La GUERRA por el Origen de la TORTILLA de Patatas: LA VERDAD

Do you really know where the Spanish omelet (tortilla de patatas) comes from? People from Extremadura, Navarre, and even a Carlist general have been arguing over its origin for centuries… but historical documents tell a different story. Let's find out! 👩🏻‍💻 COLLABORATIONS 🚀 [email protected] ✨ WEB: www.elenaserendipia.com 💛 SOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/elenaserendipia 📹 TWITCH   / smelserendipia   ⚡️ DISCORD   / discord   📚 MY BOOK "One of Calm and One of You: A Poetry Collection of Lights and Shadows" Hardcover and Kindle: https://amzn.to/3cHYMo7 🎶 Music / Video Credits 🎶 Villanueva de la Serena:    • Una placa recuerda que la tortilla de pata...   Villanueva de la Serena Monument:    • Se inaugura el monumento a la tortilla de ...   Arguiñano:    • Arguiñano y la tortilla de patata   🎬 Timestamps 🎬 📕👩🏻‍🏫 BIBLIOGRAPHY consulted 👩🏻‍🏫📕 Primary Sources Valcárcel, Joseph Antonio de (1767). General Agriculture and Management of the Country House, Volume III. Valencia. — First written reference to potato "tortillas" in Spain. Document from Villanueva de la Serena (February 27, 1798). Included in: Weekly Journal of Agriculture and Arts addressed to Parish Priests. — Attributes the first proto-tortilla recipe to Joseph de Tena Godoy y Malfeyto and the Marquis of Robledo. — Memorial de Ratonera (1817). Archive of the Courts of Navarre, Pamplona. — Describes the potato omelet as a common food of Navarrese farmers. Studied by José María Iribarren in: "The eating, clothing, and life of the Navarrese of 1817, through a 'memorial de ratonera'," Revista Príncipe de Viana, no. 65, 1956, pp. 473–486. Academic research and reference books — López Linage, Javier (2008). The Potato in Spain. History and Agroecology of the Andean Tuber. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food / CSIC (Center for Human and Social Sciences). Madrid. — CSIC research that locates the first document mentioning a potato omelet in Villanueva de la Serena, 1798. López Linage, Javier (research based on the book): Villanueva de la Serena, birthplace of the potato omelet (1798). Presented in Villanueva de la Serena, June 7, 2018. Supplementary text by Dionisio Martín and Víctor Guerrero. Iribarren, José María (1956). "Eating, clothing, and life among the Navarrese of 1817, through a 'mousetrap memoir'." Príncipe de Viana Journal, Príncipe de Viana Institution, Pamplona, ​​vol. 17, no. 65, pp. 473–486. Martín Mazas, Eduardo (2008). Teodoro Bardají Mas: the precursor of modern cuisine in Spain. Ed. Martín. ISBN 978-84-612-3730-2. Specialized Journalistic Sources Vega Pérez de Arlucea, Ana ("Biscayenne") — Journalist and gastronomic researcher. National Gastronomy Award for Journalistic Work (2018). Documentalist at the National Library of Spain. Her research on the first reference in 1767 has been published in El Comidista (El País) and El Correo Vasco (Vocento Group). Infobae Spain (June 26, 2024). "It's a historic dish of Spanish gastronomy, but what is the true origin of the potato omelet?" — Summary of the different theories and their current status. Badajoz Noticias (February 4, 2026). "Villanueva provided the eggs and the potatoes, others took the credit" — Updated report on the Extremadura theory. Historical Context (Potatoes in Europe) Cieza de León, Pedro de (16th century). Chronicle of Peru — First description of the potato by a Spaniard. University of Salamanca — Alumni (2025). "The New World: Foods of the Round Trip" — Historical context on the introduction of the tuber to Europe (1570, Seville).