Just came back from a BBQ and couldn´t help to share the great comments I got to the Portuguese food today :)
As usual, this was a multicultural gathering with people from different countries, including a Brazilian couple I had the chance to meet for the first time. It was great to speak in Portuguese for a change and, of course, to talk about food!
Normally I´m the one who brings up the food subject - yes, I keep trying to "sell" the Portuguese food as one of a kind! Not this time though. This Brazilian couple has been to Portugal and is so passionate about the Portuguese food and the country that as soon as we met they immediately started to talk about how much they loved visiting Portugal and trying all our delicacies.
From the very traditional codfish to the feijoada or the egg tart, they expressed such feelings towards the Portuguese delights and a great pride in its Portuguese roots that my homesick Portuguese heart started to beat faster! Among the several episodes they told, there´s this one wherein the girl even dropped happy tears while in a restaurant in Coimbra (north of Lisbon) just because she was enjoying the food so much!
I keep saying that Portugal is an amazing country to visit and to have a great gastronomic experience. Only good memories can come from there, I promise!
In this conversation I learned that many of the Portuguese traditional dishes are also traditional in Brazil, the codfish for example. I didn´t know any other country besides Portugal where this fish is consumed dried and salty, but apparently that´s exactly the way the Brazilian also have it. And I had no idea of this...
Like my new friends said: "We inherited the best things from the Portuguese!"
Thank you, thank you!
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