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English translation: creamy rice / brothy rice

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Spanish term or phrase:	arroz meloso/arroz caldoso
English translation:	creamy rice / brothy rice
Entered by:	peter jackson

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07:40 Nov 17, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: arroz meloso/arroz caldoso

I am translating a GIGANTIC list of restaurants and their specialities and these terms come up a fair few times, as you can imagine:

Arroz Meloso de Carabineros
Arroz caldoso con bogavante
arroz caldoso con pollo y caracoles
arroz meloso con manitas etc

I need to be clear on this as I can't get in touch with every restaurant (at least 100!). In other translations I have used rice stew for caldoso and creamy rice for meloso but have also seen rice soup for caldoso which fits obviously with caldo. Can anyone help me settle on this?

peter jackson KudoZ activity Questions: 198 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 77 Spain
Local time: 20:14

creamy rice / brothy rice

Explanation:
What I usually use :)

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Note added at 33 mins (2011-11-17 08:14:10 GMT)
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or "Rice broth"

As arroz caldoso doesn´t exist in the UK I think you can go for either rice broth/brothy rice, rice soup/soupy rice, or rice stew - anything that provides a close description of its texture.

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Suquet de l'Almirall Review | Barcelona | Fodor's Restaurant Reviews
https://www.fodors.com/world/europe/spain/.../review-165033....
caldoso de bogavante, an abundantly **brothy rice** dish with lobster, this is one of Barceloneta's best.[] ..."/> caldoso de bogavante, an abundantly brothy ...
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Selected response from:

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 20:14

Grading comment

Thanks, Lisa.
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creamy rice / brothy rice

Lisa McCarthy

rice stew/rice broth

Karen Vincent-Jones

risotto

freddipoo

Discussion entries: 2

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peer agreement (net): +8

creamy rice / brothy rice

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 20:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 128

Grading comment

Thanks, Lisa.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Rick Larg: For creamy rice: see UK chef in Palma Marc Fosh - http://www.tascadeblanquerna.com/download/menu_en.pdf 658 Google hits for "brothy rice". Can't all be wrong (?)

23 mins

-> Thanks, Rick :)

agree

Jenni Lukac: "Brothy rice" has a nice ring to it, but rice broth might be a bit more understandable.

1 hr

-> Cheers, Jenni :)

agree

Charles Davis: Nice solutions, Lisa

1 hr

-> Thanks, Charles :)

agree

Helena Chavarria: You could always say "brothy rice/juicy rice". The latter gives nearly 29,000,000 hits and I associate cream with milk.

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Nodi :)

agree

Mercedes Marta Moreno: Or "soupy rice"

4 hrs

-> Thanks, Mercedes :)

agree

evelyn beltrán

6 hrs

-> Thanks, Evelyn :)

agree

Linda Grabner: I vote for "soupy" on the caldoso. Creamy makes the most sense for meloso

7 hrs

-> Thanks, Linda .)

neutral

Karen Vincent-Jones: I have never seen 'brothy rice' on a menu

10 hrs

-> Hi Karen, I'm sure there are hundreds of things you've never seen on a menu, they're constantly changing and becoming more and more creative. :)

agree

Isamar: I use 'soupy' for 'caldoso' too and would go for 'creamy' as it does describe the texture of 'arroz meloso'.

1 day7 hrs

8 hrs confidence:

risotto

Explanation:
risotto is, in Spain and Itally a wettish rice dish

freddipoo
Local time: 20:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

10 hrs confidence:

rice stew/rice broth

Explanation:
I think the difference lies in the testure, with 'meloso' being thicker and creamier than 'caldoso', which can also mean, pejoratively, 'watery'.

Reference: http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,chicken_rice_stew,FF.h...
Reference: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/great-recipes.asp?food=rice+b...

Karen Vincent-Jones
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:14
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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