AP Spanish Field Trip
To celebrate surviving the infamous Spanish AP test,听惭谤蝉.听Aycock’s听AP Spanish class embarked on a cultural and culinary outing to Si Tapas, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Dallas. The owner and chef, both Spanish gentlemen, make it a priority teach their customers about Spanish history and听 culture as diners taste their way through the geography and climate of Spain.
Tapas is the name of a wide variety of appetizers in Spanish cuisine.
Served cold or hot,听Tapas听have evolved into an entire cuisine, whereby patrons of tapas restaurants can order many different tapas and combine them to make a full meal.听
Tapa听means “lid” or “cover” in Spanish. There are several explanations for the etymology of “tapa” but the most commonly cited explanation is that an item, be it bread or a flat card, etc., would often be placed on top of a drink to protect it from fruit flies; at some point it became a habit to听top this “cover” with a snack.
Mrs. A’s students sampled听a variety of tapas:听jam贸苍听蝉别谤谤补苍辞听(蝉补濒迟听curred听丑补尘),听肠丑辞谤颈锄辞听palacios听(pork sausage with paprika and other spices),听manchego听and smoked听idiazabal听cheeses (sheep cheese),听montaditos听(baguette slices with a variety of toppings,听the favorites听being听tomato jam听with a听goat cheese/pine nutcrumble听and pork loin听with听caramelized onions and听blue cheese),听croquetas听mixtas听(ham and cod croquettes),听gambas听al听ajillo听(shrimp with garlic),听angulas听al听ajillo听(baby eels),听tortilla贰蝉辫补帽辞濒补听(potato/egg听omelet),听patatas听con chorizo听(potato and sausage),听okra听frita听y curry听(fried okra with curry spice),听setas(mushrooms), and听e蝉辫谩谤谤补驳辞蝉听(asparagus grilled with听manchego). 听
While students actually enjoyed everything they sampled, the highlight was the听Paella de听mariscos, a seafood, rice and vegetable dish with clams, squid, cod, mussels, prawns, red bell pepper, onion, peas, and saffron rice.
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