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Spanish Dish

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My close high school friend and I enjoy visiting restaurants of our different cultures, as she is Spanish and I am Korean. On our usual food adventures, we like to recommend particular meals from our own culture to each other, as a way of trying something new. However, this time, we decided instead of going to a Spanish restaurant, my friend would teach me personally how to make a Spanish dish. We ultimately decided to make a dish called paella, which incorporated rice, chorizo, chicken, and shrimp. While shopping for the ingredients, the topic of “freshness” arose. Although everything was going to be tossed into a skillet, my friend and I were very attentive to looking for fresh bell peppers, specifically by the distinction of their colors. Similarly, “For safety, Americans …show more content…

The factor of “freshness” plays a major role when creating a meal. When I initially searched up images of the dish, I had thought the dish would be complicated to make and time consuming. During the actual process though, it was very simple to make because all the ingredients are combined into one large skillet. Other than the previous preparation of marinating the chicken with spices, the recipe was easy to make with simple steps of stirring, boiling, and simmering. The big open dish reminded me about the topic of convenience, as “it encompassed variables such as price, availability, and ease of preparation, which are all related to the requirements of energy, time, labor, and skill“ (Belasco 9). Along with this convenience, the dish is designed to bring people together, as everyone can easily share their servings from the large skillet. We simply had one big spoon in the skillet, and everyone eating would adjust their serving

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