So this week was Miguel's birthday. Thirty-three years well completed as they say in Spanish. We celebrated last weekend on Saturday, lot's of fun except that I was sick. So with my horrible cold and hacking cough (of course, how else would the party have been complete?) I set about making a feast for Miguel and friends in our house. I made onigiri (japanese rice triangles with fish and seaweed), Fritatta with lima beans (a kind of Italian style quiche) and Enchiladas with beans veggies and lots of hot sauce (seperate of course, Im sure I have mentioned before that Spaniards do NOT like spices, the only spices that figure into the Spanish diet are salt, pepper, garlic and olive oil....how exactly did these people establish colonies in countries with some of the spiciest cuisine in
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