Do you cook?

[Harrison]

I had the feeling you would say it was so much better than Spain.

BTW, something I want to ask that I would be interested to know. Do the Portuguese like spicy food? My girlfriend has had many Spanish students live with her over the years and they have all hated any kind of spicy food, even mildly spicy things. And they would never go near a curry or sausage meat, unless it was chorizo. So I was wondering if it was similar with the Portuguese as the two countries do share a similar love for sea food.

[Tiago]

Tradicionaly our food is not spicy, but there are a lot o f people that put some spicy condiments in food, but is just to give a bit of flavour not to be spicy.

But if you want spicy... we lurn learn some technics when we where at war in Africa in Mocambique...the locals had a special spicy condiment.
That do it with pepper (the red one), vinager, olive oil, and one white drink similar to vodka, but stronger.... they do it in a bottle and then they lay it down in the sun, for some hours.... the result is like Napal in your mouth... i only try it once... just a small drop, and i cry like a baby for 20 minutes... people from mocambique and Angola eat that think a lot... they say it is good for sexual performance.

[Teho]

If by cook you mean 'pour contents of bag in kettle and add water' then yes, I'm good at it.

Seriously, I can and usually do make decent basic meals as in boiling potatoes and vegetables, mix up a sauce and fry something to go with it. But hardly ever do anything fancy.

[Buleste]

When it comes to frying i'm the master of bcb's (Burnt Crispy Bits) (the best bits) but when i want to i can do a proper roast dinner and basic stuff.