Hi Paul,
First of all, thanks for looking.
It is still the case that in most bars, you get some nuts or something with a
drink. But that is not tapas. Tapas can be very downmarket, or upscale, but I
doubt that it is tourism-driven. The places I go to in Alicante are not
frequented by tourists, only locals. Same thing when I am in Seville. Actually,
in Seville and other cities in Andalucía, in many restaurants any dish can be
ordered as a ración (full serving), media ración (half serving) or tapa. It is
a great way to try out different dishes without gorging.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
> On 3/12/2011 10:55 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> By coincidence, I was out eating tapas twice this week, both times in the
>> context of work.
>
> The term "tapas" seems to have changed in use over the years since I was
> in Spain. In the '60s every time you were served a beverage, you were
> also served with a tapa. In a poorer bar, it might be a piece of potato
> or two or three peanuts in the shell. in the higher class bars, it
> could be olives or various other things. Once, in Sevilla, it was a
> pajarito. There were no "Tapas Restaurants" or such. It was a custom
> of the country that they served something to eat with the drink. We did
> go "Tosca Hopping" from bar to bar, searching for better tapas. When we
> found really good ones, we would then order a plate of them. Yesterday,
> I was talking to a young friend who teaches Spanish in a local high
> school. When asked about the tapas thing, she said that between the
> year that she spent in Madrid as an au pair and a trip to Madrid in '08,
> she had seen some changes in that usage. I suspect that the changes
> involve tourism.
> Paul in Portland OR
>
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