La comida

Food.
It's kind of a big deal.
So I'm gonna talk about it.
Before I begin, let me clarify that Spanish food is nothing like Mexican food. So you can get that image out of your head right now. Instead, food in Granada is a mix between a Mediterranean diet and a classical Spanish diet (the food up north is different than the mediterranean food, so the two types mix and create Granada's food).
Sidenote--since I'm talking about food--did you know that Granada means pomegranate? It is the fruit of the city and you can see it's image hidden all over the place--stone arrangements on the sidewalk, worked into the metal of a fence, etc. I even saw a pomegranate tree in the generalife.
Anywho, it's a very carb-heavy diet here, just how I like it. Breakfast, which begins at 8am (ish) is very casual but also very light. Usually my senora has toast available with margarine or marmalade as well as this spanish dish that is kinda a mix between a cake and a muffin. It's baked in a pan and has chocolate in it :) Also coffee or tea, but spaniards are not big juice drinkers, and I definitely don't trust the milk. It's not refrigerated very well. SKETCH.
Lunch isn't until 2:30, so by then I'm usually starving, and this is the formal, big meal of the day--our dinner. Oftentimes the family will come over to the house for lunch and it will be a big event. Lunch usually consists of a salad, sliced bread, a main dish, and fruit or yogurt (or both) for dessert. The salads are different here, usually with lettuce, tomatoes, corn, and sweet carrots, and never any dressing. The main dish is always different and I never know what it is--I just eat it. We've had lots of different things and they're usually pretty good. My favorite so far has been tortillas patatas, which is an omelet of sorts filled with sauteed potatoes. Yumm :) Usually lots of pasta though.
Dinner is at 9:30 (so again I'm starving) and is light and casual. Leftovers, burgers, salad, whatever is around, and of course fruit for dessert. Our senora always has fresh cherries from their cottage :) The burgers are mysterious though, you can't expect it to always be a hamburger like we have. So far the ones I have are definitely not made of cow, and I think Mateo said it was chicken and duck. It tastes good though, just very different.
Not all the food is foreign though--today at dinner we had Lays potato chips! Yay globalization! But get this--they were ham-flavored! Spaniards are so weird.
Abrazos y besos,
Meredith