{"id":12026,"date":"2018-11-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12026"},"modified":"2018-11-07T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:04:45","slug":"cooking-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/cooking-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my priorities when traveling is food. What do people eat there and how do I get in on the fun? Food varies so much in Spanish speaking countries that it would require endless blog posts to cover all. In this post, I am going to cover some of the basic vocabulary related to cooking and food.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12044\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/91W6c6\" aria-label=\"Cooking 350x232\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12044\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12044\"  alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking-350x232.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12044\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by Didriks found on Flickr.com with license CC BY 2.0<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Ingredientes Basicos<\/h3>\n<p>There are some universal ingredients in cooking that vary only in the way they are used. In the north of Mexico, most dishes are predominantly\u00a0with\u00a0<em>carne de res<\/em>\u00a0(beef) and\u00a0<em>pollo<\/em>\u00a0(chicken).In the center and south of the country, many dishes are with<em>\u00a0puerco<\/em>\u00a0or <em>cerdo\u00a0<\/em>(pork)\u00a0while in the coast\u00a0<em>pescado<\/em>\u00a0(fish) and <em>mariscos\u00a0<\/em>(seafood) are\u00a0king. There are plenty of\u00a0<em>platillos\u00a0vegetarianos<\/em>\u00a0(vegetarian dishes) as well such as\u00a0<em>frijoles con arroz<\/em>\u00a0(beans with rice) like the famous Cuban dish\u00a0<em>moros\u00a0y Cristianos.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Ma\u00edz<\/h3>\n<p>A staple in Latin America is\u00a0<em>ma\u00edz<\/em> or corn. This is presented in a huge array of methods and dishes. My personal favorites are the classic\u00a0<em>tortilla de ma\u00edz<\/em> either with yellow or blue corn,\u00a0<em>tamales<\/em> which can vary in types and fillings (some are wrapped in corn leaves, others in banana leaves), the Venezuelan\u00a0<em>arepa,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>empanadas<\/em> filled with corn (thank you, Argentina). Another corn-based dish is\u00a0<em>humitas,\u00a0<\/em>a type of cornbread\u00a0common in Chile, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p>The following video shows you how to make\u00a0<em>chicha de ma\u00edz<\/em>, a typical\u00a0drink in Colombia. One of the ingredients, the brown cane sugar, is called <em>panela<\/em> y Colombia while in Mexico it is known as <em>piloncillo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHICHA DE MAIZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zGRBp-x5tvY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sazonadores<\/h3>\n<p>Food wouldn&#8217;t taste so good without <em>sazonadores.\u00a0<\/em>Some dishes are fine with some\u00a0<em>sal y pimienta<\/em>\u00a0(salt and pepper) while others require more elaborate mixtures such as\u00a0<em>adobo\u00a0<\/em>or\u00a0<em>achiote.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Especias<\/em> or spices are another important part of the dish.\u00a0<em>Clavo <\/em>(clove) and <em>comino<\/em> (cumin) are common in some Mexican dishes, the latter also common in Tex-Mex food.\u00a0In the herb department,\u00a0<em>salvia<\/em>\u00a0(sage)<em>, oregano<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em><em>tomillo\u00a0<\/em>(thyme)\u00a0and\u00a0<em>cilantro <\/em>(coriander)\u00a0are common.\u00a0For sweet dishes\u00a0<em>vainilla<\/em> and\u00a0<em>an\u00edz\u00a0<\/em>(anise)\u00a0are staples.<\/p>\n<h3>Tecnicas<\/h3>\n<p>When cooking, it is also important to know the technique each dish requires. This isn&#8217;t always so easy when you are doing it in a language you are learning. Some of the most common\u00a0<em>m\u00e9todos de cocci\u00f3n<\/em>\u00a0(cooking methods) are\u00a0<em>hervir\u00a0<\/em>(boil),\u00a0<em>asar\u00a0<\/em>(grill), and\u00a0<em>hornear\u00a0<\/em>(bake). But if you want something really fancy, perhaps you are interested in cooking your steak in lava! In the video below, you will see how a restaurant in the\u00a0<em>Islas Canarias<\/em> in Spain prepares this extraordinary meal!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"COCINANDO EN LAVA! INCRE\u00cdBLE M\u00c9TODO Para Cocinar!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JH3GXVjfFZo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What are your favorite dishes and ingredients to cook with?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking-350x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/cooking.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>One of my priorities when traveling is food. What do people eat there and how do I get in on the fun? Food varies so much in Spanish speaking countries that it would require endless blog posts to cover all. 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