Do the people is Spain eat tortilla chips with dips?

Question

I need to know if they have that there or if its just Mexican. If they do, is there any difference? Do they prepare them in different ways?

Answer 1

No, that's not even a Mexican dish. That was something created here in USA to make something out of the old tortillas left over. In Mexico, they don't eat that dish such as "chips and dip." Let alone Spain. Spaniards eat a lots of bread, cheese, olives, pimentos, etc. No tortillas as we know. Tortillas in Spain are the equal to omelets here.

Answer 2

Yes... Although mexican food was not well known in Spain until a few years ago, mexican and spanish cooking have very little in common (other than the spanish language that is used in both countries, for example a tortilla in Mexico is a flat bread, in Spain it's an omelette! And a mexican style tortilla is called an AREPA in South America)
You can now find tortilla chips and mexican style dips (salsa, cheese & jalapeño, or guacamole) in most large supermarkets (such as Carrefour, Eroski & Alcampo) in Spain. (And the young people love to snack on 'em). The dips are a recent addition, they have come into fashion in the last four or five years...But the fritos and doritos (corn tortilla chips) have been around for many moons...And you can also get the wholo Gama of "Old El Paso" tex-mex kits. Besides that Spain now has a company that produces fantastic tortillas, both flour and corn.
Thirty five years ago we didn't even have plain ordinary canned sweetcorn! But now we can find most foods no matter what origin...From mexican to middle eastern, from danish to argentinian. There are few true mexican restaurants in Spain, and the mexican type tortilla is not used here as a bread, it's easier, and more common, to find middle-eastern Pitta bread. In Spain the bread is excellent and quite varied, everything from the french style baguette to the german dark breads (rye or wholewheat). Spanish are big bread eaters
There was a far eastern promotion in our local Corte Ingles store recently, and they had all kinds of foods imported from Thailand and Indonesia! Their supermarket section of mexican, tex-mex, arabic, and far eastern foods is a treat And there is a great kosher section also... Something for everyone!
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Answer 3

It's actually an Americanized Mexican thing. They do not eat tortilla chips in Spain at all.

Answer 4

Spanish Dips For Chips

Answer 5

Tortilla in Mexico is a flat round "bread" made of maize, cooked on a round or square grill and eaten by itself or rolled over with sundry items in which case is called a "taco".

Tortilla in Spain is a dish made with potatoes, onions and eggs. Fried on a skillet and served as a snak or main dish.

Tortilla chips are Mexican (or from the US Southwest) and are pieces of cooked tortilla that is cut or broken into pieces and toasted until crispy. In Mexico they are called "totopos" and are served with Guacamole (pureed avocado) or with refried beans. In the US, they were used to create "nachos".

I'm Mexican, by the way.

Answer 6

Yes. Or with butter, olive oil or jelly. Sometimes when watching Blazing Saddles I'll make some bake beans and have them with plain tortillas and join in when the campfire scene comes on.

Answer 7

My understanding is that chips with dips is a Mexican thing, if that, whereas in Spain they do tapas, "covers," so named for the old practice of putting something to eat over the container of something to drink, covering it. These are bread-based sort of crackers with toppings.

Answer 8

In my visit to Spain, I never saw any tortillas. I think it is Mexican or Southwestern USA.

Answer 9

No. They don't. They also don't eat tacos.