Real - Rustic - Relaxed

Showing Tag: " bolo" (Show all posts)

The Chestnut Of The South

Posted by Marianne Hoesen on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, In : food and recipes 
                                      
In Portugal the acorn is so important that they have a different name for each type of acorn. The acorn of the cork oak (sobreiro) is called a lande (or landre) and the acorn of a holm oak (azinheira) is called a bolota (or boleta).  The acorns mainly serve as food for the pigs, but the bolota also used to be a very important source of food since the ancient Lusitanian people populated Iberia. It was a welcome addition to the shortage of cereals in the w...

Continue reading ...
 

Alfarroba - About Chocolate, Gold And Cola

Posted by Marianne Hoesen on Sunday, August 28, 2011, In : food and recipes 


The carob tree or St. John´s bread tree, is typical for the Algarve.  In Portuguese the tree is called Alfarrobeira and the fruit of this tree is called Alfarroba (al-harruba in Arabic).
            
The carob tree is a member of the legume (pea) family. It is a large tree and grows to 15m in 50 years. It produces no fruit for the first 15 years of its life, but will fruit well into its old age. A large tree can produce one ton of beans in one harvest.  Contrary to the orange trees, carob tree...

Continue reading ...
 
 
blog comments powered by Disqus

 

 

Community of São Marcos da Serra

 

 

 

 

 

Blogroll

  • Everybody Loves Portugal
  • Wonen in de Algarve

 

Make a free website with Yola

  1. https://www.afghanwomenconnect.org/
  2. https://www.apadrecordings.com/
  3. https://www.lacountycleanwater.org/
  4. https://www.visithoustontexas.org/
  5. https://www.moonstruckrestaurant.com/
  6. https://www.50yearsinexile.org/
  7. https://www.covid19innovations.org/
  8. https://www.connyun.com/
  9. https://datajournonepal.org/
  10. https://www.eaglehills.org/
  11. https://positiveactionforptsd.org/
  12. https://saomarcosdaserra.com/
  13. https://admupol.org/
  14. https://mrcofs.org/
  15. https://jpec.org/
  1. demo slot