Mmm... food...

No, this isn't a post about the wonderful food they cook and eat in Spain. This is about the mediocre food I cook and eat in Spain. Should have lived with a Spanish family, maybe...

Before I get onto the food, a couple of other important events: I joined a program called Tandem, where I meet with a Spanish person to practice English (for my partner) and Spanish (for me!). Right now I have only one partner, but I may get another soon, just to double up on practicing Spanish. My partner's name is Paula. She studies Telecommunications. We went to a Jazz concert to meet... but it wasn't very conducive to conversation, seeing as music was being played, so we left to talk at a bar. We ended up talking about formal dances and chivalry... apparently, quite to the contrary of what I had originally thought, guys and girls around my age tend to be very equal about things. She told me that girls buy guys drinks all the time, and that it is very odd to see a guy open a car door for a girl, or pull out a chair, even when on a date. They don't have the PROMs and TWIRPs like we do in the USA, but they have seen such dances in movies... and they are not certain what to believe. Is there really a king and queen of the dance?

Anyway, back to the food. One thing to note is that (whether it be due to the humidity or whatever) food gets cold really quick here in Spain... which does not bode well for a slow eater like me. By about the time I put the food on my plate, it is already starting to feel "barely warm." I need to find some way to counter this...

All food is in chronological order... the days don't really matter that much, however. Enjoy your viewing of Dan cuisine... and remember to never ask me to make dinner when I come back to the states :)

Left-to-right, top-to-bottom:

Pasta, beef chunks and peas, store-bought home-cooked lasagna.

Pork chops and fries.

Really hard to cook turkey bacon.

Chicken and salad and apple and bread and juice, chicken and peas, burgers.

Now don't worry... even though most images don't have fruits and veggies, I have an explanation. I eat those usually while I am waiting for the meat to cook.

Well, that is it for now. By the way, while writing this I was eating beef and ketchup in a bowl... kind of a makeshift meatloaf... except not very good (why did I decide to put in garlic powder?). Tune in next week, for more insane stunts! Well, just trying to make my blog exciting.