Spanish cuisine

Today my host family asked me to cook typical Spanish food. Since they’re vegetarians and most Spanish dishes contain meat, it was really hard to find something to cook for them. After thinking a lot and asking my mom, I decided to make them a tortilla de patatas and zarangollo, a dish that’s very typical from Murcia. My sister and I started working on the tortilla, which takes some effort. I had never made one by myself before—I always make it with my mom—so I wasn’t very sure it would turn out well. Everything was going perfectly until the moment we had to flip the tortilla. It fell on the floor because it was so heavy!! But it’s okay, we were able to fix it quickly. The zarangollo, on the other hand, was also my first time making it, and it turned out perfect—exactly like when my mom makes it.

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