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Meat names Translated
Frango / Chicken
Perú / Turkey
Pato / Duck
Porco / Pork
Fiambre / Ham
Febras / Pork steak
Lombo de porco / Pork loin
Vaca Beef
Bife de vaca (bem passado) Beef steak (well done)
Bife de vazia /Sirloin steak
Bifanas / Pork thin steaks
Bitoque / Steak minute
Picar / Mince
Vitela / Veal
Borrego / Lamb
Costeletas de borrego / Lamb chops
Coelho / Rabbit
Cooking Terms
Grelhar - grilling,
Assar - roasting,
Cozer - boiling,
Estufar - stewing
Milk
Semi Skimmed Semi Desnatado
Half Fat meio da gordura
FullFat Gordo
Fresh Fresco
Pasteurise Pasteurizado
Cheese Terms More on regional cheeses
DOP- equal to the DOC in wine, designated to cheeses produced in their traditional regions
Velho- Old, vintage cheese of a few months
Curado, Semi-Curado- Cured, Semi-Cured
Amanteigado- “Smooth good spreading cheese
Mole/ de Pasta Mole, Semi-Mole- Soft, Semi-Soft
Duro/ de Pasta Dura, Semi-Duro- Hard, Semi-Hard
Seco- Dry
Leite de Vaca- Cow’s Milk
Leite de Ovelha( “o-vayl-yaâ€)- Sheep’s Milk
Leite de Cabra/Cabreiro- Goat’s Milk
Cru- Raw
Gordura- Fat (in foods)
Picante- Spicy
Casca- Casing, wrapping, shell
Ligeiro/a- Light (in consistency and/or flavor)
Fish Translation
Atum / Tuna
Bacalhau /Cod
Besugo / Bream Sea
Carapau /Horse Mackerel
Cavala / Mackerel
Cherne / Grouper
Choco / cuttlefish
Dourada /Bream
Espadarte / Swordfish
Linguado / Sole
Lula / Squid
Moreia / Eel Moray
Pargo Snapper / sea bream
Peixe espada / Scabbard fish
Pescada / Hake
Polvo / Octopus
Robalo / Bass Sea
Safio Eel / small Conger
Salmão /Salmon
Salmonete / Mullet
Sardinha / Sardine
Sargo Porgy / sea bream
Tamboril / Monkfish
Bacalhau (Salt Cod) is a common everyday dish seen on many menus across Portugal. Portuguese settlers across the globe with colonies like (Cape Verde, Angola, Macau, Brazil,) took the the tradition of the use of salt code with them so became many adapted recipes. There are said to be over 1000 recipes for Bacalhau, in Portugal alone it boosts a recipe for every day of the year , considered the iconic ingredient of Portuguese cuisine, rarely is fresh Cod consumed fresh as its warm Atlantic seas on the Mediterranean , boasting many different varieties of other fish, with Portugal being the highest consumption per capita within the European Union. With other countries like Spain and Greece whom have vast fish farms of Bass and Bream. Bacalhau is cooked on social occasions and is the traditional during the festival of lent (Good Friday Cod Dish) and with chick peas and olive oil on Christmas Eve in most parts of Portugal.
Shellfish translation
Ameijoa / Clam
Berbigão / Cockle
Búzio / Whelk
Camarão / Prawn
Carangueijo / Crab
Conquilha / Clam( Small)
Lagosta / Lobster
Lingueirão / Clam Razor
Mexhilhão / Mussel
Ostra / Oyster
Santola / Spider Crab
