Where do you draw the (paella) line?

[GMC]

A paella must have:

Meat: always chicken and traditionally also rabbit.

Traditional garden products: Garrofón (large beans), tabella (small beans), Batxoqueta (flat beans)

Round rice, preferably with a designation of origin such as Bomba, Sendra or Calasparra, but if not, at least round rice.

Tomato, saffron and paprika

That's the essential thing

Then there are variations. Some add a few cloves of garlic and rosemary, others add snails, others add sausages, etc., but the essential thing is that.

[Vox Clara]

I've actually never made paella in my life. I was just stirring the pot.

[Jayne]

I've actually never made paella in my life. I was just stirring the pot.

You could make paella if you wanted to.  You already know how to stir a pot and that's the main skill involved.