I’m Spaniard, I know. The thing is that Spanish omelette is a potato omelette, even though people then add other stuff to the base. They don’t call it tortilla de patata, they call it “tortilla de patata y X”. The only variances are the density of the omelette and if it has a little bell peppers (or more than a little, goddammit Biscay) or not. Anything else isn’t a “tortilla de patata”.
I’m not saying that it will taste bad, it just isn’t the thing. There are plenty “tortilla de patata y chorizo” and such, but you would never add chorizo or chatka in there and call it a “Spanish Omelette”.
I would be surprised to find anything but the basic omelette if I order a “pincho de tortilla”.
Regarding the paella, I’m not from Valencia so I won’t push back that much there, but I know that usually if you diverge from the standard Valencian paella, you state it in the name, like a galician “Paella de Marisco” and such.
Dude, people claim that putting bacon on a paella is traditional. No it fucking isn’t. It will taste fine but it fucking isn’t.
I’m sure you have a national dish known elsewhere that locally has plenty variations, but everyone agrees that the basic version is X.
You know that there’s basically one paella recipe per Spanish village, right (if not more)? It’s probably the same for tortillas.
I’m Spaniard, I know. The thing is that Spanish omelette is a potato omelette, even though people then add other stuff to the base. They don’t call it tortilla de patata, they call it “tortilla de patata y X”. The only variances are the density of the omelette and if it has a little bell peppers (or more than a little, goddammit Biscay) or not. Anything else isn’t a “tortilla de patata”.
I’m not saying that it will taste bad, it just isn’t the thing. There are plenty “tortilla de patata y chorizo” and such, but you would never add chorizo or chatka in there and call it a “Spanish Omelette”.
I would be surprised to find anything but the basic omelette if I order a “pincho de tortilla”.
Regarding the paella, I’m not from Valencia so I won’t push back that much there, but I know that usually if you diverge from the standard Valencian paella, you state it in the name, like a galician “Paella de Marisco” and such.
Dude, people claim that putting bacon on a paella is traditional. No it fucking isn’t. It will taste fine but it fucking isn’t.
I’m sure you have a national dish known elsewhere that locally has plenty variations, but everyone agrees that the basic version is X.
Bacon does seem a bit extreme, I’ll grant you that.