Tripas à moda do Porto or dobrada à moda do Porto in Portuguese cuisine is a dish of beef stomach made with

tripe Tripe is a type of edible lining from the stomachs of various farm animals. Most tripe is from cattle, pigs and sheep. Types of tripe Beef tripe Beef tripe is made from the muscle wall (the interior mucosal lining is removed) of a cow' ...

with white beans, carrots and rice. It is considered the traditional dish of the city of

Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...

, in Portugal, and widely known across the entire country where it is also simply called dobrada.

History

It is said that in 1415 the dish was created in

where the shipyard of Lordelo do Ouro was located. The ships and boats being secretly built there would take the Portuguese to Ceuta and, later, to the epic of the Portuguese Discoveries. Many and varied were the rumors about this achievement: some said the boats were destined to transport the Infanta D. Helena to England, where she would later marry; others said it was to take

King D. João I John I ( pt, João �uˈɐ̃w̃ 11 April 1357 – 14 August 1433), also called John of Aviz, was King of Portugal from 1385 until his death in 1433. He is recognized chiefly for his role in Portugal's victory in a succession war with Castil ...

to Jerusalem to visit the

Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hy, Սուրբ Հարության տաճար, la, Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri, am, የቅዱስ መቃብር ቤተክርስቲያን, he, כנסיית הקבר, ar, كنيسة القيامة is a church i ...

; but there were still those who said that the armada was intended to lead the Infantes D. Pedro and D. Henrique to Naples, to marry. It was then that

Infante D. Henrique ''Dom'' Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (4 March 1394 – 13 November 1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator ( pt, Infante Dom Henrique, o Navegador), was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15 ...

unexpectedly showed up at Porto to check on the progress of the work at the shipyard. Even though he was satisfied with the work done, he thought more could have been done, and confided in Master Vaz, the faithful foreman of the construction, the secret and true reasons that were at its origin: the conquest of Ceuta. He asked everyone involved for more commitment and sacrifice and, in turn, Master Vaz assured the Infante that they would do the same as they had done some thirty years before during the war with Castile. The inhabitants would provide the boats with everything they had in the city, offering all the clean meat to those who would sail to the African coast, and would be left with only the innards of the animals, the guts. When hunger came, they did so, creating a very poor dish, consisting only of tripe and dark bread. But the people of Porto didn't have to suffer for they invented a way to cook their tripe and this sacrifice earned them the nickname "tripeiros" (tripe eaters).

In popular culture

Dobrada à moda do Porto was the theme of a poem written by

Álvaro de Campos Álvaro de Campos (; October 15, 1890 – November 30, 1935) was one of the poet Fernando Pessoa's various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wrathful writing style. According to his author, this ''alter ego'' was born in Tavira, Portu ...

, one of the poet

Fernando Pessoa Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher, and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century an ...

's various heteronyms, and titled ''Dobrada à moda do Porto''.Álvaro de Campos, DOBRADA À MODA DO PORTO (Arquivo Pessoa) http://arquivopessoa.net/textos/2201

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History

In popular culture

See also

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