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the food list

as always when we go back home, we had a long list of things we’d been craving all year. this year version of the list, scribbled on a notebook page during our long london layover, was promptly snatched by my mom upon arrival. she planned, plotted and delivered what she could cook – the rest was consumed in various cafés and small restaurants here and there. kilos were gained and we left today with a happy belly and more cholesterol that we can afford… it went a bit like this (click images for bigger):

meiadeleite

croissants

salame de chocolate

bola de berlim

jesuítas

broas de mel

pastéis de nata

bola de carne caseira

doce de tomate da mãe

alheira

bifes com cogumelos

bacalhau

francesinha!!

leite creme

pão

bolo rei de chocolate

sonhos

pataniscas de bacalhau

bacalhau à brás

croissants

ucal & croissants

medronhos

pão de ul & regueifa

limiano & marmelada

yes, we have a slight obsession with portuguese croissants (booo to puff pastry croissants!), traditional pastries and bread. and codfish. i suppose there’s no food like the food you grew up with, eh? what does your mom cook when you go home? :)

foooood in portugal just life

consoada

consoada, the family dinner on christmas eve, is the epitome of christmas celebrations in portugal. families get together and a ton of food, homemade wine and sweets are consumed. there’s nothing fancy about it: everybody brings something and we share it all. and then, when people are nearing sugar coma, santa claus descends upon us and distributes the presents. because the family is quite big and loves to give cleverly disguised gag gifts, the process takes hours… plus for the first time in a really long time, there’s a baby in the family again – his name is martim, and he loves to help people tear the wrapping paper off their presents! :)

it never gets old! :)

Post author By ana
Post date January 7, 2011
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foooood in slovenia

‘shrooms!

autumn is my favourite season. it’s cold, but not freezing, the leaves turn to gorgeous colors… but the best part is the food! there’s persimmons, roasted chestnuts, apples, hot chocolate, gluhwein here and there… and mushrooms!

portugal isn’t a very “mushroomy” country, and it was only when i left home that i started to realise there was more to mushrooms than the yellow-mushy-canned variety. since then we’ve been in a path to enlightenment, slowly discovering different varieties and flavours.

and then we came to slovenia and we were blown away. due to a perfect combination of forests, humidity and sun, this country is mushroom paradise! mushroom picking is something everybody seems to know about: which ones to pick, how to pick them, how to cook… it’s a national hobbie! it’s so popular that there’s a law forbidding any person to pick more than 2kg in a day!

on a recent hike with the ics club, we’ve learnt a couple of things about this art. first, everything red is a big no-no, potentially deadly, and there are a few deaths per year caused by ingestion of poisoning mushrooms. and when picking mushrooms you should never pull them up from the roots, instead cutting with a blade to preserve the crop.

here’s a sample of what we saw on that hike:

+10 points for slovenia! :D

Post author By ana
Post date November 3, 2010
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foooood

lighter banana muffins

i think these were the best muffins we’ve done in a long time. they’re fluffy, moist… and they have banana, which is always a big plus in my book :)

for 8 small muffins, you’ll need:
– 1 egg, beaten
– 2 ripe bananas, mashed
– 1 cup flour
– 1/2 teaspoon of salt
– 1/4 cup of sugar
– 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

preheat the oven to 175C. lightly grease and dust 8 muffin cups.
in a medium bowl, combine eggs and bananas. in a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, sugar and baking soda. stir banana mixture into flour mixture. fold in broken walnuts if desired (we did, they were good).
pour batter into prepared muffin cups, bake in preheated oven for 20-25min.

voilà! :)

foooood in the netherlands

Patat with mayonnaise

there’s something so simple and right about this… the netherlands might be the land of snacks & small pleasures :)