"Ela gosta muito de sopa de coves"
(she likes much the soup of Kale)
Kale soup is made as a meat broth, with vegetables tossed in. My grandmother made it strictly with only onions, white potatoes and kale chopped into long slender strips.
If you are ever in a Portuguese household and are offered anything with a green vegetable in it, you should accept. White potatoes, white rice and white bread are the most common elements in any meal. (Circa 1970 in my family anyway).
When I was a kid I kept being offered soup by lovely little old Portuguese ladies. Unfortunately, my language skills were so poor at the time that I wouldn't accept. They would all point to the pot and say, "Sopa?"
I thought that "soap" was their secret ingredient.
(she likes much the soup of Kale)
Kale soup is made as a meat broth, with vegetables tossed in. My grandmother made it strictly with only onions, white potatoes and kale chopped into long slender strips.
If you are ever in a Portuguese household and are offered anything with a green vegetable in it, you should accept. White potatoes, white rice and white bread are the most common elements in any meal. (Circa 1970 in my family anyway).
When I was a kid I kept being offered soup by lovely little old Portuguese ladies. Unfortunately, my language skills were so poor at the time that I wouldn't accept. They would all point to the pot and say, "Sopa?"
I thought that "soap" was their secret ingredient.
