Interesting facts about Gran Canaria
Tapas: culinary little things
| Queso Majorero: | goat cheese |
| Olives: | Olives |
| Garlic bread: | garlic bread |
| Wrinkled potatoes: | Jacket potatoes boiled in sea water |
| Spanish tortilla: | Potato omelette |
| Pimientos de Padrón: | Peppers (not spicy) |
Soups: Soups
| Sopa de pescado / de ajo: | Fish soup / garlic soup |
| Potaje canario: | thick vegetable soup |
| Seafood: | Seafood |
| Almejas: | cockles |
| calamares: | Octopus |
| Prawns: | shrimp |
| with mojo picon: | with spicy garlic sauce |
| ajillo: | in garlic oil |
Fish: Fish
| Vieja: | Carp species |
| Hake: | hake |
| Tuna: | Tuna |
| croaker: | Red mullet |
| mero: | halibut |
| Mackerel: | mackerel |
| Cabilla: | Goat bass |
| Zarzuela de Pescado: | different types of fish in wine sauce |
Meat: Meat
| Goat: | Goat |
| Goatling: | kid |
| Pig: | Pig |
| Rabbit: | Rabbits |
| Mutton: | Lamb |
| Veal: | calf |
Drinks: Drinks
| Water: | Water |
| con / sin gas: | sparkling / non-sparkling |
| Beer: | Beer |
| Vino tinto / rosado: | Red wine / rosé wine |
| semi-seco / seco: | semi-dry / dry |
| Café solo / con leche: | Espresso / milk coffee |
| Chopped up: | Espresso with milk |
| Dessert: | dessert |
| Custard: | Caramel pudding |
| Fresas con nata: | strawberries with cream |
