Spain

Spain Spain is a country in western Europe famous for its colorful bullfights, sunny climate, and beautiful castles. Spain was once a great empire with colonies throughout the world. Spanish language and culture took root and became a part of the culture of many nations. Today, Spain is a prosperous nation with a well-developed economy based on service industries and manufacturing Food and drink. Spaniards enjoy seafood, which is inexpensive and plentiful in the coastal waters. They prepare it in a variety of ways. A popular dish is paella. It consists of such foods as shrimp, lobster, chicken, ham, and vegetables, all combined with rice that has been cooked with a flavoring called saffron. Other favorite Spanish dishes include squids, crabs, sardines, and fried baby eels. A popular dish during warm weather is gazpacho, a cold soup made of strained tomatoes, onions, garlic, olive oil, and spices. Spaniards serve gazpacho sprinkled with bread cubes and chopped cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes. Popular meats among Spaniards include beef, chicken, goat, lamb, pork, and rabbit. Bread baked in round or oval loaves is eaten plain or with cheese or butter. Almost every region of Spain produces wine, and most Spaniards drink wine with all meals spain, wine, trade, include, important, spaniards, regions, products, popular, large, fruit, tomatoes, spain's, poor, oranges, onions, olives, month, hot, drink, crops, climate, city, citrus, chief, called, weather, throughout, sunny, spanish, soil, service, restaurants, resources, natural