"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:14:33 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>>>I was curious, so . . .
>>>
>>> According the Wikipedia, Spanish Rice is unknown in Spain. In the US,
>>> the dish is referred to interchangeably as Mexican Rice or Spanish
>>> Rice.
>>>
>>> According to Martha Stewart, it is a 'pilaf-style' dish. Meaning that
>>> the rice is browned/coated in a hot fat before the liquid is added.
>>>
>>> I found no indications that Mexican Rice ever contains meat.
>>> Mexican Rice/Spanish Rice recipes are all pretty much the same,
>>> although some indicate that the inclusion of small bits of carrot are
>>> traditional.
>>>
>>> Marcella Valladolid, a Mexican, (Food Network) offers her Mexican Rice
>>> recipe.
>>> Marcella's Recipe
>>> http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/m...no-recipe.html
>>> or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/j24zqwg
>>>
>>> Janet US
>>
>>I agree on the meat part. When I make Mexican rice, there is no meat.
>>When
>>I make Spanish, it is the meal, although there might be an additional
>>vegetable or salad on the side. I disagree on the pilaf part.
>
> You're not listening.
> Spanish rice and Mexican rice are the same thing. (BTW, the slash mark
> -/-, is used in writing so the writer does not need to take a position
> on a naming controversy) The rice dish is named either way depending
> on where you live.
> Pilaf is a cooking method where the rice is in hot fat of some sort
> before the liquid is added.
> You can call what you make anything you want but that doesn't change
> what it really is. You are making a Mexican-themed hotdish.
> Pilaf is not limited to a some rice, broth and onions.
> Janet US

According to Wikipedia, it is *not* cooked in hot fat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilaf

Hmmm... Dunno. Was looking up recipes and so far they say to brown the
rice. My mom never browned hers. But I also never liked hers. It was
nothing but a mushy mess. So I never sought out anything with the name
pilaf in it because I didn't think it would appeal. I do remember getting
some in a fancy restaurant and not liking it. They served it with a little
metal cup over it so when the cup was pulled off, it took the shape of the
cup. Just seemed like white rice to me but they had added something. Can't
remember now what it was. Maybe nuts. Didn't have much flavor.

But when I make Mexican or Spanish rice, there is no broth. Only tomato.