To think vegetable paella in Spain is probably made with chicken stock?

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On holiday and want to try the paella but I am pretty sure it's made with chicken stock? And is listed as vegetarian because it has no meat, whereas in the UK obviously the rules are strict and if labelled vegetarian it has to contain only vegetarian ingrediants

Anyone have any idea??

Of course I tried to ask them language barrier as in a very Spanish area not a tourist area.

Thanks in advance

If you're unsure, and you don't want to eat animal products, don't eat it. We can't tell you what's in it

Surely it can be made differently every restaurant you go to? So unless you can ask them in Spanish then I wouldn't risk it.

Up to you if you want to risk it. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Depends how hungry you are.

"Está hecho con caldo de pollo?" (Es-tah ech-oh con Cal-doh de poh-yo) is what you need to ask.

Also "lleva pollo, pescado o mariscos?" (yeah-bah poh-yo, pes-cow, o mah-riss-coss) means does it contain chicken, fish or seafood.

A vegetarian salad that DD had in Majorca contained ham, so I wouldn't be too hopeful.

Oh gosh no, you can’t trust those foreigners, they simply don’t have the god damn marvellous standards of the UK

If you went into a restaurant in the UK and something was labelled "vegetable" that doesn't mean "vegetarian" anyway does it?

if it helps, the paella stockpots we bought in a supermarket were based on fish stock & herbs (and were awful) & we kept having to check whether chicken or fish stock was used in restaurants due to allergies.

I don't think it would be 'normal' for the Spanish to use vegetable stock, unless maybe you were in a specific vegan or veggie restaurant.

Oh gosh no, you can’t trust those foreigners, they simply don’t have the god damn marvellous standards of the UK hmm

What a silly comment. Vegetarianism is far less prevalent in Spain than the U.K. so cafes and restaurants are far less used to accommodating or providing for them. The vegetable paella probably has chicken stock if that's what is easiest and/or cheapest for the cafe.

As DrSpouse says, vegetable doesn't mean vegetarian.

In Spain, the adjective vegetal is used to describe sandwiches and other dishes that contain vegetables. A vegetal sandwich for example will contain plenty of salad in addition to a filling such as ham or tuna.

Vegetariano/a means vegetarian. As it's so unusual here, especially outside tourist areas, it's worth checking that the dish doesn't contain meat, fish or products like non vegetarian stock/fat.