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Probably Norway, Portugal has a long history of sailing up north and catching codfish, then preserving it in salt. It's our most typical food, salted codfish cooked in 1000 different ways.

Today's lunch, roe salad and codfish cakes. They are made from codfish and potatoes, not really cakes but that's how it's translated. If you ever come by Portugal and see these around a cafe just point and ask for them. Typical, inexpensive and very good. You can give the roe a pass though, can't see most brits liking that even though it's great.

Warning, couple of meals in this post are about to offend certain sensitive personalities that are more of the cheeseburger persuasion. Quick 20 minute fresh cherry tomato pasta: Canned horse mackerel sandwich Leftover grilled camembert and tomato bruschetta Hotdogs, with caramelized onion relish Mum's leftover squid from the previous day, turned into pasta the day after Proper summer meal, the amazingly sweet pineapple was the star Grilled courgette sandwich, with canned fish. It's a great sandwich, with olives and capers. Pantry sandwich, whatever's at home and opened goes in Basil and mint pesto, it was pretty much perfect Perfecting my Broccoli pasta, it's getting there and probably my favourite thing to cook right now. Although it's a paella pan, let's not offend anyone and just call it rice Vegetarian dinner: grilled aubergines, sautéed mushrooms with garlic, and salad. A simple onion omelette Lea the Terrier, very interested in this pasta sauce as soon as the anchovies started falling apart. No pictures of the end result. Octopus "à Lagareiro", baked with olive oil and potatoes. I obviously didn't cook it, a very nice restaurant did. "Lagareiro" is the man that operates the traditional olive oil press, most "Lagareiro" dishes are oven baked with garlic and potatoes, and a healthy dose of extra virgin high quality olive oil. The pesto was this place's touch and it worked. Giulia is an italian lady I know, she runs a restaurant in Germany and most dishes always feature peas thrown in one way or the other. I remembered her for some reason and peas went into the pasta, the result was pretty great. Comfort food, peas with quality chorizo from the Alentejo black pigs. I put a few different spices like turmeric, a lot of cumin, smoked paprika, some herbs, the home grown egg gifted by my neighbour finished it off perfectly and was a touch of love.

Rode a pretty sandy road today, on my was to lunch, soft sand but not deep at all with a hard compacted ground below so quite easy.

Being a Portuguese, my opinion on this is obviously different to most of yours. I think she was a great lady, a worldwide symbol, and it's a shame she passed. Most countries would have been lucky to have a Queen such as her, or a King such as her father, in my opinion it's sad that she passed and sad that she's no longer your Queen.

Like politics really, a true TOTY doesn’t fight for it, it comes naturally! You can even say the true great TOTY, like a true great political leader, is often that one that doesn’t even want the position … or thinks is worthy of it …

Going parallel twin is such a pussy move by them, after such a long time with no changes and they're just going with the flow!

Rumours? I always smile when people say that, you heard it where?

Can’t believe my eyes, proper modifications by Suzuki to a Vstrom! Going tubed isn’t exactly the direction for me, though.

Don´t go spending that whole in one place!

If done right, they’re not chewy at all, though.

That’s more of a Brazilian thing, not really Portuguese. Not sure what’s meant to be served with them but when I had it was always placed on the table before food like a normal bread, like garlic bread in the way it’s enjoyed in Italy. Now a proper Brazilian roast with coal grilled garlic butter baguettes, that’s the stuff! Edit: just remembered, they like it for breakfast as well in Brazil. I’m not a big fan as it doesn’t compete with proper bread and cheese.

Don’t like the tall cases, but it’s a pretty cool bike otherwise

Boris Johnson doesn’t reply to Pete’s calls

Pretty sure she meant the TV series I like it

Fair enough, that’s why I rather not another vest to take out when I get out of the bike and open my jacket.

Really? I would have thought the Fazer would be faster except in low revs

If you’re facing conditions where it’s so hot and unmanageable for you, don’t do it. That’s my advice, a slight mistake or problem and you’re finished.

Supposedly they work ok and to a certain degree. I have talked to a guy who was surprised with his bmw branded one I haven’t felt like trying one out for two reasons. The concept of cooling through evaporation sounds very much like what happens naturally with sweat And I just don’t like adding another layer, when it’s that hot the fuss of having to put on another layer before setting off does not appeal to me.

That looks amazing! Isn’t it even heavier than the bike you currently ponder selling for being too heavy?

That’s fucking french!!! About 30 or something like that, way more where I left at home and a litt Less where I am now in the coast. Wearing jeans for the first time in a month

Not enough content for a Ride Report, but took a little shortcut through some familiar farm access dirt roads, just enough to get my boots dusty

No worries in Morocco, just stop at the first Inwi (which is the provider with absolutely best coverage nationwide) shop and you'll get a card with plenty of data and even some international calls to Europe for something like 10 or 15 Euros, cheaper than here. The dude will set it up, get paid in cash, no invoice, and you're away, no need for speaking languages or any complicated stuff. I wondered if I'd run out the next day as it seemed too easy and unofficial to me, but has worked flawlessly 4 times now using two different shops.