The cuisine of La Palma differs from traditional Spanish, because of big influence of Latin American, African, and traditional local cuisines. The courses here are simple, but contain quite a lot of calories, and one of the main ingredients in a recipe is gofio, corn flour. They do not only use to bake bread and porridge, but also add to the most of the types of pot roast. The second most important ingredient for the island chefs is potato. With meat or fish there usually will be served papas arrugadas, small wrinkled jacket potatoes, which were boiled for a long time to evaporate all water from them. They usually dip the vegetable in different sauces, mostly red and green mojo.
La Palma is the third in terms of population and only the fifth largest among the Canary Islands. There are beautiful national parks, and cozy sand beaches, and architectural monument of … 
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The inhabitants of the island, as the rest of the people of the Canary Islands, have different mentality from the Spanish. There are two most important words on archipelago: tranquilo and … Open
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You should try fish courses in the restaurants near the shore. Then there are some guarantees that the haul will be fresh. Sancocho Canario, dried fish with potato, is one of the main courses on the island. Fried vieja or dorado will satisfy any gourmet. Boquerones, a tasty appetizer from marinated anchovies, and parillada, a fish assortment, will be great with any side dish. Try shrimps with garlic and langostinos – big fried shrimps.
The central city of the island, which has the main historical value, is Santa Cruz. Now it is a not very big settlement with narrow streets and Colonial architecture. But during the times of … Open
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National cuisine of Spain
Despite the incredible variety of treats, the Spanish cuisine has several common features. Most dishes are cooked with olive oil, rice, garlic and a lot of spices. Spain has very favorable climatic conditions and developed agriculture, which explains a huge variety of dishes. The term ‘Spanish cuisine’ hides specifics of 17 regions at once. The most famous dish of this country is, of course, paella from Valencia. Originally, it was cooked right on the streets in huge pans. Only men were allowed to cook. The key ingredient is rice. There are three main varieties - Valencian paella with rabbit meat, duck, chicken, or snails, seafood paella and mixed paella, in which a cook can put almost anything.
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