''Bacalhau com todos'' (literally meaning "codfish with everything" in

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) is a common

bacalhau () is the Portuguese word for cod and—in a culinary context—dried and salted cod. Fresh (unsalted) cod is referred to as (fresh cod). Portuguese and other cuisines dishes are common in Portugal, and also in former Portuguese colonies ...

recipe in

Portuguese cuisine The oldest known book on Portuguese cuisine, entitled ''Livro de Cozinha da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal'', from the 16th century, describes many popular dishes of meat, fish, poultry and others. ''Culinária Portuguesa'', by António-Maria De O ...

. It consists of boiled

codfish Cod is the common name for the demersal fish genus '' Gadus'', belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the common name for a number of other fish species, and one species that belongs to genus ''Gadus'' is commonly not call ...

, boiled vegetables (such as potato, carrots and cabbage), and

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. It is served seasoned with olive oil infused with garlic and, depending on taste, also

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. ''Bacalhau com todos'' is customarily served for Christmas Eve dinner, ''Consoada''.Paula Arvela, "''Bacalhau'' — A Love Story: An Ethnographic Study of Portuguese Foodways", in Casey Man Kong Lum, Marc de Ferrière, Marc de Ferrière Le Vayer, eds., ''Urban Foodways and Communication: Ethnographic Studies in Intangible Cultural Food Heritages Around the World'', 2016 , p. 26-27

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