A Traditional Spanish Lunch

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In an earlier blog I spoke about the principal at my school and what a great guy he is.  A few weeks ago he invited Jenine and I over to his house for lunch and to meet his lovely wife Silvia.  Jose and Silvia wanted to work on their English (which is already pretty good and usually how we converse) and Jenine and I wanted to work on our Spanish.  Needless to say we had a great time and ate exquisite Spanish food.

Left to right: Jose, Jenine, Silvia

This first picture is taken in Jose and Silvia's kitchen.  They have a really beautiful house and I wish I took more pictures of it (I only have one - I realized at the end of the house tour that I have a camera and should use it). Regardless, in this kitchen we snacked on delicious chips and oysters (weird combo but it works, picture below) and sipped on Sangria that Silvia made.

During our time in the kitchen Silvia showed Jenine and I how to make a Spanish tortilla (tortilla españa).  Now, a Spanish tortilla is very different from the normal tortillas we have back in the US.  A Spanish tortilla is more like an omelet and it includes eggs and potatoes.  Extremely delicious and not that difficult to make - sorry but I don't have any pictures of it.  After the tortilla was made we moved into to the dining room where we ate and ate and ate.

The meal was amazing and I cannot believe that they both prepared so much food.  A list of some of the food we had: spanish tortilla, bocadillos, croquetas, morcilla, and much more.  Now, traditionally, it is custom in Spain that after you eat lunch you have coffee and a desert.  Jose and Silvia prepared Arroz con leche (rice and milk) which was delicious and I wanted to eat the whole dish.

After lunch we went into the living room and continued on conversing in English and Spanish.  The goal was one hour in English and another in Spanish, however I feel we mostly spoke in English.  We ended up spending over 5+ hours at their house, which Jose tells me is normal in Spain.  I personally really liked this idea; in the US you have lunch for maybe an hour and then go on your way.  Half of that time you are shoving food in your mouth and you really don't get to converse.  Hopefully this is a tradition Jenine and I will bring back with us.  Thank you again to Jose and Silvia for having us over for an extremely delicious meal.