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Spanish for commitment issues, served on a plate.
means Small Spanish savory dishes or snacks, often shared and eaten alongside drinks rather than as one big committed meal.
from From Spanish tapa, meaning 'lid' or 'cover.' The popular story is that innkeepers would top a glass of wine or sherry with a slice of bread or ham to keep flies out, and the snack-as-lid habit grew into a whole culinary tradition of small plates served before or instead of dinner.
- origin
- tapa means lid, once covered sherry glasses
- bar logic
- small plates mean ordering without regret
- social design
- built for sharing, arguing, and stealing the last bite
- myth
- not invented to survive drinking, just helps a lot