On 2016-02-13 21:14:56 +0000, Janet B said:

> 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.

"Spanish rice, red rice or arroz rojo is a Mexican side dish made from
white rice, tomatoes, garlic, onions, and other ingredients". I think
in Spain they call their rice "rice".

I like adding a tablespoon of Goya Sofrito "tomato cooking base" to the
rice in our rice-maker. It has the tomatoes, garlic, onions and other
ingredients".

I live in one of the largest Mexican-American enclaves in the US. It
is not unusual--nor the norm--to get rice that includes, among other
light flavorings a few very small pieces of pork.

> 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.

Certainly not, when making pilaf at home it frequently works as like a
"left-overs" portal, particularly for vegetables steamed or grilled
earlier in the week. We almost always have it on falafal night.