A Portuguese Moment

Standing in the Post Office, waiting in line, I note a book for sale.

111 Receitas do Bacalhau

That is, one hundred and eleven recipes for salt cod.

(Apologies if I have the spelling wrong in Portuguese.)

Salt cod is really rather important in the Portuguese cuisine: this book has only one sixth of the recipes commonly said to exist for this one type of fish.

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  1. You’ll find a complete compendium of all the recipes on the shelf at the back of the Devil’s kitchen.

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