Spanish Tapas

Everybody who has come to Spain enjoys the gastronomy of the mediterranean diet. They learn words like gazpacho, tortilla de patatas and, of course, tapas. But why they call them with that
name?

Well, the name Tapa (we can translate it as a “cover”) born in the old taberns and inns, the reason is because there was a lot of flies and another bucks flying around of wine glass, and the inner “covered” the cups with a piece of bread or a slice of sausage. That is why they call it Tapas.

Depending of the place, this name changes by others like “pincho”(Extremadura),” alifara”(Aragón) or “poteo”(País Vasco). But the universal name is Tapas.

Nowadays it exists a lot of types of tapas, made of almost any type of food.