@bodyworkbyjames: Portuguese Christmas Rule for Foreigners. Eat what you’re given. No questions. 🎄 There’s one unspoken rule every foreigner should follow at a Portuguese Christmas or holiday gathering: eat whatever they hand you. Portuguese culture is built around food, generosity, and feeding people until they feel at home. Sometimes that food includes ingredients you weren’t emotionally prepared for. You smile. You eat. You do not ask follow-up questions. I’m a Mexican-American immigrant living on a small farm in central Portugal with my Portuguese husband, and this rule will save you every time—especially around Christmas. Ignore it, and a Portuguese grandmother may publicly announce that “o americano não gosta de comida portuguesa.” Follow it, and you might even earn dessert. (Which will absolutely contain egg yolks.) So now I’m curious: What would you serve me if I came to your home for Christmas in Portugal? #portugal🇵🇹 #christmas #PortugueseFood #culture #vidaemportugal
“I’m not hungry” that phrase doesn’t exist in a Portuguese house
2025-12-21 21:58:26
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João :
it's not a sprint, it's a marathon. learn to pace
2025-12-18 18:45:31
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isabel dossantos :
You're funny, and oh so correct 😊😄😆
2025-12-17 21:51:43
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DF :
100 % true 😂👏
2025-12-23 17:41:04
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Jen :
All with pao in one hand
2025-12-23 00:24:00
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Elsamar :
You're so cute and it is ALL true!!
2026-01-02 03:03:22
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anacarvalho6415 :
Ninguém sai da minha casa sem a comida acabar ou levar os restos!!! Aprendi com a minha mãe e avó 😅
2025-12-23 19:21:45
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Ellie :
Christmas pudding 😀
2025-12-18 22:15:18
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mariaaguiar7407 :
I would serve bacalhau , alcatra , or maybe even cozido 🙂 dessert would be natas and torta Viana , arroz doce
2025-12-18 06:19:36
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Rossana de Brito :
At our house on Christmas Eve (7 adults + 3 kids), my mother-in-law always makes: octopus, boiled salted cod, cod with cream and a meat roll 😅
On Christmas Day: fish rice and roasted kid goat/lamb.
Desserts? Chocolate mousse, farófias, coscorões, rabanadas, filhóses, sonhos, red velvet, Algarve dessert trilogy, chocolate cookies, chocolate cake… and an assortment of Romanian cakes from our neighbor every year 😂🎄
2025-12-26 20:41:04
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Adelaide Crespo :
yes, eat
2025-12-19 21:58:09
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theportuguesecarpenter :
Sarrabulho
2025-12-21 02:06:57
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ifv 🇵🇹🇪🇺 :
and expect to be invited for the day after left overs, or to take home some deserts for breakfast.
2025-12-19 16:09:03
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Catia Magalhaes :
so true 😂😂😂
2025-12-20 10:57:57
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CompletelyRosalie :
I’d feed you bacalhau a gomes de sa, bolos de bacalhau, maybe paella, rissois, sonhos, bilharacos, aletria, bolo de rei, pão de lo, bolo de bolacha
2025-12-18 13:36:49
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Nuno Patão :
Arroz Doce, Letria, Mousse de Chocolate, Baba de Camelo, Serradura, Farofas.....não tem 'quase' ovos ...
2025-12-22 15:00:40
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Ana Rita ☀️ :
1 arroz de marisco ou uma feijoada, 1 tarte de amêndoa, 1 cheesecake de morango 😅😅😅
2025-12-19 19:45:00
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Smma326 :
Eggs are like the one food I’m not allergic to so—hell yeah
2025-12-18 16:15:32
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Me, myself and I :
It’s Christmas and it’s Portuguese people soooo….. entradas: camarao , sapateira recheada , rissoes de camarão , carne , frango . Azeitonas , patê de atum , queijos e presunto. Dia 24th bacalhau cozido com legumes e dia 25 bacalhau com natas , rolo de carne de porco , peru assado e sem falar nas sobremesas ahahaha
2025-12-23 10:23:54
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Isabel Rute Santos :
My ex was vegan. He heard things like chicken is not meat, bacalhau is not fish and beef is vegan; the dear cows only feed on grass😳😏😂
2025-12-22 13:14:16
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José Pimenta :
a proper plate has a perfect pyramid shape.
2026-01-06 21:03:22
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Sakura :
Those kind of granny are dying and not being replaced 😂
2025-12-28 11:09:56
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Vanessa A. 🇵🇹 :
Ahahahahaha O Americano não gosta da comida portuguesa!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 ❤️❤️
2025-12-19 20:08:28
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Krash :
Don’t wear jeans or you’re screwed
2025-12-18 19:27:44
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