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As paella is the signature dish of Valencia, El Guapo has been hunting for a good recipe to try. One that he found features this introduction:

“If you want an easy-to-do simple paella recipe, just knock on us…. This is the easier paella recipe you can find anywhere!”

I think we have a pretty good idea of what the writer was trying to convey there–and I’m tempted to adopt the expression myself. It’s also true that a good paella recipe would make up for a multitude of translation missteps.

It’s hard for me to tell, though, whether this particular candidate is a good paella recipe. I also wonder if a paella we made when following it would result in something the creator could recognize. I’ve heard of all the things on the ingredient list, but can I assume that “5 bowls of fish broth” means 5 cups? What if…