Although flans originated with the Ancient Romans, they are mentioned in Latin poetry dated 530-609AD and were used in medieval cookery. Flan is also popular in Britain and Spain and the word also refers to egg custard. Although the original flan was closely related to egg custard, it was somewhat different in the Ancient Roman times.
It means flan that has milk with it.
The Spanish owned the Philippines as part of their empire. The Philippines was governed from what is now Mexico, since Spain and Philippines are too far apart. Since Spain owned the Philippines for some 300 years, Spanish culture and influence has made a very big impact on Philippine culture. In Luzon, you'll see Mexican-style churches at every square. The Filipino language, also has countless amounts of cognates with Spanish. The days of the week, conjunctions, and time-telling is done in Spanish, even though it isn't the official language of the Philippines anymor. The cuisine of the Philippines also bears Spanish influence, such as lechon, crispy patta, flan and empanada. Which are as popular and "national" in the Philippines as they would be in Spain, Mexico or Puerto Rico.
Flan comes from ancient Rome. The Romans had many eggs and used the Greek's cooking skills to develope a recipe. Together they developed a custardly concoction known as a Flan. Flan started out not very sweet, but sometimes with honey. In Spain in became a sweet custard made with caramelized sugar. It was mostly made with milk, eggs, and sugar. When Christopher Columbus found America flan was brought about. Almost all of central and south America fell in love with the flan and the different types of custard forms. In Mexico flan also became popular for dessert to poor and rich people alike.
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To say 'I want to eat flan' in Spanish, you would say 'Yo quiero comer flan.'
flan crema volteada
Hell no. Flan is an ENglish or Spanish tart or pie
No. Flan was "invented" by the Spanish as an adaptation of the French crème caramel.
Yes, it is a traditional Spanish dessert
flan turron
natillas; flan
Flan. It is exactly the same word in both English and Spanish, just like "taco" and "tortilla" are the same in both languages.
Football was invented in England, however it's the national and historic sport of the Spanish / Latin American / Spanish-speaking countries. How is baseball or nfl Gridiron related to the American culture??
Spanish Flan de Leche Acarmelado is pretty simple, made with sugar, salt, milk, vanilla, and eggs.
Since flan is a Spanish word, if correctly pronounced, it rhymes with John. But many English speaking people pronounce it to rhyme with Ann.
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