Florida as a metaphor for the USA

In fact, the French settled in Jacksonville when it was Fort Carolina early one, like the Acadian of Maine if you may.

The Florida of Florida

However, the metaphor of the United States of Florida does not stop there.  Miami is like Florida. It is the place Floridians go to retire or enjoy some warm weather in the winter. I could not believe it when I first got here. Many Floridians say they are thinking of moving further south for the warm weather. I was like what is this, this is Florida the weather is always warm. These are the ones wearing sweaters in the fall here. I guess your body adjusts. Be coming from Poland, I am still swimming in November no problem. South Florida includes Palm beach. Miami is Miami, if you may.

Florida West coast microcosm

The west coast (Of Florida and the USA) is filled with alternative lifestyles like the Amish of Sarasota or the ‘colorful’ and ‘open’ artistic communities around Tampa bay, in other words San Francisco. There is even a Hollywood, Florida but that does not quite fit the model, perhaps Miami could be the LA.

The Florida Keys are Hawaii for obvious reasons, when you are tired of seasonal variation, just go island hopping. We have said if we can not take the winters up north we will just go south for a trip to the Keys and Miami twice a year (We live in St. Johns county, Florida).

The Heartland of Florida is from Palatka west. Farms and small towns much like the center of the USA.  I could not believe that the garlic in Publix is from Florida not China.Yes it is a large agricultural state in the center.

NYC of Florida

What is Orlando? I was having trouble identifying that with a particular city as it is so large and diverse, so I will call that the metropolis, much like Washington, Philadelphia, NYC etc is. It is the center of varied cultural activity and economics.

However, I think the Space coast could be Washington if for nothing else it being a government district.

I would say culturally Daytona is the Jersey shore. It’s just the way I see it, I would not want to live there unless I had to.

I have even heard they are trying to open up some Vegas type activities, but that is in the south-west of Florida of course.

Jupiter,Florida and the East coast is like lets say North Carolina and Virgina, rich and nice, but get hit by an occasional storm like the outer banks do.

I would like to say Georgia is Canada, but I would rather leave that title to North Carolina for personal bias reasons. Raleigh might be Toronto while Winston-Salem might be Montreal and the Appalachian chain of the Blue ridge mountains are the Canadian Rockies where you have Vancouver the hip and cool Ashville, NC.

The Panhandle of Florida might be something like Portlania. There are some hipsters do live there to make this work.

Much of Northern Florida is being left to others, as it seems to be the rust belt and not too rich, people move south in search of work, like the Buffalo regions of New York. Some people think is it rustic and romantic but for me, I prefer a different type of living.

Spanish Florida and the New -  New Spain

Demographically southern Florida is largely Spanish like parts of the southern USA. It was once New Spain and now will again be Spanish in the far future culturally. Demographic waves are too big.

Economically the whole state is bust from Real Estate speculation. The USA is like Florida and Florida is like the USA.

Florida is a swing state in the election. In fact I think in the next election whoever gets Florida will win the election. So again Florida is the USA. I am living in the United States of Florida.

Spanish moss from the trees of St. Augustine, Florida, which was once New Spain for 350 years

After many trials and travels we  moved to St. Augustine, Florida and settle and ready to get back into online empire building like a blogging conquistador in the new world. Now I will have time to write about my passions. Ok back to the linguistic question.

The short answer is ninguno, but the reality is your life will be so much richer if you know some Spanish while living or visiting Florida. What is your excuse, not to get off your duff?

One thing I learned as a foreigner in Europe was that English is the magic language that will get you in the door anywhere you live. However, if you speak the local language, even with gross, hideous mistakes you will get more respect. Do you not like it when a foreigner speaks English? Even the accent sounds good. My wife is from another country and I love to hear her speak, it does not lose its charm after many years.

If you are in Florida and can speak some Spanish you are in the club.

Why Floridians should drop the attitude about learning the Spanish language

Florida was part of New Spain since 1565  with St. Augustine being the oldest European city in the USA.  In 1845 the USA took over Florida ending 300 years of Spanish governance. So for Americans to say ‘they should learn English’, yes Hispanic people would be wise to, but you should learn Spanish. The USA has no official language for a reason. Democracy is a representation of the people, not the government imposing culture on the people. What if we are 90% Spanish in the future, does that mean ‘they’ still have to speak English? Look at Argentina, a nation of Northern European, who have embraced Spanish culture. I believe when in Rome do as the Romans.

Spanish can help you in the SunShine State

• Even a basic knowledge of Spanish will help you if you are in any position where you have contact with the public
• You will be aware that just as many people speak Spanish as English as native speakers in the world and it will open your doors to a world you never imagined.
• If you are single you can date a hot Spanish girl for example, or a s guy fall in love with an exotic Latin. I know scores of people who have done both and as someone who married someone from another country I recommend it.
• Companies pay more to Spanish bilingual employees
• You do not need a high level of fluency to add value, but a moderate knowledge, I have noticed this about language learning, unlike calculus the benefits are seen immediately.
• You can press 2 on customer service
• You can shop in the Spanish food section
• You can travel to the other half of the world
• Miami and South Florida becomes a lot more accessible to you
• It is fun.

Can you think of any other reasons why to learn the Spanish language if you live or visit Florida?

I have a daughter who is American and European and of course I prefer the fairy-tale sounding European name than the short English equivalent. So even if you are not Spanish, I think it is fine to name your child with a Mediterranean or Latina name . After all, all Romantic languages are a derivative of Latin.

The names usually share a commonality with other Latin and Romantic cultures, however, some are different because of the influences of preexisting cultures in the regions.

How is my list of Female Spanish names list is different?

I have created a Spanish girls names list which I personally like.  These include Spain other areas of influence and Mexican girl baby names. I took a lot of times to purify this list and eliminate duplicates and spelling errors or ones that did not make sense.  I tried to make this the most complete list possible.  There are well over 1000 girl names from Spain and Latin American on this list. Further, I give it to you on one page. Many websites make your scroll though like 50 pages to see the whole list. I want one list, I can print and and just go through.

I recommend you print this list off and create narrow it down with pen and paper, you can not make decisions like this online. I like the old fashion method. Sit on a hill with a list with your Husband or wife on a nice day.  Select the ones you think sound the prettiest and ask God to help you.

Spanish girls who are dancing in a traditional performance

Spanish girl names

Here is a list I created, it is a download so you can just unzip it and print it. I have it in a plain text file bellow:

Spanish girl names

Another idea is if you are in Latin America or Spain go to an towns old Registro Civil (Civil Registry) and see how names have changed. I went to my ancestors Church records once and saw all kind of interesting names. There were many old Christian names that are not use today.

Catalan names and Basque names for women differ- There are similaries but it is a different universe. Just soemthing to be aware of.

Official names in your passport must be all English letters. – Therefore, Special Spanish charaters or alphabetacial marks are eliminated. However, if you want to have those on your child’s offcial name this is OK. They can be Baptisted and recorded any way you like, but the passport name might be slightly different. At least for me I had to drop a Polish letter and change it to the English alpahbet for my daughter on her passport. Not something to worry about and does not affect the legality of anything.

Why I have excluded the meaning of the names

I decided to leave out the traditional meanings of the names. Why? because if you are choosing a name choose something that sounds good to your ear. Choose something that you personally love. Not something that means this or that, because they all mean something nice, like goodness or purity. It is better to choose a name because you just intuitively love it and then later discover the meaning.

I wanted to remove the clutter and noise and have a purity of sound decide what is best for you. I believe words are energy, like all the universe.

Further, sometimes there is not always an agreement on the meaning, they have like three meanings, therefore look at the rhythm of the name, how it feels to you. I am a spiritual person  (Catholic) and do like the idea that names are based on Saints or have some historical significance, but I keep coming back to what resonates with you the best. Not some name based on a historic book or figure, which is fine, but first consider the purity of the word before the meaning and the meaning will be like aha, this is why I choose this Spanish baby name. I remember in the old days you had to choose Catholic name from a list of registration for your child, now the church does not care and you can baptize your child with anything that is meaningful to you.

What is your criteria for choosing a baby name?

As stated above I think:

• The name should resonate with you, not on what your mother or father or friends think or the origin of the first name or meaning in some book or translation.  I think the greatest way you can respect your parents is by living your own life. They will have their opinions but do not let them sway you. Each generation will choose a new set of names and a new generation will have the most popular and less common names by what is in the collective unconsciousness and personally is important to you. I could tell you in my own family how this went, but it is better you learn are OK with this.
• You should ask God to help you choose the baby of your baby. I firmly believe this is important. I believe in praying for your child before they are born.
• Keep on looking and going over it, if you can not think of a name for your baby, do not worry, put it aside for a while and forget about it. Your preferences will change sometimes.
• What if you can not make a decision as to what is the best name for your daughter? Remember in life there is not such thing as a wrong decision. The main thing is no stress. Some people do not have their name in mine until after the baby is born and they seen the baby for a while No stress, do not yield to the pressure of people around you.

I would be curious about what names you think are the best. I personally like old names and uncommon ones. I am curious how you choose this name and what you based it on. Were you reading a book and the character had a name? Was it based on the name day of a saint on the day the baby was born? Was it a family name? I think the best baby names for girls in Spanish are the ones you just like.

Mexican rice recipe

Ingredients

3 cloves Garlic fresh chopped
1/3 cup of finely chopped Spanish white or yellow onions
1/2  Bell pepper
1/3 tablespoon of cummin
3 tomatoes puree
4 tablespoons of Olive oil
Boiled Long grain white rice
1/4 teaspoon salt

After the rice is cooked, you add it to a pan with oil and simply add onions, pepper, cummin, garlic, salt and tomatoes purée. You can adjust the ingredients of course to taste. This is one of the easiest recipes there is. Some people add bacon fat or very small pieces of ham.

After all is browned you can add a few chilli peppers and some people add grated cheese on the top. The heat from the rice should melt the cheese. Some people like to microwave it but I am a purist and try only to use my black iron skillet on a natural gas stove.

Rice alone is not enough protein to make it a complete meal. It could be a side dish or cheese or beans could be added.

I cooked in a restaurant for many years and the basic thing about cooking is this, it is art not a science. There are too many variable, however, in my opinion the best recipes were those from the highest quality ingredients. If you are making Mexican rice and you use green house tomatoes and generic rice your Spanish or Mexican rice will not taste great. However, if you buy garden fresh tomatoes, real garlic, not Chinese white garlic which is too strong, and quality spices it will taste good not matter how you cook it.

Another thing I learned about cooking is you do not want to overwhelm the main ingredient. If you are cooking rice, you should taste rice and not some soupy mix of whatever.

Variations of rice Mexican style

Some people like to add salsa and cream and beef and all sorts of variation for this recipe. However, I do not like it. I prefer light and in anything you can add something green at the end like arugula. Some people also add chicken broth for flavor or others corn to make it a more complete protein combination and make it more a Latin American recipe for rice.

You can also use different types of rice. White long grain Oryza sativa is the standard but there is also some yellow rice that works. I have never tried Mexican brown rice, but I should. Also you can mix it with wild rice, which is really a grass or grain. Except for wild, rice is not native of the Americas or even Mexico, it was brought by the Spanish.

I am curious if there are real difference in the north and south of Mexico. Most of the recipes you see online are pretty generic. However, if you are from Mexico city is it prepared different than from Yucatan or Baja. It is such a large country I am sure there must be some differences.

If you personally have a variation or any other ideas for this Mexican recipe for rice, please let me know.

Write in Spanish by installing  it and then configure it for proof reading in Spanish.

Set proof reading options for writing in Spanish

It does not differentiate between European and Latin American Hispanic writing but it does give you want you need.

A writing coach in the Hispanic language

The reason I am such a big fan of this tool is I am a teacher and I also study languages. I believe you can learn by reading, speaking and writing.  However, writing is the most difficult.  I have often questioned can anyone really teach you how to write in any language.  My general philosophy is yes, because everyone is creative and can put their creativity on paper. Therefore being a good writer is really a study in how to clarify ideas, so others can understand you. This is where the free tool After the Deadline come in.

It corrects you real-time as you write so you become conscious of your mistakes. It explains why you made the mistake so you might not make it again. It can not help you if you do not know one word of Spanish. But it can help you if have a base, but need to learn Spanish grammar . It will explain your mistakes from a linguistic style or grammatical point of view and therefore teaches you to write in Spanish.

Skip the lessons on how to become a Spanish writer and just try this free online tool.  Like Morpheus might say, “stop thinking yourself a Spanish writer and be a Spanish writer”. Let me know your experiences or any other pieces of technology you use to improve your writing skills.

Eggplant from Spain - my own recipe based on healthy ideas

I would say the broad classifications of the typical dishes you might find in Spanish cooking are as follows:

• Spanish rice based recipes, usually with beans
• Spanish wheat based dished, in the form of a flat bread
• Spanish corn based meals
• Pure vegetable based dishes, like eggplant

What is my favorite Spanish food? I think that most people think of Spanish fast food as tacos and nachos. However, if you have any exposure to Spanish culture been known that Spanish cuisine is not restricted to a few dishes you might find on an American menu.

Let’s think about how Hispanic cuisine has fused with indigenous cultures. The realm of the Spanish world, includes South America, North America, the Caribbean islands, the Philippines, Europe, and I am sure a few other places.

Each place Spanish culture fuses with a local culture something totally different occurs in the kitchen. Think of it this way one plus one does not equal two but equal three. That means a combination of Spanish and Caribbean cooking results in something that is something completely different.

I tend to like less spicy vegetable based Spanish cooking. I particularly like eggplant dishes. And when was the last time you saw a Hispanic eggplant dish on a menu at taco bell. This is why I decided to write this post. I wanted to give you a Spanish eggplant recipe that is not common.

Spanish eggplant recipe

Ingredients for my eggplant recipe

• 1 large purple eggplant
• 5 cloves of garlic (I use pink garlic not Chinese white garlic). Garlic is my staple for health so use as much as you like, I chop very fine, or crush.
• 1/4 large yellow of onions
• 2  small red chilli peppers cut very small
• oregano (one of the worlds best anti-oxidants so use as much as you like it gives it a mediterranean taste)
• fresh basil
• fresh parsley
• Olive oil (it does not have to be Spanish) and a pinch of butter, I am not giving an exact quantity because it depends how you cook, heavy or light.
• a pinch or two or pepper
• sea salt for preparing the Spanish eggplant but not for seasoning as it will have enough residual salt.
• Cheese for the top of the eggplant from Spain dish – type and quantity will be up to you.

Eggplant from Spain – how to prepare

1. Peel and cut the eggplant, place it on a dish or on a cutting board and cover it in salt on both sides.  Wait ten minutes to 1/2 hour. Basically what you want to do is soak the eggplant in salt and then rinse it well in water so it is not too salty.  This takes the bitterness out of the eggplant. I slice the eggplant into thin slices. The I cut it in small pieces before I add it to the pan.
2. Into the pan – I do not like the idea of a soupy mix, rather, when all the ingredients are added to a pan for saute I like to keep some order. I add the stronger vegetables first like onions and garlic and soften these, then tomato base second, then the vegetables (in this case eggplant) and seasoning.  If you do not understand how to cook this write me, it is basically.
3. Next I take the take the handle off my black iron skillet and with cheese on top I put it in the over to bake.

The result is something like eggplant Parmesan but without the flouring and frying part and a little more spice The other key part of this is your choice in cheese.  Parmesan cheese is very Italian. Choose some Spanish cheese, or stinky hard round cheese. The idea is this will gently melt of the dish. Another thing is you do not want too much tomato, it should be thick not a watery mess.

Serve this with warmed garlic bread and red wine.  Spanish eggplant is very healthy as my recipes is loaded with anti-oxidants. It’s a warming food, best eaten with someone who will eat it with you as you might have garlic breath. Let me know what you think of my own version of a Madrid style eggplant recipe.

Why olive oil

It is the best oil to use as it is monounsaturated. This is a very important point.  Do not dismiss this, if you use Spanish olive oil or any other it does not turn bad when heated or cooked with.

In contrast when you heat polyunsaturated or normal vegetable oil it will destroy your health.  Do not cook with polyunsaturated oil.  It is the worst thing for your weight and health.  Only use butter or olive oil.  Vegetable oil must be raw or for salads. But the main reason is olive oil tastes great.

Why olive oil from Spain?

It is simple economics, I do not understand it myself, but boy I love it.  Spanish olive oil is usually the cheapest. There are so many different brands and flavors that I can not even go into it here, however, for me the country of origin is important for the price.

If you are frugal like me first go right for the for Latina olive oil.  Now that Olea europaea is the center of every supermarket shopping aisle, as it should be first focus on the country of origin.   Then focus in on the specific type you want. I think the low cost producer of Hispanic olive oil is Goya.  This is only about 2 dollars a bottle. This I pour on everything.  It is so cheap it is basically free.

When it comes to Spanish food in general Goya is the cheapest.  However if you take a look at Goya olive oil and hold it up to the light you can see it is also low quality in terms of richness.  It is not bad to use as your main oil, however, if you are preparing something special maybe you want to chose another brand.

How to choose good Hispanic olive oil

I simply hold it up to the light.  Be careful because a lot of the bottles have a tint and can deceive you regarding the color and look.  However, generally if you are in a shop, you can see the quality and even how the oil moves in the bottle. I like the olive oil from the Madrid region as the arid warm climate gives it a good taste but any Español (language) speaking country produced good olive oil.

Do not get too involved with the label and what it says, first press or this or that, look with your eyes. You do not have to read everything you can on it, uses your own senses, taste, smell, look, I think personal experience not someone’s recycled information on the Internet is the best way to choose.  I like a little cloudy unfiltered thick look. However, I think first pressed is the best.

Pomace oil is extracted with a chemical process, is this good for you? Of course the pure olive oil is the best but it comes down to price.  I have to do more research is this Pomace is really all that good for you as they use hexane to extract it.  I think they use this grade in cheap restaurants.

What about Mediterranean oil from olives countries?

Production of olive oil:

1. Spain 32%
2. Italy 22%
3. Greek 16%
4. Rest comes from Tunisia, and other Mediterranean countries.

These are great quality countries but you pay a price. Italy they have this volcanic soil that really changes the taste in positive way, but there is a cost factor, which changes in a negative way.  This is why I stick to Spain.

I am American living in the EU.  For me here in Europe, Spain is the country of choice. If I was in the States I think I would look for Mexican in the future (once it develops this tree crop, and it will) or  now Spanish oil from olives.

Uses of this wonderful oil

1. Olive oil soap
2. I use it for a hand moisturizer
3. Massage for my back or feet or healing uses
4. Mixed with other things can be a good night anti-wrinkle application, make your own that is
5. Put herbs in it like rosemary or even garlic and have it as decoration
6. Use it for burning in a lamp
7. Aromatic uses

Let me know if you think my assessment of Spanish olive oil is correct or I am partial because I like the culture of this country.

At the end of this lesson I have a game! Try it, it is word search it will help lock in what you have learned.

I make professional Spanish verb flashcards which will teach you all the verbs you need to know in the past, present and future tense. They are amazing in terms of art and effectiveness.

However, here is a very simple explanation of verbs.

The categories of regular verbs are:

• Spanish -ar ending verbs (such as hablar – which means to speak)
• Spanish -er ending verbs (such as comer – which means to eat)
• Spanish -ir ending verbs (such as vivir – which means to live)

These endings refer to the infinitive. Here is how -ar verbs are conjurgated.

Ar verbs in Spanish

• I – hablo
• you – habla
• he – habla
• she – habla
• we- hablamos
• You-all – hablan
• They – hablan

Notice you do not use a personal pronoun in Spanish.  It is implied in the verb form.

Sample sentence which needs no translation: ¿Habla usted español?

Ir verbs in Spanish

• I – como
• You- come
• He -come
• She – come
• We – comemos
• You-all coméis (informal)
• They comen

Ir verbs in Spanish

• I – vivo
• You – vive
• He – vive
• She – vive
• We – vivimos
• You-all – viven
• They – viven

What the present tense means in Spanish?

Present tense (indicative) in Spanish means three things.

• I speak Spanish.
• I do speak Spanish.
• I am speaking Spanish.

This tense is the most important tense in Spanish, it is like the English simple and continuous tense in one. In fact, if you know this one and only tense you could in write novels in the  Hispanic language.

More Spanish regular verb grammar

• 1st Conjugation. Hablar (to speak)
• Present Part. Hablando (speaking)
• Past Part. Hablado (spoken)

The present simple tense

Again lets look at the verb to speak.

• Yo hablo (I speak)
• Nosotros (m.) hablamos (we speak)
• Nosotras (f.) hablamos (we speak)
• Tú hablas[informal] (You speak)
• Vosotros (m.) habláis (you speak)
• Vosotras (f.) habláis (you speak)

• Él or Ella habla (he or she speaks)
• Ellos (m.) hablan (they speak)
• Ellas (f.) hablan (they speak)
• Usted habla (you speak)[formal].
• Ustedes hablan (you speak).[formal]

Spanish verb  Temer (to fear)

• Present Part. Temiendo.
• Past Part. Temido.
• Presesnt Tense, Indicivtive Mood.

• Yo temo
• Nosotros (m.) temenos
• Nosotras (f.) temenos
• Tú temes
• Vosotros (m.) teméis
• Vosotras (f.) teméis
• Él teme
• Ellos (m.) temen
• Ella teme
• Ellas (f.) temen
• V. teme
• Vs. temen

Partir (to depart, to set out)

• Present Part. Partiendo.
• Past Part. Partido.
• Present Tense, Indic. Mood.

• Yo parto
• Nosotros (m.) partimos
• Nosotras (f.) partimos
• Tú partes
• Vosotros (m.) partís
• Vosotras (f.) partís
• Él parte
• Ellos (m.) parten
• Ella parte
• Ellas (f.) parten
• V. parte
• Vs. parten

Hispanic regular verb game – word search

When to use articles in Spanish

Think about the English grammar rules on articles and they are basically the same in the Hispanic language.

You do not use articles in Spanish when you are speaking about something very generally.  Like ‘I eat Mexican tacos’ translated in Spanish to (Puedo comer tacos mexicanos.)  Note thin this sentence there is no Spanish article because you are talking in general.

Also notice that plurals often to not take articles in Spanish, but it depends how use speak about the noun.

Here is an example of when you do use the definite article in Spanish.  The Mexican taco on the table. El taco de México sobre la mesa. Use the definite article ‘el’ in Spanish because it is a real concrete taco that we both can see and eat.

She is a Spanish girl. – Ella es una chica española. Uses the indefinite article ‘una’ because she is a Spanish girl in general, rather then a specific girl.

Compare the above with this  – ‘The Spanish girl in my room.’ – La niña española en mi cuarto. See how the more concrete or definite nouns take ‘the’ instead of ‘a’?  These Spanish rules of grammar are similar to English rules regarding articles.

These are the Spanish definite articles.

What are the definite in Spanish

The definite noun Articles in the Spanish language are
El and La. What is a definite article?  For people who do not study linguistics, a definite article is like in English ‘the’.  That is it used for a concrete nouns.  Something that is known to the speaker for being famous or was mentioned before.

El is used before a masculine singular noun.
La  is used before a feminine singular noun.

What about neuter nouns in Spanish? Unlike many European languages there are no
neuter nouns in the Spanish language. This makes it easier.

Below are some examples of masculine and feminine singular nouns in Spaiish which take the definite articles:

El hombre (the man) – La mujer (the woman)
El recibo (the receipt) – La cuenta (the account)
El libro (the book) – La pluma (the pen)
Note that in Spanish a feminine ending is the letter ‘a’ while a masculine ending is ‘e’ or ‘o’. Generally masculine nouns are more common but this is a huge generalization.

Los is used before a masculine plural noun.
Las is used before a feminine  plural noun.

Here are some examples below of  Spanish definite articles in the plural.

Los muchachos (the boys) – Las señoras (the ladies)
Los géneros (the goods) – Las facturas (the invoices)
Los lápices (the pencils) – Las cartas (the letters).

Notice the Spanish endings of the nouns in the plural for masculine nouns ‘os’.
The feminine endings for nouns have a ‘as’ ending.

What about the neuter definite article in Spanish I have herd about? You said there is no neuter form? Well here is what there is  – there is kind of a “neuter form” which is Lo. It
its not used before a noun but rather it us used before other parts of speech for an abstract idea, as Yo amo lo bello (I love the beautiful,
viz., all that which is beautiful), Lo sublime (the sublime, viz., all
that which is sublime).

Un and Una are the Spanish indefinite articles.

The Indefinite Article in Spanish

Un is used before a masculine singular noun.
Una is used before a feminine singular noun.

Here are some simple examples of this grammar of the indefinite  articles in the Hispanic language.

Un amigo (a friend) – Una amiga (a lady – friend)
Un padre (a father) – Una madre (a mother)

The indefinite article is just like it sounds like.  It is used when we refer to something that is not known or has not been mentioned.  This is similar to English.  Think about when you us the word ‘a’ – you use it when you are speaking about something which the listener has not herd before or is used in general.

The Indefinite Article has no plural, but the Spanish plural forms
“unos” (masc.) and “unas” (fem.) translate the English words “some” or
“any,” as Unos hermanos (some brothers), Unas hermanas (some sisters),
Unos tinteros (some inkstands), Unas mesas (some tables). (The Spanish
words “Algunos,” “Algunas,” are also used for the same purpose.)

Let me know what you think about my treatment of Spanish grammar and its organization.  If you have any ideas on how it could be presented clearer let me know.  Or if you have any other suggestions on Spanish articles and their presentation here.

Really all the vegetables that come from the Latin world like Tomatoes, peppers and tomatoes were not in Europe until Columbus.  Many European countries consider them their own. However, it is not true, this were Native American and then Hispanic vegetables.

Types of Hispanic vegetables

Other Hispanic vegetables include:

• yucca
• chayhotes
• squash
• chiles
• quelites
• nopales
• jicama
• tender cactus
• tomatillos
• peas
• hearts of palm
• artichokes
• Olives
• asparagus
• Jalapeno
• Poblano

The Spanish world is also home of green salad, because it is sunny and easy to grow.

Artichokes are considered Hispanic vegetables

La Preferida and Goya are two large Hispanic vegetable companies also Vigos and Kuners.  I would love to buy stock in Goya but it is a private company.

I have a cooking blog also and today I wrote about Mexican porgies believe it or not. I am into trying to take Spanish food and vegetables and mixing it with other cuisines.  I have not gotten any complaints.  I think like to try exotic things.  Anything from Latin America is considered spicy and exotic in my mind.

Corn and beans as the Hispanic vegetable

I do not know if these are really vegetables or simply proteins but  Corn is high in the Amino acid Arginine  beans have Lysine they balance each other out and make a complete protein.

From this you can make almost anything, including pastes or main dishes.

Food from Spain in Europe

Since I’m living in Europe, and the winters are quite cold here we get most of our winter vegetables from Spain.  Spain has a longer growing season than where I am and eastern Europe.  In the early spring we get Spanish vegetables that are only available in the summer.

The problem and is vegetables from Spain are relatively expensive if they are exotic.  However the ordinary ones such as tomatoes and potatoes are relatively cheap.  The big competitor to Spanish fashion bowls in Europe is a delay.

Italian fashion polls have a different taste because of the volcanic soil.  The vegetables grown in central Spain around Madrid on the other hand have the more exotic nature.

Why I do not eat Mexican vegetables

When you’re talking about Hispanic vegetables in America you’re really talking about vegetables from Mexico and Peurto Rico.  The problem is I have greater trust in Spanish agriculture than I do in Mexican farming.  Not that there’s anything wrong with Mexico, rather a large American food companies get their hands in the corporate farming in Mexico and I question the level of pesticides and chemicals they use in the food.  In contrast in Spain I think it’s more natural as the EU has tighter regulations on produce.

If anyone has any more information to convey about Hispanic vegetables please let me know, I want to build this post up a little more.