I always think of it as 'chick food' - y'know, with the cute little plates.

tasty though and good for a date

that's not the point at all. it's bar food. BAR FOOD.

But that style of eating could be applied to foods outside of Spanish Tapas. Communal dining is simply that. I have no issue with communal dining. Hell, I do that every time my friends and I order chinese food. No need for a exotic term.

Seriously, is America so egocentric that we need to pay an extra ten bucks to share?

Next time, ask the waiter to sever the courses "family style."

It's amazing.

americans ruin everything they touch. except wine. apparently they did a good job in california. now please stop ruin foreign cultures-- you already did it to tacos. :D

Don't blame me. I live in San Francisco. The "art fag" city of USA.

OH NO YOU DI'INT!!

Now for the second part of my question; "the living fuck."

Sounds like a good band name to me.

What are you talking about? When you order family style, the servings are normal size, but shared among everyone at the table. That's not the case with tapas. With tapas, the smaller portions mean you can try a greater variety of dishes before you get full. In fact, tapas are not conducive to family dining at all, because the small portions make it harder to share among large groups.

tapas are not meant as a subsitute for a meal. they are food to eat while you're drinking. tapas aren't "courses".

oh god, but why must they soil it all?? :D

I've mentioned this before, but we've got a killer tapas bar here. Omaha does not have many places like this...

Espana

Wow, I've taken discussing Tapas farther than I ever cared/planned to. Ok, yay, you win. Tapas are great if you are a nitpicking commitaphobe with an overblown sense of cultural enlightenment and a fat wallet.

Actually, I think there were at least two other threads dedicated to tapas about a month ago.

This one is the best of them. *hasn't read them*

cacabrains dont be such a yuppie. you can make some at home when you're drinking with friends, instead of stuffing yourself with stinky doritos, and ordering poison pizza. just fry some calamari, pass it around. that's fucking tapas, for fucks sakes. if you don't like seafood you could get some virginia ham, for lack of jamon serrano in this country. the idea is that rather than stuffing your face with crap snacks, you snack on something tasty. THAT IS ALL.

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ps- sorry for calling you cacabrains. just plesae don't buy the american yuppie hype. tapas are served in the most miserable of spanish bars.

Yes, I am aware of what true tapas are. I'm solely referring to the Americanized crap, poopnose.

oh yes. thank you. ha ha. :D

^ I'm not one to toot my own horn, but that was totally rep-worthy.

only within a narrow context.

hey you want a recipe for spanish tortilla? cheap good stuff. eggs, potatos, and whatever you wanna add. lasts well in the fridge too.

this one shoudl work