Whats a spanish food that has an interesting history?

[ayuandnina486]

i have to do a history of a spanish food but i dont know what food to do. i dont want to do something boring.

[enrique0149]

Paella.... trying googling it, I know theres an interestering history to it but I cant really remember it.

[freetastyrecipes]

Paella for sure, I currently live in Valencia and that's where it originated. One of my favorite spanish dishes!

[freetastyrecipes]

If you want an interesting Spanish dish, check out morcilla...

[Renée Benzaim]

Here's an interesting story about Chili Con Carne that was written by Linda Stradley on the website "What's Cooking America":

1618 - According to an old Southwestern American Indian legend and tale (several modern writer have documented - or maybe just "passed along") it is said that the first recipe for chili con carne was put on paper in the 17th century by a beautiful nun, Sister Mary of Agreda of Spain. She was mysteriously known to the Indians of the Southwest United States as "La Dama de Azul," the lady in blue. Sister Mary would go into trances with her body lifeless for days. When she awoke from these trances, she said her spirit had been to a faraway land where she preached Christianity to savages and counseled them to seek out Spanish missionaries.

It is certain that Sister Mary never physically left Spain, yet Spanish missionaries and King Philip IV of Spain believed that she was the ghostly "La Dama de Azul" or "lady in blue" of Indian Legend. It is said that sister Mary wrote down the recipe for chili which called for venison or antelope meat, onions, tomatoes, and chile peppers.