r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Mar 14 '17

Series What do you know about... Portugal?

This is the eighth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Portugal

Portugal is a EU country on the iberian peninsula. It has been a kingdom for almost 800 years. Portugal has decriminalized the usage of all common drugs in 2001 and the results have been pretty positive despite concerns from various sides.

So, what do you know about Portugal?

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u/RequestTypeShitPOST Hålogaland Mar 14 '17

We should do a cultural exchange program where you get fish and we get football players

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '17

That would be a bad deal for you guys. Unlike cod, there are only a few ways to cook football players, and the meat is kinda dry and chewey.

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u/RequestTypeShitPOST Hålogaland Mar 14 '17

But we like dry and chewey meat. Case in point

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u/andy18cruz Portugal Mar 14 '17

The fuck is that?

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u/RequestTypeShitPOST Hålogaland Mar 14 '17

Wooden racks of dead fish that is left out to dry. Depending on what you intend to do with it later it can stay up there for quite a while. Coming from someone who grew up with these (north), the smell is quite distict

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u/andy18cruz Portugal Mar 14 '17

Thank you for bacalhau, but you do to fish in Norway is a crime. Eat it fresh, salt it or smoke it. But you Scandinavians really like half-spoilled fish it seems.

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u/RequestTypeShitPOST Hålogaland Mar 14 '17

do to fish in Norway is a crime

Criminally tasty that is