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Things taste better in Spain.

Normally, I do not like brussels sprouts. But at lunch one day they served brussel sprouts, and I tried them. They tasted like little clumps of spinach – I wouldn’t choose them over other items, but they were not bad. Definitely better than my memories of them from when I was a child.

Normally, I dislike olives, especially on pizza. Their putrid flavor overwhelms everything else in that bite of food. But at every dinner, the appetizer-type plate included olives. I tried one and it was not as strong or nasty-tasting as the olives one finds in the USA. I had another one the next night, but again would not choose them over other items.

Here in the USA, we normally expect Mexican food to be spicier than the typical American food, whatever American food may be. Spanish food did not have much spice to it. It was good, but not spicy.

Most of the items would seem normal to an American. The most interesting item I saw on a menu was black rice. “How do they make the rice black?” you may be wondering. They color it with squid ink.