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Este semestre yo estoy ense\u00f1ando ingles en Salamanca, que es una ciudad en el noroeste de Espa\u00f1a. Salamanca es la capital de la comunidad aut\u00f3noma de Castilla y Le\u00f3n, y la ciudad tiene una poblaci\u00f3n de 145.000 personas adem\u00e1s de unos de los sitios m\u00e1s bonitos que yo he visto en toda mi vida.<\/p>\n
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En Salamanca, hay una gran variedad de restaurantes, bares y caf\u00e9s donde se puede tomar algo, y lo que me sorprendi\u00f3 es que el tipo de comida que se puede comer en Salamanca es totalmente diferente al tipo de comida que se puede comer en Murcia, por ejemplo. La comida t\u00edpica varia incre\u00edblemente de una ciudad a otra.<\/p>\n
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When I think of Spain and Spanish food, I think of paella (pie-eya), and since I HATE fish and seafood, I was dreading living in Spain for this exact reason! But when I came to Salamanca I couldn\u2019t believe that this wasn\u2019t the case! Paella is a rice based dish that originates from Valencia, on Spain\u2019s eastern coast. There are three main types of paella, which include Valencian paella (white rice, green vegetables, rabbit, chicken, duck, snails and beans), seafood paella (white rice and seafood), and mixed paella, which is a more free-style dish mixing rice with meat, seafood, vegetables and sometimes beans. Paella is more common on the coast of Spain, as the traditional diet of these people is based on seafood, and isn\u2019t common in cities such as Salamanca.<\/p>\n
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En Salamanca y la comunidad aut\u00f3noma de Castilla y Le\u00f3n, una de las comidas m\u00e1s comunes es el jam\u00f3n ib\u00e9rico. The ham from the pig is salted and left to dry for two weeks. After this, it is rinsed and left to dry for another four to six weeks. Then, the curing process begins and can take from 12 to 48 months! En el Reino Unido cuando queremos comprar carne, \u00bfd\u00f3nde vamos? A Tesco o ASDA, pero aqu\u00ed en Salamanca (y en Espa\u00f1a en general) es totalmente diferente. Las calles est\u00e1n llenas de carnicer\u00edas, d\u00f3nde puedes comprar cada tipo de carne que podr\u00edas imaginar \u2013 pollo, cerdo, jam\u00f3n, conejo, y dem\u00e1s. En estas carnicer\u00edas, la carne est\u00e1 presentado en una vitrina carne (a glass meat display shelf), y el jam\u00f3n cuelga (hangs) del techo (ceiling). Otra cosa que me sorprend\u00ed tant\u00edsimo es que cuando vas a unos bares, este jam\u00f3n ib\u00e9rico est\u00e1 colgando del techo o est\u00e1 en el bar, y si quieres, el camarero puede cortarte un poco para comer.<\/p>\n
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If you haven\u2019t tried alioli, you haven\u2019t lived\u2026 it\u2019s something I\u2019ve become absolutely obsessed with since living in Salamanca! I tried it for the first time in a tapas bar \u2013 our patatas bravas came drowned in alioli, and it was heaven. \u00a0Alioli is basically a garlic mayonnaise sauce, but it\u2019s ten times better than anything you could imagine. You can buy it in the markets, and you can order it with pretty much every single meal when you eat out.<\/p>\n
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Es probable que has o\u00eddo de tapas, pero \u00bfqu\u00e9 es? Tapas es un tipo de comida que se puede comer en los bares tapas (\u00a1son muchos!) Hay unos platos comunes como patatas bravas, tortilla Espa\u00f1a y gambas al alioli, pero tambi\u00e9n hay muchos otros platos que se puede comer. \u00a0Tapas es un plato de medio raci\u00f3n, y en general se comparte el plato con otra persona(s). Otro tipo de tapas se llama montaditos, o tostadas. Este tipo de tapas siempre est\u00e1 servido con pan tostada, y \u00a1es deliciosa!<\/p>\n
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The last thing I want to mention in this blog post is hot chocolate. I don\u2019t drink hot drinks because I hate tea and coffee, and I don\u2019t drink milk, so hot chocolate is only ever a treat for me. Last weekend I visited Asturias (North of Spain) with my flatmates, and when we arrived after a 6-hour bus journey, the first stop we made was at a caf\u00e9 for a coffee (or a hot chocolate in my case). Now, if you\u2019re a chocolate lover, you\u2019ll love this, but if not (like me), it might turn your stomach a little! In Spain (and also in France), the hot chocolate is literally hot chocolate. They melt chocolate blocks in a hot chocolate machine, which keeps it at a high temperature and mixes it around, and then pour you a literal mug of melted chocolate. We also had churros served with our drinks and so I ended up using my mug of chocolate to dip my churros in instead of drinking! \u00bfTe gustar\u00eda probar eso?<\/p>\n
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Hasta la proxima..<\/p>\n
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Tomar algo \u2013<\/p>\n
Comida tipica \u2013<\/p>\n
Carnicer\u00eda \u2013<\/p>\n
Pollo \u2013<\/p>\n
Cerdo \u2013<\/p>\n
Conejo \u2013<\/p>\n
Jam\u00f3n \u2013<\/p>\n
Medio raci\u00f3n \u2013<\/p>\n
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