Im from Spain AMA

[Smoker]

Why is Bullbaiting / running / fighting still so popular? Or is it even as popular as these 'horror' videos we see online will have you believe? Are there many Spaniards who condemn it? It seems like unnecessary evil to me.

Alcohol + uneducated people. There is uneducated people in every country.

I work for a Spanish company so I have no questions as my office is full of Spaniards. In fact I do have one, why do you guys take so many damn holidays? It's very annoying.

And why not take them?

Was Jamie Oliver wrong to put chorizo in Paella?

He appeared in all the newspapers. His paella didn't get the friendliest welcome.

Answers to questions are required or name change to Gibraltar.

I'm doing it

Why do you hate dogs?

A lot of people I speak to at our local park seem to have rescue dogs imported in from Spain, as it seems you have a stray dog problem. Why? In the UK, you will see pretty much 0 stray dogs.

First time I read that we don't like dogs

 

[Arazi]

I thought that

When i first read it it felt like someone trying to act Spanish haha, who are you OP, who are you really

e: And don't say Manual Labour

 

[richthomuk]

Why do you hate dogs?

A lot of people I speak to at our local park seem to have rescue dogs imported in from Spain, as it seems you have a stray dog problem. Why? In the UK, you will see pretty much 0 stray dogs.

The stray/abandoned dogs "Galgos" are because they are bread for hunting, they cost money to look after out of season and if they are getting old and probably dont have another season in them then the farmer/hunter will get rid of them. Ive never seen it but further south in Murcia and areas of Andalucia its pretty awful for it. However these are almost always Galgos which i guess are like Greyhounds over here in the UK. The Spanish dont just throw dogs out, its very much a hunter or farmer that it likely to do it from what ive heard. The Spanish are just the same as Brits when it comes to domesticated dogs and would never abandon them.

 

[jkb]

I hear they are a lot more headwork and more high maintenance??

Yes. But some of them look fantastic. Especially the ones that look expensive. That makes up for for being hard work and high maintenance

 

[Angilion]

[..]
He appeared in all the newspapers. His paella didn't get the friendliest welcome.

Why was it an issue? The origins of paella aren't really known. The name comes from Latin ("patella" = "kneecap" = "flat, round pan") and there's some indirect Roman references to some form of food associated with western provinces (that later became part of Spain) that was cooked in pans with the same shape as the usual paella-cooking pan. That's about it. Even in recorded history, the ingredients of paella vary widely. Snails, voles, rabbits, fish, all sorts of things. I get the impression the ingredients were mainly a matter of either "what I have available right now" or "my family's traditional recipe".

 

[Phate]

Pfft Spain, you can keep it! (I was there last week!)

Portugal is where it's at meu amigo!

Olá!

 

[Smoker]

I wish you could forget (and forgive) mostly of what I wrote on the first page (I was so drunk I didn't really know what I was saying).
If you do I can answer new questions and I will answer some that I didn't answe yet.

Can I use this thread to ask questions to you aswell?

 

[chief barker]

Magnolia is that you?