#1  
Old September 08, 2008, 03:13 AM
DailyWord DailyWord is offline
Daily Word Posting Robot
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Cyberspace
Posts: 578
DailyWord is on a distinguished road
Arroz

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for September 8, 2008

arroz - masculine noun (el) - rice. Look up arroz in the dictionary

El arroz es un alimento básico para gran parte del mundo.
Rice is a staple food for much of the world.
__________________
Subscribe to the Daily Spanish Word here.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old September 08, 2008, 04:36 AM
ElDanés's Avatar
ElDanés ElDanés is offline
Pearl
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 318
ElDanés is on a distinguished road
This reminds me of risengrød (Danish rice pudding).
__________________
¡Correcciones son muy bienvenidas!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old September 08, 2008, 04:46 AM
Jane's Avatar
Jane Jane is offline
Emerald
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Spain
Posts: 727
Native Language: English
Jane will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by ElDanés View Post
This reminds me of risengrød (Danish rice pudding).
Very nice, ElDanés!
And since I haven´t had breakfast, this will do quite nicely for brunch!
Rice happens to be one of my favourites.
__________________
Life´s Beautiful !
It gets even better!!!
Jane.
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old September 08, 2008, 04:50 AM
Jane's Avatar
Jane Jane is offline
Emerald
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Spain
Posts: 727
Native Language: English
Jane will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by ElDanés View Post
This reminds me of risengrød (Danish rice pudding).



And the spanish morcilla (de Burgos).
__________________
Life´s Beautiful !
It gets even better!!!
Jane.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old September 08, 2008, 05:16 AM
ElDanés's Avatar
ElDanés ElDanés is offline
Pearl
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 318
ElDanés is on a distinguished road
We have something alike here in Denmark (blodpølse; blood sausage). I haven't tasted it since I went to kindergarten.
__________________
¡Correcciones son muy bienvenidas!
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old September 08, 2008, 05:48 AM
poli's Avatar
poli poli is offline
rule 1: gravity
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In and around New York
Posts: 7,810
Native Language: English
poli will become famous soon enoughpoli will become famous soon enough
French people call this boudin. I learned the hard way
María José will probably back me up on this: the English call it blood pudding.
__________________
Me ayuda si corrige mis errores. Gracias.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old September 09, 2008, 09:40 AM
Tomisimo's Avatar
Tomisimo Tomisimo is offline
Davidísimo
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: North America
Posts: 5,664
Native Language: American English
Tomisimo will become famous soon enoughTomisimo will become famous soon enough
Quote:
Originally Posted by ElDanés View Post
This reminds me of risengrød (Danish rice pudding).
I wonder if that's at all like arroz con leche in Mexico
__________________
If you find something wrong with my Spanish, please correct it!
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old September 09, 2008, 09:50 AM
María José's Avatar
María José María José is offline
The Rebel Fairy
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Madrid
Posts: 1,765
Native Language: Spanish
María José is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jane View Post
And the spanish morcilla (de Burgos).
¡Qúe castiza te me estás volviendo!
__________________
"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old September 09, 2008, 09:51 AM
ElDanés's Avatar
ElDanés ElDanés is offline
Pearl
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 318
ElDanés is on a distinguished road
It could be, as risengrød contains a lot of milk.
__________________
¡Correcciones son muy bienvenidas!
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old September 09, 2008, 09:54 AM
María José's Avatar
María José María José is offline
The Rebel Fairy
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Madrid
Posts: 1,765
Native Language: Spanish
María José is on a distinguished road
Quote:
Originally Posted by poli View Post
French people call this boudin. I learned the hard way
María José will probably back me up on this: the English call it blood pudding.
Yeah. I have your back, Poli. Even if I haven't been around much lately. (I hope the joke is not so bad that nobody can understand it)
There's also the Scottish Haggis and another word for it in Britain is black pudding.
__________________
"When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
from Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
arroz, rice

 

Link to this thread
URL: 
HTML Link: 
BB Code: 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Site Rules


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 01:28 PM.

Forum powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

X