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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Samothdm" data-source="post: 909538" data-attributes="member: 5473">Origin of TapasI always thought the origin of Spanish tapas was interesting.  The word comes from the verb tapar ("to cover").  Bartenders/inn-keepers used to place a piece of bread or cured ham on top of a glass of wine or sherry to keep road-dust and other things out of the glass.  And, <a href="http://www.snopes.com" target="_blank">www.snopes.com</a> is a great site for confirming whether or not rumours like these are true.  Every time I get one of those "Hey, my friend knows a guy who woke up in a bathtub full of ice with his kidney removed!" e-mails, I always direct them to Snopes.  Of course, they're always bitter afterwards to find out that the stories they're peddling have been around in some form or another for the past 20 years or more.</blockquote>