nostr:npub1x30k2xhq8djtlfd50dm3qlul2z57440zcpsntjsyud66hnumu2hstsupec Spanish rice uses saffron. Mexican rice uses chili powder and cumin. 

They’re not the same recipe. They are defined by their national flavour profiles. 

To say the Mexican rice is Spanish and that they’re interchangeable is ignorant in more than one way. 

Food is political in every way anyhow. Tariffs, lobbyists.