Spanish Rice a la Queen Isabella
"Because our Spanish rice is fit for a queen, we've named it for the queenly friend of the dashing young sea captain from Genoa."
If you were to travel to Spain or Mexico, you wouldn't see Spanish rice on the menu. You would simply see Arroz Rojo, or Red Rice.
Traditionally, the red hue comes from using saffron in the rice as it cooks but tomatoes are more popularly used today to give the red color to Spanish rice.
I have a great recipe for Spanish rice
BUT
It's a strict family secret that my mother in law passed on to me.
You know when your mother in law entrusts you with a family recipe you do not break that trust!
So in stead of giving away my super secret family recipe, I will leave you with a link to a simple recipe for Spanish rice.
I put this recipe here because our Almanac has the best recipe for Spanish rice written by a gringo.
Which basically means that it is gross.
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The correlation between Queen Isabella and the Captain from Genoa is a throw back to Isabella from Spain and Christopher Columbus.
I'm not so sure about their description of "Dashing".
I mean take a look.
Dude is about as attractive as genocide.
Seriously, this guy is the worst.
Spain gave him the go ahead to find a new way to India for trade and he finds a "New World" but thinks it's India. When he is greeted by super nice indigenous people, he repays their hospitality by killing them.
I like Spanish rice but now I'm going to be haunted by this fool every time I have some.
Instead of Red Rice we can call it Blood Rice and eat it bitterly remembering all the people who died at the hands of exploration.
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