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Ra-Ro Journal
Rare Stories
Stories, news and behind the scenes of Portuguese craft. What’s happening in the workshops, at the fairs and at Ra-Ro.
Portuguese chestnuts: varieties, how to choose, store and cook them
Longal, Judia, Martaínha and Bária, the four PDO chestnuts, how to choose, store and cook chestnuts, and the black clay roaster César Teixeira fires in a soenga pit in Gondar.
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Água-pé, jeropiga and new wine: what Portugal drinks on St Martin's Day
Água-pé, jeropiga and new wine are the three drinks of St Martin's Day in Portugal. How each is made, how they differ and how to serve them with chestnuts.
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Pão-por-Deus: Portugal's All Saints' Day tradition, its origin and customs
Pão-por-Deus is Portugal's 1 November tradition in which children go door to door asking for bread, cakes, nuts, pomegranates and chestnuts. Where it comes from, how it is asked and what is given.
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Magusto: what it is, its origins and St Martin's Day traditions in Portugal
The magusto is the Portuguese roast chestnut festival, held around a bonfire on St Martin's Day, 11 November. Discover its origins, the legend of St Martin, the água-pé and jeropiga traditions and ...
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Magusto at home: how to roast chestnuts in a clay chestnut roaster
Portugal's Magusto and St. Martin's Day on 11 November, explained: the legend of the cloak, água-pé and jeropiga, and how to roast chestnuts at home in a black clay chestnut roaster from Gondar, pl...
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