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Thursday, May 23rd, our class took a trip to New Segovia to take a cooking class at the vocational school there. The school offers majors such as cooking, hospitality & tourism, English, and cosmetology. Bernardo, the chef, taught our class the basics of making Paella. Paella is a dish that is a Spanish favorite that contains rice, seafood, mushrooms, chicken, peppers and a type of stock. Bernardo instructed us on the process of making Paella and gave us all a chance to cook. After sautéing the chicken and peppers in two large pans, we added the shrimp with its complete shell. The shell of the shrimp is kept on in order to add to the flavor of the dish. Next, we added muscles, garlic, tomato sauce, wild mushrooms, and red & green peppers. After cooking all of these ingredients together, we added the rice, followed by the fish stock that is used to cook the rice. In order to solidify the dish, Bernardo added a special step in which you put the dish in the oven until it is done cooking. After we all tried and enjoyed the Paella, we met some of the students who attended the school. They practiced their English with us, while we practiced our Spanish with them and also made some new friends. We all had a great day and learned how to make an exceptional dish that we can now cook for our families in America.

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Jueves, 23 de mayo, la clase hizo un viaje a Nueva Segovia para tomar una clase de cocina en la escuela vocacional allí. La escuela ofrece especialidades como cocina, hostelería y turismo, inglés, y cosmetología. Bernardo, el chef, enseñó a nuestra clase los fundamentos de hacer paella. La paella es un plato que es uno de los favoritos españoles que contiene arroz, mariscos, champiñones, pollo, pimientos y un tipo de caldo. Bernardo nos instruyó en el proceso de hacer paella y nos dio a todos la oportunidad de cocinar. Después de saltear el pollo y los pimientos en dos grandes paelleras, añadimos las gambas con su concha completa. La concha de los camarones se mantiene para añadir el sabor al plato. A continuación, añadimos los mejillones, ajo, salsa de tomate, setas y pimientos rojos y verdes. Después de la cocción todos estos ingredientes juntos, añadimos el arroz, seguido de caldo de pescado que se utiliza para cocinar el arroz. Para solidificar el plato, Bernardo añade una paso especial en el que se pone el plato en el horno hasta que se hace la cocción. Después de que todos probamos y disfrutamos de la Paella, nos encontramos con algunos de los estudiantes que asistieron a la escuela. Ellos practicaron su inglés con nosotros, mientras practicamos nuestro español con ellos y también hicimos algunos nuevos amigos. Todos tuvimos un gran día y aprendimos a hacer un plato excepcional que ahora podemos cocinar para nuestras familias en los Estados Unidos.


Hannah Grabow
5/23/2013 06:15:38 pm

Very detailed explanation of how to cook Paella, I won´t even need a recipe! What a fun day doing something very Spanish-y!

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Emily McEvoy
5/23/2013 06:47:45 pm

Great job summarizing the excursion while having a good description of how to make Paella! I like how you included information about the school and how we conversed with the students there to practice our Spanish! Love the pictures! ;)

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Victoria Pray
5/23/2013 09:06:08 pm

I think this blog post is really good Whitney and Taylor! I like how you explained the cooking process in detail as well as said why this dish is so special. I also liked how you talked about the school in general to give some background information. Good job and great pictures!

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Caroline Ward
5/25/2013 08:10:23 pm

Great blog! I loved that you described the whole process of making paella, just in case people reading wouldn't know. I also like that the pictures include everyone cooking (kind of)!

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Jenn Stilley
5/25/2013 11:50:11 pm

Great overall summary of the trip. And the pictures were perfect. I liked how you added all the details about how to make paella, especially the part about using the whole shrimp because that's probably something unusual to the people reading from home.

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Asabea
5/26/2013 12:16:14 am

Great job talking about what we did. I liked how at the end you added that we can make it for our family back home. Now my mom will want to make it for her all the time

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Anitra
5/26/2013 07:17:41 pm

Loved the blog ladies! I really liked that you included the ingredients for the paella. I also enjoyed the pictures! Good job!

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Sarah Walters
5/26/2013 09:45:56 pm

Awesome! It looks like fun, I hate I missed it. I'm glad y'all did such a good job on the blog that I still know what you guys did without being there!!

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Ben Daughtry
5/27/2013 01:49:57 am

What a great cooking lecture! I enjoy cooking sometimes so getting to do this was very fun for me. The pictures are awesome y'all have some great in action photos. The fish stock used made the paella taste a little more like a seafood dish than the other paellas we have had during our trip, but it was still great!

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Stephanie Evans
5/27/2013 02:12:46 am

I really enjoyed this mini-excursion. Not only did we get to eat a delicious meal but we also met students here in Spain and it was so much fun speaking English with them.

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Kiona Deans
5/27/2013 02:19:56 am

The paella was FISHAY FISHAY!! but still good. My favorite part was meeting the students they were so nice!

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Sierra Moraven
5/27/2013 02:35:35 am

I think Whitney and Taylor did a nice job summing up everything we did when we went to make paella. I will definitely be using the ingredients to make this back in America! The pictures taken were good as well. Job well done, girls!

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Sarah Bucher
5/28/2013 03:51:06 am

Great job on the blog ladies! :) Although I loved learning how to make Paella, my favorite part of the day was definitely having the opportunity to talk to the students!

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Jamel Lewis
5/28/2013 05:30:05 am

This mini excursion was a new experience. We not only did we cook our own food from scratch, but we also ate it also... So you really can have your cake and eat it too! We got to tour the school which was an added bonus. Great blog Whitney and Taylor

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