A troca era uma coisa feita por nós e 2 fat quarters à nossa escolha. Eu fiz este xaile e escolhi estes tecidos.
Now that my Swap Surprise has reached its destination I can now show it here.
The exchange was a homemade spring gift and 2 fat quarters of our choice. I made this shawl and I chose this fabrics.
I also sent 2 small balls of portuguese yarn to my Spring Swap partner. A sweet North American who, despite having 2 or 3 more years than I now had his first grandchild!
It was the first time I participated in something like this and I liked it a lot. It's very interesting to see how we can interact with people across the world!
E aqui podem ver o blog da Cathy e mais fotos!
Aproveito também para lançar uma questão. Fiquei de dar algumas receitas tipicamente portuguesas a esta minha nova amiga. Mas, na altura de escrever o mail fiquei a pensar o que seria realmente tipico. Pensei em Cozido à Portuguesa, Bacalhau com Todos, Pastéis de Bacalhau, Feijoada à Transmontana... tudo coisas leves. Mas fica sempre a dúvida, como fazer estas comidas com ingredientes que não os originais. Não posso esquecer-me de uma feijoada que fiz em Londres, começava com o refogado claro, tinha feijão, couve e até enchidos... mas não era feijoada! Os ingredientes eram todos diferentes, até as cebolas e o azeite!
Mas a minha pergunta é: quais são as receitas mais tipicamente portuguesas?
Here is Cathy's blog with more photos.
And now I have a question. I would love to tell some typical portuguese recipes to this my new friend. But at the time of writing the email I wondered what would be really typical. I thought of Cozido à Portuguesa, Bacalhau com Todos, Pastelinhos de Bacalhau, Feijoada à Transmontana ... all light food of course... But there is always the question: how to do these recipes with ingredients that are not the originals. I can not forget the feijoada that I did in London, started with the fried of course, had beans, cabbage and even sausage ... but it was not feijoada! The ingredients were all different, even the onions and olive oil!
But my question is: what are the most typical portuguese recipes?

