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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
Split coconut. The coconut was not new to Brazil when the African slaves arrived, but it was the Africans who made it an important part of cooking. Slaves also introduced or emphasized the use of okra, dried shrimp, inhame (yam), peanuts, ginger and banana. They made modifications such as substituting dende oil for olive oil in many Portuguese dishes.Coco partido. O coco não era algo novo no Brasil quando os escravos africanos chegaram, mas foram eles que fizeram do coco uma parte importante da cozinha. Os escravos também introduziram ou enfatizaram o uso de quiabo, camarões secos, inhame, amendoim, gengibre e banana. Eles fizeram modificações tais como substituir o óleo de oliva por óleo de dendê em muitos pratos portugueses.
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1988
Keywords
Brazil: Salvador, Bahia
