Why the Spanish are calling bull on M&S’s chorizo paella croquetas

As befits a nation that enjoys nothing better than a good raucous argument over some great food and drink, almost every town of any size in Spain has a food conference. open image in gallery M&S has caused uproar with their ‘culturally appropriated’ croquetas So, when foreigners like Marks and Spencer start selling paella and chorizo croquetas, Spanish people get upset. Even today, people still fight over what makes a “proper” paella – don’t even think of describing it as “rice with things in it”. A few years ago Spanish beer producer Estrella caused a national scandal when their summer advert showed beautiful people in the sun making a paella and frying onions to start with when a “real” paella doesn’t use onions. Perhaps we deserve this from you.” open image in gallery Pizarro showing his cooking expertise on ‘This Morning’ last year “It’s wrong – but the word paella is the problem here” Jose Pizarro gives his verdict on the M&S chorizo paella croquetas “The first reaction from me was: wrong.