh well. #i'll probably keep with the theme and name it smth in spanish #to be like 'no this is Not just me using a spanish word bc it sounds cool' #i swear i speak spanish 😭 imperfect spanish but i am conversationally fluent i swear 😭 #i just dont like typing it usually bc im awful with spelling and then i end up self conscious about my grammar hfkshfjdj #easier to speak it. #anyways im at work and thinking about the oneshot #im only doing this bc i want vashwood Now and it's got some basis. also i want to write smut. such is life. #this will be the last tristamp related thing i make lmfao. and it is decidedly trimax flavor even still. #cant help being a trimax bitch! #still at work tho. i should probably work on closing things. :P

[jesusbutbetterrr]

12 for the ask game :3

~Yami

12: if you could be fluent in any language which one would it be?

Ideally Mexican Spanish, since the one person who should have taught me didnt. 🙃🙃🙃

But aside from that, Latin.

#it's also just kinda hard to learn the right spanish cuz everywhere does it a little different #and most common language learning things only focus on the spain flavored one #yami tag #jesus responds

[princessflaw]

fucking hate that 'Spanish' means south American in the US (???). Trying to find a store that sells Spanish (from Spain) products is a pain

#tf am I supposed to look for? Iberian store? #I'm craving Spanish olive oil and torres egg flavored chips like cray #personal

[fieriframes]

[The seasoning from the -- from the chorizo. That's a lot of flavor. In essence, it's Spanish soul food. Bueno? -Delicious. -Unbelievable.]

#s26e01 belly up to barcelona #guy fieri #guyfieri #diners drive-ins and dives #spanish soul food #seasoning #chorizo #lot #flavor #essence

[lazitoelgato]

MUNE-ATSU🔥

That's it, that's the post.

#Idk who decided to make that song Spanish flavored but THANK YOU #GRAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH #my fav op :)

[cerealmonster15]

I grew up eating.L bean soup + rice that my dad cooks bc that’s like, a Colombian staple, and I know the general seasonings that go into it and my dad taught us cooking growing up so it’s not like I’d never seen the process

But also his style of cooking isn’t exactly recipe or exact measurements bc he’s been doing it for years , but I swear when I do it I almost never get the seasoning right and I’m never sure what it is i did wrong, like If I was missing something or had too much of something or both or what!!!

#and SO many times the beans were unevenly cooked #I think in college it was due to weak stoves #bc it got better when I moved into apartments #BUT. last week I made shitty soup again #lime mostly cooked beans but some were still kinda harder #and the seasoning just wasn’t good #now to be fair I realized I was out of sazón so that’s something that I could attribute to being misisng #but I feel like everything else still coudlve made a decent flavor if I had done it right!!! #idk I’ve been agonizing about it since then lol #like my mixed heritage and stuff is a bit complicated sometimes #but food is one of my closest ties to my Colombian culture #and lately it’s like #I’m forgetting Spanish I’ve learned bc I don’t practice enough. my food sucks. but I don’t wanna lose those ties #I did get a Latin American cookbook last year #and it has some authentic Colombian recipes #I learned arepa. which I didn’t like growing up but I’m learning to figure a way they’re alright lol #and a sancocho recipe!! my dad loves making sancocho #I made it once from my book and I think it was decently good #people make fun of me for eating beans all the time but they DONT GET IT #uugghnhhgjgjgjgh whatever I’m just sad I suck at cooking lol 😭

[overlyimmersed]

So like, get this...

Full disclosure, I'm sleep deprived as hell, and like, starving, so... sorry for the mega informal language and questionable coherence.

So I'm surfing around the 7ds wiki for...cuz reasons, and I got onto Escanor's page and from there I got onto the page of where he's from, the Kingdom of Castellio. And this comment

And like, if this person is right... oh my god XD

Cuz like... Castile is in Spain, or was I guess.

So Escanor would be Spanish, which I guess explains the poetry? XD but more importantly!! That means that Escanor survived a trip from Spain to Scotland. In a barrel. As a child.

And even if he actually arrived in southern Britannia, so Spain to England, that's still bonkers XD he's a little kid. In a barrel!

What I'm saying is Escanor is one lucky little bastard XD

#seven deadly sins #nanatsu no taizai #7ds #nnt #7ds escanor #nnt escanor #Unless I'm remembering his backstory wrong and I'm just dumb #I don't know XD #I'm so tired and so hungry XD #No sleep or food yet today #been busy #I really kinda dig the idea of Escanor being Spanish actually #I think that's cool #It give his character like flavor or something #and I'm not saying Escanor is boring! #I just like it idk :) #Frickin love Escanor #If I could figure out how to make the story work #He'd definitely survive in my AU #So if anyone knows how that might work #pls tell me :) #I swear to god my stomach is eating my brain

[anamariamauricia]

read this book (in a fruitless attempt) to better understand the details of the thirty years’ war and the author gets her digs at these people at every chance she gets:

“In the Louvre the King [Louis XIII] lay on his huge bed day after day, but his unhealthy body, which had for the last years never seemed truly alive, was unable to die. The pulse beat obstinately on in the wasted skeleton. Day after day he lay almost motionless, sometimes sinking into troubled sleep, sometimes half-conscious, sometimes speaking, while his wife cried noisily at his bedside.”

“Richelieu, though never popular, had evoked a certain apprehensive admiration. The people did not feel the same about Cardinal Mazarin. The dapper little Sicilian with his petty personal vanities, his childlike ostentation, his delight in craft and cunning, had few impressive qualities. Equally he had not the comprehensive genius of Richelieu; he never understood or managed to control the internal politics of France.”

“Philip IV, having lost both his wife and only son within a few weeks of each other, began, with indecent haste, to seek out a young bride; he was not a very prepossessing husband, old and glum for his forty-odd years, dumbly stupid; as a ruler, a useless idol. He was devoted only to his one remaining child, the scatter-brained little Infanta who was despite the formalities of Madrid and the splendours of Versailles remained through life a foolish, impulsive, perpetually sweet-tempered schoolgirl.”

#'his wife cried noisily at his bedside' #history #french history #spanish history #quotes #i do think it's a well-written and extremely comprehensive book #however #there are too many ppl to keep track of #and many of them either have the same name. similar names. or multiple names/titles #the book is The Thirty Years' War by C.V. Wedgwood #it's from like 1939 #which adds an interesting flavor to her perspectives on war i think #shannon says #louis le juste #anne d'autriche #philip iv #cardinal richelieu #cardinal mazarin #c.v. wedgwood

[kobbers]

HORIZON MACHINES ♫♪♫ MONSTER HUNTER 

Bristleback ~ MHGU arena theme

#beyond the horizon #horizon forbidden west #monster hunter #the Spanish guitar flavor to this one put matadors to mind #which is kinda how Bristleback fights feel to me ¦) #at least before you leave early game and can kill them extremely quickly haha #MH/Horizon brainrot

[idkimnotreal]

the racism problem in spain reminds me of the racism problem in southern brazil.

much to the ignorance of foreigners, brazil’s south was heavily settled by european immigrants from non-portuguese origins. these include, by numbers, italians, germans, ukrainians, and poles. santa catarina and paraná, two of the three southern states, were seldom settled by portuguese settlers, but rio grande do sul, the southermost state of brazil, was settled by iberian settlers as well as italians and germans (and is also the most segregated state of all 3, which is made evident by the fact it’s the 2nd whitest state but also the state with most adepts of afro-brazilian religions in brazil; the blacks brought from slavery were not integrated).

racism is a taboo topic in southern brazil. nobody wants to admit they are racist, but they will also pause before saying the portuguese word for black (”negro”, which is the questionably polite word, no older white in brazil will say “preto”). since it is taboo and you cannot speak directly about it, you also can’t reflect on it, because if you are socially banned from using certain words then you cannot communicate ideas about something properly. everyone wants to believe they’re a good person and treat black people fairly, but in truth here in the south not much is actually done to make the lives of black gaúchos and other black southerners better. because it’s “not an issue” here.

i think spain is the same, and iberia in general (portugal), due to their reconquista past which made it necessary for them to rely on the idea of a single cohesive people with one culture and one religion and to believe that the moors (muslims) were inferior, that the christians in iberia were inherently better. portugal became the first nation-state in europe in 1386 after the battle of aljubarrota after they defeated the castilian crown in a national effort where the portuguese people themselves drove out the castilian invasor.

so i believe it is a mix of historical patterns and the taboo factor that are behind the racism problem in iberia. british people will often be apologetic about colonialism, but the portuguese are more often than not racist and xenophobic towards brazilians, and this kind of behavior is common and widely accepted in their society. they don’t question it. and it’s strange that in the context of europe, where the southern countries are often targets of racism themselves, end up being the most racist towards non-europeans. just as southern brazilians, who are not even considered white by most of the west (instead latinos or something), are a tad more racist than your average (urban) american or european white, if more ashamed about it, due to the taboo factor and the fact it’s still brazil, and racism/anti-racism also has to be interpreted in a national context even here.

#racism #i mean portugal and spain start to drift apart from the rest of europe #like italy #during the reformation #so i guess a lot of the philosophical and social advancements in the rest of the continent #didn't spread completely to those countries #i can clearly picture your average spanish old white lady scoffing at the notion she's racist #not very unlike your average old white southen brazilian lady who will instead shut you down sternly #while still believing there's something that makes them and their country/state inherently better than others #their particular flavor of whiteness #a black city councillor from porto alegre the capital of rio grande do sul #raised the point that in his view a section of the state anthem was offensive to black gaúchos #far from me to judge if he's right #but the reaction from virtually every white in the state? #'they want to erase our culture' #so there you have it #unwillingness to even talk about it #to admit anything #that we're in fact guilty #that wealthy neighborhoods in downtown porto alegre are built on top of the houses of black gaúchos who were driven out #to the edges of the city