¿Hay dos tipos de gazpacho?

Question

¡Hola amigos!

Tengo una pregunta para los expertos en la comida española...

Antes, estábamos en un restaurante en Barcelona, y pedí 'gazpacho'.

Pero cuando llegó a la mesa... no era sopa sino lechuga y carne cruda o jamón (no sé exactmente). Me gustaba mucho pero mi novio no pudo comerle...

¡No entendí! ¡Y todavía no entiendo!

¿Es 'gazpacho' en general sopa fría o solo 'gazpacho andaluz'?

¡Gracias, como siempre, por vuestra ayuda!

por favor, corregid mi español :) - kirstenalexander, Jul 25, 2010

Answer 1

I did a quick search on Google and Wikipedia, and came up with this interesting article, which shows that clearly there is more than one way to understand "gazpacho".

However, I couldn't find anything like what you were served as being "gazpacho". We'll have to see if someone else knows of that variation... Oh wait! Are you sure your waiter didn't understand "carpaccio"?

This is "carpaccio", something entirely different...

THAT'S IT! GO GEKKOSAN! My boyfriend says I speak too low when ordering and I am even worse when (trying to) speak Spanish! Mystery solved! Muchas gracias gekkosan :) - kirstenalexander, Jul 25, 2010

Heh-heh.. I was really lost, and about to give up, when I was hit by inspiration. I knew that what you described sounded like something else... :-) So next time, **Speak Louder Girl**!! Be proud!! Make mistakes loudly and happily! - Gekkosan, Jul 25, 2010

By the way, you can have several different types of carpaccio, usually with raw meats: beef or fish. Now you know something else you like! - Gekkosan, Jul 25, 2010

I just looked it up - it was so funny earlier though because my boyfriend had never had proper Spanish food and I was all like 'try gazpacho - it's so good!' And then this plate of raw meat came out and he nearly got sick! I couldn't stop laughing! - kirstenalexander, Jul 25, 2010

Well.. if he doesn't like raw food very much, he may not be all that keen on gazpacho either, anyway! There's plenty of good, hearty food for the manly carnivore,in Spain! :-D - Gekkosan, Jul 25, 2010

Answer 2

gazpacho andaluz

Ah Qfreed - I know what gazpacho andaluz is! I thought I was ordering it! I just don't understand why I didn't get it though! :) - kirstenalexander, Jul 25, 2010

No idea. Even white gazpacho is a cold soup. Found no recipes that weren't soups. Maybe it was just an error in the order. - 0074b507, Jul 25, 2010

yup - a big error! 'Carpaccio' not 'gazpacho'! Thanks for your help though!:) - kirstenalexander, Jul 25, 2010

Answer 3

In the dictionary on the site, it describes gazpacho as the way you thought it was- the Andalusian type. I also looked at a few sites regarding gazpacho and how to make it and they all say cut up tomato, cucumber, etc. None of the sites said lettuce and raw meat. Perhaps they messed up on your order?

It seems my Spaniish pronunciation is so bad that they heard 'carpaccio' not 'gazpacho' je je je. This is definitely worthy of the dunce corner me thinks! :) - kirstenalexander, Jul 25, 2010