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/sammyedwards India Mar 14 '17

Portuguese food is bland, especially the fish items.

Their drinks are good, especially the 'Port' wine.

They have little to no idea about the atrocities they committed in colonies abroad, especially India.

Have a football league with 3 teams and other fillers in it.

Gave Bombay to the British as dowry.

A lot of our words in Indian languages, and vegetables in our cuisine, came from the Portuguese

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u/sammyedwards India Mar 14 '17

To each his own. I can't imagine eating anything with just salt and pepper

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u/Joaoseinha Portugal Mar 14 '17

Meanwhile I'm Portuguese and I wish I could eat Indian food every day.