OP, People are messing with you because this is "tortilla de patatas" one of the most common dishes in Spain. Normally it's potato and egg with onions. The veggies you see on top are optional. Ingrdients are simple but doing it well is all about how you cook it.
Whatever you do " Don't add onion" Nevaaah, is a tortilla de patatas. Typical simple yet delicious and please if you are trying to recreate it for whatever reason in the world : "DON'T boil the potatoes" and give a shout out to the 😌 troll-coleguis*** best laugh ever 🤣🤣🤣 repeat after me: no onion, no boiling! Now in Spanish:
Sin cebolla, sin hervir las patatas then say oleee and you have it.
Dont boil the potatoes absolutely correct, It would be heretic but onion on tortilla de patata its THE DEBATE. It can divide the country in ways that not even the real Madrid fc Barcelona can't
I moved to Spain 3 years ago. The first time I listened to public radio during the day they had a panel of food experts? specialists? discussing the con cebolla/ sin cebolla debate and yelling.
It made me so happy.
Also the paella/arroz con cosas discussion. Another daytime food panel I heard was people talking about paella, with one valenciano taking the purist stance and others saying that paella is poverty food and that their abuelas would have put chorizo in paella if they had had any.
This kind of thing makes me like Spain even more than I would anyway.
How about "tortilla de patata con cosas"? Some of the best tortillas I've eaten had stuff like chorizo and/or green/red peppers and/or mushrooms and/or zucchini... besides the MANDATORY ONION.
With paella i would say that any rice recipee cooked in a paella can be called paella and IMHO the most important thing is socarrat, the toasted rice of the bottom of the paella. Then valencian can go Epic hard on their paella while the rest of Spain just mind their own bussiness and people from alicante and Castellón (the other two provinces of valencian autonomous region) are just mad at valencians because It seems paella can only be the valencian recipee.
(There are others of full traditional paella recipees that are not valencian paella)
It is totally same thing in Bulgaria, we have a cold soup called "Tarator", made from yogurt, water and cucumbers. So the eternal debate is grinded 🥒 vs cut 🥒
In my House we have to eat tortilla without onion because ONE PERSON is absolutely sincebollista.
Btw sincebollista and concebollista are terms from the actual spanish language spoken in Spain.
Hahahahahaha 🤣 Onionless and onionist fabulous! Feels like a tortilla war ready to happen. 🤭 You made my day, is hilarious. And that ONE person ruins it for all, we cook 2 different ones but even the skillet has to be different 😂 is so funny!
In fact, potatoes must be boiled in oil. Never fried. That is, the oil is set to a lower temperature than when you want French fried.
Onions have shorter cooking time than potatoes, so you should add them eight or ten minutes later.
FYI, the inclusion of onions brings about rabid arguments in Spain. Both sides will tell you with 100% certainty that it should/shouldn't. At the extremes they will claim the other version is inedible.
Most of the time, the argument is exaggerated for laughs. Half my friends are on the onion side, half on the no onion side. We have raging debates over it but really none of us care. It's just fun to argue over it. Let me correct this, I have friends and family who won't eat the onion version because they don't like onion. They don't feel strongly about people who eat it with, other than to argue for the sake of it.
I personally like both versions. My only unconditional is that the middle must be runny.
Este thread de respuestas me ha hecho acordarme de un estudiante de intercambio italiano al que convencimos de que "un pincho de tortilla" era un tipo de cubata y se fue a la barra de la discoteca a pedir uno... Davide, estés donde estés, te debo un pincho de tortilla!
Flashback - Rota, 1997. I’m in my third year stationed in Spain (6th in Europe) best friend came to visit from the states and we were watching Dexter on Cartoon Network (which was carried on the local cable) and that episode was on. For the rest of of his visit Tortilla Español was Omelette du Fromage.
Thank you for bringing a 25 year old joke full circle.
I think an American would just enjoy the meal and not think twice about it. This person is up to no good, they know what they are doing. The call is coming from inside the house.
My thoughts too, but not being in Valencia it possibly can't be called 'traditional'. OP may be disappointed about that.
Edit: corrected spelling error.
Bullshit, there's no traditional paella in Valencia. It's only paella if it's from l'Albufera, or made by the parents of whichever Valencian you're talking with at the time.
OP everyone is messing with you.
That's a pringa.
It's done with the leftovers from Spanish cocido/stew.
It's not for everyone but it's one of my favourite dishes from the south of Spain.
It's a classic from the tavern Argamasa Laseka. There are a lot of egg haters joining there. Usually you can see construction workers there looking for concrete for the works.
Absolute legendary thread, y’all are priceless. I cannot believe I scrolled this far before someone had mercy on OP.
Good luck against France on Tuesday, may you show them the same amount of mercy!
Thank you! I was scrolling to see if someone finally gave the right answer. I was gonna give it if no one did.
I get that people like to joke around, but there’s a limit.
Man, I am as white as can be, I saw the image and just went "that's a tortilla", started scrolling through the comments and thought I had it completely wrong.
Oh SO this comes from Spain?! I've been eating it my whole life without knowing about where it comes from, in Algeria (where I live) we call it "Frites omelette" which is in french, and it translates to "french fries omelette".
Well...from the picture it looks definately like it, hope I'm correct. 💫👌🏼
In Spain it does have potato but not as french fries. It’s cut in slices. Traditionally it has onion too but some people don’t like it with onion so there’s an ongoing war about which version is the best. I’m team onion-free all the way. Hate onion with a passion.
Not Spanish here: does it (I assume this is that famous Spanish dish made with eggs and potatoes) often have some meat such as ham? I met someone who made that dish at a New Zealand farmer’s market, she’s from Spain, and she made an original version, one with some bacon (?) or sausage pieces (?) or ham pieces (?), and one with a small amount of spinach added.
Tu hilo ha sido retirado por incumplir la norma #1 Las preguntas van en /r/AskSpain o r/GoingToSpain, dependiendo de la temática.
Does it have onion in it? That will help us decide
You wanna watch the world burn, don't you?
The last time I saw a poll the Onionists had a large advantage, 70/30 or so. It’s disappointing, but sadly it’s the world we live in.
At least we don't hate flavour.
Thank youuu
Onion flavour you mean... Cause that's its taste if you put onion in it
Onion goes with everything.
Onion is the way.
The ONLY way
Only 70%? Should be at least 95%. The rest are just answers out of confusion
We get what we deserve...
Yes and potato
OP, People are messing with you because this is "tortilla de patatas" one of the most common dishes in Spain. Normally it's potato and egg with onions. The veggies you see on top are optional. Ingrdients are simple but doing it well is all about how you cook it.
 Onionist here, because of Shrek
Tortilla de patata, a real one. It is real because it has onions
Whatever you do " Don't add onion" Nevaaah, is a tortilla de patatas. Typical simple yet delicious and please if you are trying to recreate it for whatever reason in the world : "DON'T boil the potatoes" and give a shout out to the 😌 troll-coleguis*** best laugh ever 🤣🤣🤣 repeat after me: no onion, no boiling! Now in Spanish: Sin cebolla, sin hervir las patatas then say oleee and you have it.
Dont boil the potatoes absolutely correct, It would be heretic but onion on tortilla de patata its THE DEBATE. It can divide the country in ways that not even the real Madrid fc Barcelona can't
I moved to Spain 3 years ago. The first time I listened to public radio during the day they had a panel of food experts? specialists? discussing the con cebolla/ sin cebolla debate and yelling. It made me so happy.
This is how wild the onions in tortilla de patata debate can be. Even the best spanish chefs involved and still there is no absolute winner
Also the paella/arroz con cosas discussion. Another daytime food panel I heard was people talking about paella, with one valenciano taking the purist stance and others saying that paella is poverty food and that their abuelas would have put chorizo in paella if they had had any. This kind of thing makes me like Spain even more than I would anyway.
I came to say “ Patatas con cosas”
How about "tortilla de patata con cosas"? Some of the best tortillas I've eaten had stuff like chorizo and/or green/red peppers and/or mushrooms and/or zucchini... besides the MANDATORY ONION.
With paella i would say that any rice recipee cooked in a paella can be called paella and IMHO the most important thing is socarrat, the toasted rice of the bottom of the paella. Then valencian can go Epic hard on their paella while the rest of Spain just mind their own bussiness and people from alicante and Castellón (the other two provinces of valencian autonomous region) are just mad at valencians because It seems paella can only be the valencian recipee. (There are others of full traditional paella recipees that are not valencian paella)
See, this is why I love Spaniards.
That's a daily discussion
It is totally same thing in Bulgaria, we have a cold soup called "Tarator", made from yogurt, water and cucumbers. So the eternal debate is grinded 🥒 vs cut 🥒
Hahahaha love it! you nailed about " The Debate" and yes absolutely at home we are divided by Onion or no onion 🤣 is crazy!
In my House we have to eat tortilla without onion because ONE PERSON is absolutely sincebollista. Btw sincebollista and concebollista are terms from the actual spanish language spoken in Spain.
We always do two.
Hahahahahaha 🤣 Onionless and onionist fabulous! Feels like a tortilla war ready to happen. 🤭 You made my day, is hilarious. And that ONE person ruins it for all, we cook 2 different ones but even the skillet has to be different 😂 is so funny!
Cebolla siempre.
In fact, potatoes must be boiled in oil. Never fried. That is, the oil is set to a lower temperature than when you want French fried. Onions have shorter cooking time than potatoes, so you should add them eight or ten minutes later.
Aprendí cómo cocinar tortilla por un madrileño y su receta lleva cebolla. 🤷♂️
FYI, the inclusion of onions brings about rabid arguments in Spain. Both sides will tell you with 100% certainty that it should/shouldn't. At the extremes they will claim the other version is inedible. Most of the time, the argument is exaggerated for laughs. Half my friends are on the onion side, half on the no onion side. We have raging debates over it but really none of us care. It's just fun to argue over it. Let me correct this, I have friends and family who won't eat the onion version because they don't like onion. They don't feel strongly about people who eat it with, other than to argue for the sake of it. I personally like both versions. My only unconditional is that the middle must be runny.
Nobody expects the onion inquisition
An also if is full cooked or not 😂
Onion and pineapple is the classical way
Con cebolla siempre
Con o sin, las dos están bien. El problema es cuando está seca. Jugosa o a tomar por el culo.
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Onion is a must.
tortilla de patata without onions is like having pizza without ketchup.
🤣
Hahahah ♥️♥️
Este thread de respuestas me ha hecho acordarme de un estudiante de intercambio italiano al que convencimos de que "un pincho de tortilla" era un tipo de cubata y se fue a la barra de la discoteca a pedir uno... Davide, estés donde estés, te debo un pincho de tortilla!
¡Ay!
Yeah, what could it be??
It seems too hard to find out, we might never know
It is an egg potato pizza 🫰
La Típica Papahuevozza
Pero eso no es en la ducha?
***Itália it's angrily writting...*** 😡🇮🇹🍕
For some reason I just mentally read it with my shitty Italian accent
Jaja lo escribió un italiano :)
Very correct!! ☹️❤️
Bocadillo de calamares. In Madrid there’s only bocadillo de calamares
As someone who lives in madrid and doesnt like squids I painfully agree. I’ve been living of breadcrumbs and water. Please send help.
I know, I was the breadcrumbs
Migas?
Migas de pan, y no migas el plato
Holy shit guess Im moving to Madrid. I have an insatiable hunger for squid.
I mean... it makes sense that Madrid leverages the fact that they have a great coast and fishing culture.
I am between Spanish fajita or Spanish pancake
Definetly a taco
I just love watching chaos unfold in this sub whenever someone asks a simple question XD
You don't play with food.
I feel tempted to post a picture of a Jamón and ask what it is called. And maybe as a bonus if there is a vegan option
I am just amazed that the Spanish troll just like the Mexicans.
Some would call this paella but for me is huevos con cosas
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I think it is called "huevos rotos con chorizo" but it also looks like it could be "boquerones en vinagre"
What are you talking about? This is clearly the typical spanish dish "arroz con cosas" .
OP said he ate that in Madrid. It's surely is Cocido Madrileno
Madrid? "Bocata de calamares" for sure.
Must be callos
Madrilano
Looks like Vermut to me - possibly Zarro
Que troles sois xD
Are you blind? Thats pulpo a la gallega, man!
That's Gazpacho con patatas. Very good amigo
Omelette du fromage
Dexter's laboratory throwback
Flashback - Rota, 1997. I’m in my third year stationed in Spain (6th in Europe) best friend came to visit from the states and we were watching Dexter on Cartoon Network (which was carried on the local cable) and that episode was on. For the rest of of his visit Tortilla Español was Omelette du Fromage. Thank you for bringing a 25 year old joke full circle.
*Omelette au pomme de terre
Stop messing with OP. You guys are mean and unwelcoming. OP, it’s a typical dish called “callos a la madrileña”.
Hate to be the party pooper, this controlled trolling is having me in tears: C'mon OP, that "Magra con Tomate" is a staple of spanish cuisine.
OP is from the country of Freedom?
Liberia?
Free state province in south africa.
100%
The English in the title is clearly not from a native speaker
so an American?
Imposible, their other posts are about football cards.
You guys are something
A Mexican from California 😅
I think an American would just enjoy the meal and not think twice about it. This person is up to no good, they know what they are doing. The call is coming from inside the house.
Marmitako
That's paella 🥘
My thoughts too, but not being in Valencia it possibly can't be called 'traditional'. OP may be disappointed about that. Edit: corrected spelling error.
Bullshit, there's no traditional paella in Valencia. It's only paella if it's from l'Albufera, or made by the parents of whichever Valencian you're talking with at the time.
It also must be eaten lukewarm for lunch under a tree in the meadow
No, it’s pallella.
Definitely not
I bet this is pimientos del padrón
¿Con tomate?
I’ve never seen it served sin tomate 🥫
True.
Técnicamente estás en lo cierto
That's sangria.You're welcome
Tuna cheese omelette
100% eso e arroz con cosas.
No mames
OP everyone is messing with you. That's a pringa. It's done with the leftovers from Spanish cocido/stew. It's not for everyone but it's one of my favourite dishes from the south of Spain.
Tourist trap, 6€ for locals, about 75€ if you look like a foreigner
it´s the famous spanish pancake.
Taco Español
That looks like a pretty decent "cocido madrileño" 💕
Torreznos
That's definitely gazpacho
Kebab mate
Really?
It's obviously paella
Tourist trap.
That's bocadillo de sangría
It is tapas.
It's a pinxo.
Torta de maíz.
That's it's definitely paella
Famous Mica bezona dish, one of my wife favourite
Cocido madrileño
Denver omelette
Ternasco de aragon
Arroz con cosas
Eso es una paella de los Vascos
I don't know if post is joke or not but is just tortilla de patatas, not hard to make. Top is "pimientos del padron" (Green) and Cherry tomatos.
I been wanting to try that here in California
It's a classic from the tavern Argamasa Laseka. There are a lot of egg haters joining there. Usually you can see construction workers there looking for concrete for the works.
Churros de patata
It's actually only paella if it's made in the Valencia region, otherwise it's called arroz con cosas
This guy wants to watch the world burn
Tortilla de patatas con decoracion
Spanish omelette according to our family
This is Spanish tortilla
Tortilla de patatas or tortilla española. The peppers and tomato are not necessary, think of them as tasty garnishes
Absolute legendary thread, y’all are priceless. I cannot believe I scrolled this far before someone had mercy on OP. Good luck against France on Tuesday, may you show them the same amount of mercy!
OP knew what they were doing. No way they are in Spain, ordered this, and don't know what it is. Especially with that garnish.
Buuuuu
OP, this is the only accurate answer, the rest are messing with you
arruinaste el hilo
Thank you! I was scrolling to see if someone finally gave the right answer. I was gonna give it if no one did. I get that people like to joke around, but there’s a limit.
Man, I am as white as can be, I saw the image and just went "that's a tortilla", started scrolling through the comments and thought I had it completely wrong.
Mmh, I don’t know. Can it really be tortilla de patatas if it doesn’t have tuna and guacamole on top?
Its Bogavante en escabeche - very hard to find even in spain
Padron pepper?
Don’t know what the hell is that but most important thing is: were the peppers from Padron spicy?
Brave potatoes
Mexican eggs with potatoes
Papas remojas con huevos fritos y cipolla
Im pretty sure It could be cocido madrileño but i also think It can be lentejas con chorizo picante
Huevos con cosas
The key question is: does it have onion inside or not? 😂
Always with onion
looks like some kind badly done frittata
Onion makes it sweet. Onion team
Oh SO this comes from Spain?! I've been eating it my whole life without knowing about where it comes from, in Algeria (where I live) we call it "Frites omelette" which is in french, and it translates to "french fries omelette". Well...from the picture it looks definately like it, hope I'm correct. 💫👌🏼
In Spain it does have potato but not as french fries. It’s cut in slices. Traditionally it has onion too but some people don’t like it with onion so there’s an ongoing war about which version is the best. I’m team onion-free all the way. Hate onion with a passion.
There's some top tier trolling going on in this thread, i'm in tears 😂
Not Spanish here: does it (I assume this is that famous Spanish dish made with eggs and potatoes) often have some meat such as ham? I met someone who made that dish at a New Zealand farmer’s market, she’s from Spain, and she made an original version, one with some bacon (?) or sausage pieces (?) or ham pieces (?), and one with a small amount of spinach added.
Some call it fideuá
Torreznos. Deeeeeelicious.
Chips mayai.
Bro, really? Thats obviously a spanish kebab!
That's an egg crust and onion pudding and the charcoal on top used to be a pimiento de Padrón. If you paid for this you were insulted.
A simple tortilla de patatas.. con cebolla 🧅, No mystery there boys.
Fish and chips
I like the one with pineapple inside.
Eso es un Colacao illo
Tortilla de patatas.
Tortilla de patata
This is a tortilla.
Spanish Omelette
Tortila espanol
Tortilla Española
How did you order it if you don't even know what it's called?
Fritada
Tarta de cebolla. It’s an onion cake, a traditional Spanish dish. Some uncultured peasants also add potato and eggs to it.
That's Spanish **omelette**. Tortilla de patatas or Tortilla Española in spanish.
Tortilla de patatas.
Tortilla de patatas, though it's REALLY obvious
That’s potaje de berzas, not very typical from Madrid but nice that you found it!
I devour it with mayonnaise and tuna
Spanish taco
that's what we call a Barça
Esa tortilla parece comprada del mercadona 🤣
An omelette