"Tapas -- In the beginning. Tapas is a daily event in the life of
the Spanish culture. Mainly a Northern Spain, Basque regional
tradition, and it has grown to signify a way of eating and
socializing. It is said that tapas originated centuries ago. In
Spanish, the word tapa or the verb tapar means "to cover."
Tapas
represents the Spanish custom of placing a piece of bread over the
glass of wine. It is a custom that dates back past the 1500's.
Traditionally, the exact food served is less important than the
social occasion. Tapas is a way of life. It signifies leisure,
camaraderie and good humor.
In Spain, Tapas are almost always
accompanied by wine. They are so much about talking as they are
about eating and drinking. The wine is the medium that hold the
conversation, with friends and the food together. You make time to
enjoy the moment in an unhurried way.
The threefold purpose of
snacking on tapas is to dull any hunger pangs that have built up
since the previous intake of comestibles to whet the appetite for
the next, and to stimulate sociability, at which the Spanish excel."
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