Thursday, 15 October 2009

Intermediate II. How not to cook a Spanish tortilla.

Let's benevolently credit Anne Mooney with being full of good intentions, but she's obviously cooking something no true Spaniard would recognise as a tortilla. Watch the video and make comments about what she should have done instead.

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12 comments:

  1. Rous16 October 2009 at 05:52

    I hope anyones has watched this video with the intention of knowin how to cook a spanish tortilla... If that woman likes "that spanish homelete" she will be surprised how tasty is a real one!

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  2. mcc16 October 2009 at 14:38

    At least!! So...
    This woman seems to be a great supporter of lovefoodhatewaste.com, I mean, move all the leftovers in the fridge to the pan.

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  3. mariña17 October 2009 at 12:06

    what did she do with the olive oil??? she left it IN the homelette??

    :S:S

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  4. mcc18 October 2009 at 02:36

    I image foreing people surprised at the time spaniards cook pasta, chucrut, roast beef,"french cousine"... What sort of big sin would we commit? Thousands in my case.

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  5. Unknown20 October 2009 at 01:27

    when I wached this video I couldn´t understand what kind of homelette she was cooking. But I´m absutely sure that wasn´t a spanish homelette. And probabilly she has never seem one in all her life.

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  6. Unknown20 October 2009 at 03:32

    I can´t watch the video...What´s wrong?

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  7. Carlos Aradas20 October 2009 at 05:40

    Careful everyone! The word is "OMELETTE"; there is no initial "h" in it.

    Ana, I wish I could help you... what's your operating system? Or perhaps you must install the right video player first... Try downloading real player.

    Thanks for your comments.

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  8. Unknown20 October 2009 at 08:12

    At first she should have cut the potatoes into thin slices and add the onions. And, of course, she should have fried the potatoes with "spanish" olive oil on high fire. After 10 or 15 min. (not just 5 min. later) she should have removed the potatoes from the oil and mixed with the eggs. And indeed, it isn´t necesarry to blend the eggs with cream. And finally she only should have to be patient. It´s not necessary to stir the tortilla all the time. She should have cooked the omelette on low fire, turn it once or twice and ... finished. The result: A Spanish tortilla and not a disgusting English omelette.

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  9. Pablo20 October 2009 at 08:50

    Ahhhh|Stop!
    What´s this?It´s the first "tortilla" with cream I have ever seen.
    This is the typical spanish omelette in american style called the US Tortilla, jaja.

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  10. Unknown20 October 2009 at 11:23

    Now I´m at my friend´s home and I can watch the video but...we don´t have loudspeakers! It seems to be impossible to learn a different way of cooking tortilla (my children will be grateful for it!)
    Thanks for your explanations, I´ll try it again!

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  11. Unknown25 October 2009 at 14:52

    When I was in the University I use to cook tortilla whit chips potatoes, and I think I was crazy. Now I am sure I am not crazy, the video's tortilla are even worse!!!

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  12. Unknown1 November 2009 at 08:19

    I think this woman has never seen a Spanish omelette,what a pitty! because Spanish omelette is an easy an delicious dish.

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