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Had a Spanish night last weekend. I never thought cooking can be quite a social event. It actually takes about 5 hours to cook paella. I guess it wouldn't take so long if it's seafood because instead of the usual seafood, we had chicken and rabbit meat. After preparing all the ingredients, chopped and washed, and waiting for the meat to cook, we started to make Sangria. Earlier during shopping, we came across wines in big 1.5L bottles, so we bought a couple of those for the Sangria. Jose also brought Jamon (Spanish ham) from his hometown. I've never seen ham like that before and it tastes really good! They say huge blocks of meat are hung on top of tapas bars in Spain; very interesting. And so we chat, drink and eat tapas while we wait for the food to cook. As the sun set, more and more friends came and more Sangria and tapas were served. Finally at 9pm, the main course was served and the wait was very worthwhile :D