Breakfast

Don’t you love the smell of coffee in the morning? Maybe a little melted butter on hot toast, strawberry jam and fresh bread? I certainly do and think it’s one of the best things in life! So imagine my shock getting up one morning and walking towards the breakfast table at a friends house, wondering who had forgotten to take the trash outside after dinner the day before. The strong, unpleasant smell however had nothing to do with dinner, but was the result of a “lush” breakfast my friend had prepared for the whole family. She proudly smiled coming out of the kitchen carrying a huge plate of… well, really, what was it? I had to ask trying not to look too disappointed by the lack of fruit and sugar on the table: “ginguinha”, she replied happily. A very special dish that needs a very long and complicated preparation by expert hands and is made of… goats interiors… My friend put the plate down between another huge dish full of fried fish and another one with the traditional maze flour side dish. All very nice stuff which I eat with pleasure after 1 pm, but which makes me miss almond croissants an plum cakes at early morning hours!