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In a (brief) foray around the Internet's search engines, I encountered only references to books and no posted web pages that went anywhere near explaining Tapas. It's understandable, as I would imagine that a definitive guide would require a book. These pages are, therefore, a ready (if rough) guide to the Spanish snack food. I suppose I ought to dispose of at least one myth ...Tapas is not a cheap way to eat. I plan to deal with the subject of how to eat out cheaply in other pages. All pedants emailing me with criticisms will be duly ignored!
Let's deal ever-so-quickly with other allied terms that you may see that are more-than-loosely connected with Tapas:
Ración (pl. raciónes): despite this word's apparent similarity to 'ration,' raciones are larger-sized portions of Tapas snack food that cost more.
Entrantes: Starters
Aperitivos: Appetizers
You might be a little puzzled by these last two references and feel that they have little (if anything) to do with Tapas. In my experience, you find the same foods in the Starters and Appetisers section of the average bar, café and restaurant menu and I have yet to meet an owner of any of these establishments who was stuffy enough to object to me treating it as though it was a Tapas menu in its own right.
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