[Sca-cooks] RE: Basque Food

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Traditional Basque cooking by Jose' Maria Busca Isusi.
P.32 In the Basque Country, and principally on our farms, we find ourselves
midway between the two methods(which is on page 31), which is not a virtue
in this instance. These lines are offered as a piece of advice to the reader
unfamiliar with the rice paellas served in our country homes which consist
of gummy mixtures of grains of rice and more or less flavorful pieces of
meat and fowl.

Earlier in the book he gives the impression that the paella is a Spanish
dish (from Valencia) that is transformed to Basque taste. It is a casserole
of sorts.

This book has a tiny bit of history of Spanish Basque foods with itty bitty
amounts of references and conclusion to the references.

-----Original Message-----
 Greetings
 (snip)
  Anyway off to the point of the intent of my message today, Basque food.
Anyone know for sure whether Paella is Basque or Spanish? I know its
development has fallen to the Spanish cousine.
 I have made several and they are really great crowd feeders. But I am
trying
to find actual documentable period recipes for them. I also realize they
may have flown under the umbrella as they were primarily a peasant food for
farm hands.
 Cealian Of Moray