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[edit] Comment 1

Maybe someone better informed than myself can take a look at this. The cuisine of the country does not consist of linguiça seasoned with herbs (the national dish is bacalhau, or so people say), and it is a poor man's cuisine that aims to make edible, saturating dishes at a cheap price. This is how the article should start. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.193.136.193 (talk • contribs)

About bacalhau, is it worth to mention that there is a portuguese proverb that says that the portuguese have 1001 ways of cook it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.151.218.167 (talk • contribs)
Hi. When you make a comment it is better if you use the "+" next to where it says "edit this page" rather than editing the page itself. I've done the same to reply to you only. As for your comment, no the cuisine does not consist of linguica, it consists of linguica and many other things. Just because portugal is known in popular culture for bacalhau doesn't make portuguese food all about bacalhau. some of that is just stories for the tourists. Sure it is a part of the culture but it is not all about bacalhau. That is just, like I said, one of those kinds of selling points and generalizations that are "fed" (no pun intended) to tourists. In my family not a single year goes by that linguica/chourica/alheiras/presunto, etc., are not made and smoked and I've seen many other families do the same. Those who don't do it pay other families to do it or by them from them later. So yes it is very much an aspect of the cuisine as well as many other countless things that are sometimes not given much attention, like rice and beans, for example, which is popularly associated with south america by many in my experience but actually originates from portugal, spain and probably even southern france if i am not mistaken. Okay ive rambled on enough but no you can't say that linguica is not part of the cuiine because it is. As far as mentioning the 1001 weays to cook it (actually, i thought it was suppsed to be 365 ways once for every day of the year, but im not sure anymore) i dont see the harm in that being mentioned. I've even seen many cookbooks like that with 365 recipes for it. Paelha is another, and it is mostly associated with spain, and the spaniards and the portuguese argue as to who it belongs to, but it probably is just iberian and therefore belongs to both. Maybe that is worth a mention also, at least about the fact that it is argued. be well... Lusitano Transmontano 03:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bacalhau

By the way. For those who do not speak english, bacalhau can be translated to Cod Fish. Cod Fish is mostly used in the dried and salted form in Portugal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.138.240.16 (talk • contribs)

[edit] List of Portuguese delicacies

Just created a new section called "List of Portuguese delicacies". It should be expanded and explained. Will work on it. Fell free to join in! The Ogre 10:46, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On túbaros

"Túbaros - testicles of MALE animals." I don't really think you need to say from "males", or even from animals. It would be more interesting to briefly mention how they are cooked. Also, it was not following the alphabetical order, so I moved it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.192.203.28 (talk) 15:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jewish Influence

While there is undoubted Jewish influence on Portugal's history, I'd like to see some citations on the influences on food. Considering that the vast majority of foods contain pork, seafood and/or blood, I imagine the influence is small. Any comments?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.162.77.10 (talk) 17:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)