Dicas de Portunhol TTKOS

Fenômeno que constatei na primeira pescaria que fiz na Argentina à uns dez anos  e que se repete sucessivamente cada vez que se aproxima a pescaria.

"- E aí ?  Tá indo na pescaria ?"
"- Por supoesto , senhor..."

É incrivel transformação de cidadãos ordeiros  em assasssinos.
Todos se tornam  impiedosos  criminosos da Lingua Espanhola. O Portunhol toma "cuenta" da nossas vidas e acreditem em mim, é duro de ouvir.
Basta o ônibus cruzar a ponte em Uruguaiana que a coisa descamba...

" Gracias, señor. Muy amable."
"De nadie !"

Em viagens de avião, pode  piorar. Basta o vôo ser da Aerolineas Argentinas para a coisa já começar na sala de embarque.

"Por Favor. Aeromuessa. Um "rornal" e una cueca-cuela..."

Em Esquina, devido ao grande afluxo de pescadores brasileiros e a maior proximidade com a nossa terra, tu ouves até os guias pedirem para botar "txumbinho" ao invés de plomitos.

Certa vez um pescador dava discurso sobre a burrice da lingua espanhola. Sendo a moça ruiva, ele não entendia com ela podia dizer que não era "rúbia".  Explicar que "rúbias" são as pessoas de cabelo loiro só piorou. E a confusão se prosseguiu quando disseram que cabelo era "pelo". E que a moça ia a "peluqueria"  apesar de não ser careca e ter belos cabelos. "Pô ! Ela não precisa de peruca !"

E depois de todos estes anos o pessoal ainda é incrivelmente criativo. Na última ida sairam belas cacharas. É um dos grandes peixes de couro da bacia do Paraná e do amazonas. Na Argentina se chama surubi atigrado e nós chamamos de sorubim cachara.

Lá pelas tantas vem um e me  diz que pegou um "catxiara". Como  se nascesse a sua filha e voce resolvesse homenagear as suas avós Cátia e Iara. Com um som sibilante no meio para dar um sotaque platino.

Depois desta, desisti de vez.
Aderi ao portunhol.
No entanto achei interessante dividir algumas das coisa que aprendi com o tempo.

O "S" (ésse) sibilante em fins de silabas é mudo. Assim a gente " pe'ca em E'quina". Mas atenção pro sotaque, o ésse esta lá.
Se diz "E'quina" e não "Ê-quína". A ultima é a versão do  portunhol de primeiro viagem. Isto vale somente para esses em meio de palavras, no fim das palavras ele é mais contundente pois pode se tratar de plurais ou quando pedimos um táxi para ir ao casino.
E o assassino do portunhol pediaria " Me chama o remí!"
Remi era o reserva do Corbo no Grêmio, 'carajo'!
Em caso de responderem: "Como seniôr ?"
Tente o infálivel : " Jama un remis". Em caso desespero, pede um táxi.
Aprendi esta o quando um amigo pediu um  "fófro". Achei que era impossível mas pareceu alguém com uma caixinha de fósforos. Mas é óbvio que esta é versão de primeira viagem. Quando o portunhol encorpa, se aprende que os "ês" e os "ós"  nunca são pronunciados de forma aguda.
O certo seria "fôfro".
E nunca, nunca diga pro motorista...
" Toca pro ca'ino!"

Também é mudo o dê (d) seguido por "o" em fins de palavras. Assim em Esquina  não se pesca dourados, se "pe'ca dora'o". O inter seria o   "colora'o"

Outra dica  é mais portenha os "vês" (v) se pronunciam como "bês". Uso imortalizado pelo Lourenço que foi  assistir "Bê de benganssa".

Os ipsilônes (y, alías "la í griega") na Argentina são pronunciados como os nossos jotas. Assim na Argentina o João Derly seria um campeão de yu-do. Em Montevidéu tem a famosa calle Yi. "Cáje Gí".

O que nos leva ao duplo éle. As  palavras como Calle e Lavalle, que em outros paises de  lingua espanhola seria "calie" e "Lavalie"  e Lavalle fica "lavage" e claro o gê  tem um chiado que as ve soa como "laváchi". O que explica o "Jama o remis"  já que chamar em castelhano é "llamar".

E a dica final é que para ser melhor entendido é preciso juntar  ter uma certa gardelonice, uma atitude de cantor de tango ao falar. Os trejeitos são de um italiano em câmera lenta buscando um certo tom blasé dos ingleses.

 Se nada disso funcionar tente a mais certeira de todas as dicas : Fale em português, sem gírias em uma velocidade razoável adicione um "por favor' e um "gracias"  que provavelmenete todo mundo vai te entender.
Mas dái, qual seria a graça ?
Portuhol ? A mi mencanta !

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Drinking improves memory !

There it was at Terra.com from the news agency EFE. (sorry, could not found a link in english).


A study in New Zealand proves that the moderate consumption of wine stimulates memory. The classic one or two glasses of wine a day, besides being good for the heart, can help memory.


This does not knock down the belief that one drinks to forget, because two servings of wine are nothing!


But then came the "matador".


Sadly, the study atests that the immoderate consumption harms the neurons, not news. But in contrast with popular belief, only proves that getting hammered does not erase memory. Only the ones from the miscues that one makes when lush (works for me).
Therefore, one does not drink to forget. He drinks (a lot) to get drunk.


What sounds logical in any place in the world but Islamic nations and Utah.


Once again contradicting “Drinking to forget”, the study proves that booze
strengthens BAD memories.


Again, not so surprising since explains why all boozers are so boring!


The study hopefully will lead to the development of new treatments for memory problems and Alzheimer's.


Meanwhile, I that firmly believe that the human being learns more from its errors. Will continue my quest for self improvement. Making an effort to learn with my former problems and commit myself to even more wrongdoing helped by ethylic panacea.

So many racing so little time. Part 1

So many stuff, have to in parts.
Saturday in Ascot has Darjina vrs. the boys. Again
In the the Quenn Elizabeth II mile. George Washington is forfait and French filly is the odds on favourite in the group I.
The second force is Excellent Art, who came in second for Ramonti and is in great form. Ramonti, was shellacked by Darjina in the Moulin. But one must pay attention that he is third force in the board in the bookmaker's but it is second in the e exchange.

Difficult to go against the filly after the victory in Longchamp.
Lokked like that her major obstacles were George Washington and the “going'. Since the french star has its only defeat in soft ground. What also a downside for Ramonti and can favor Excellent Art, who has victory in heavy going.
Another plus for Excellent Art and (Cesare), that they like to come from behind over, is pace will be probably strong and can kill Ramonti and Darjina.
Duke fo Marmalade is another noteworthy name in a strong race, that attracted more five suitors. Duke of Marmalade comes from a second to Dylan Thomas in the Irish Champion Stakes and lost a mile for neck for Excellent Art.


It seems that Darjina only loses if the things goes wrong for her and Excellent Art would be the benefited. Ramonti front running front and Cesare stalking for whom are looking fr better prices.

There still it has the Kentucky Gold Cup in Turfway Park and the Jockey Club Gold Cup in Belmont.


Will be a shortage in eyedrops to take the blood away.

Iced water Lettuce

When I posted the recipe of the Carpaccio Wrap, gave the tip to put the lettuce in the water and later in the water with ice and put one “Why” that  would be a link to  future post with the explanation. The future is now....


I saw the tip for the first time in the Jose Andres t.v. show and later in the Chef at Home of canadian chef Michael Smith, both in the Casa Club TV. The first one first explained that the water rehidrates and the ice activates the chlorophyll.
At least it was what I understood of the spanish. The second one , simply it said to hidrate and leaving it crunchier. But I did not obtain good explanations, at least for the ice usage.


I made the experience in my home and was incredible. Of the same lettuce,some leaves “had been treated”and others not. The ones that had been treated were crunchy and sweet and the others were dull. Then it works. So it must have a scientific explanation for such. This is essence of the molecular gastronomy,hardly I will coagulate apple juice-alginate mix in an acid one to make caviar of fruits style El Bulli in my house, but I am eating much more flavorful lettuces in house.


The hidratation is an obvious thing, the lettuce stops of feeding when it is harvested. E starts to lose the water to the environment. Sometimes, when buying the lettuce in the market it is rough to the touch and although to have color of new, already it seems to lose firmness. So submerging the lettuce in water, it will start to recoup for osmosis the water that had lost. Until it is all good.


But and the ice. Snooped around google and my “vast” bibliography on culinary science (not to spend the molecular term…. And I did not find an explanation. My vast bibilography is the first book of the Hervé This and What Eisntein said to its cook (vol. 1 and 2) of Robert Wolke.


To such activation, for me it does not make sense. Because chlorophyll functions with light (of the sun) and this means energy absorption. E when ypu put in ice, it “removes” energy from the lettuce. The old law of the thermodynamics. But the guy is a chef and has TV program.


However the cold has the capacity to compact and compress cells, and I, that once fished in frozen river in pierced waders, can confirm it.


Perhaps that makes more sense, the cellular structure of vegetables, cellulose if I well remember, with its temperature suddenly lowered gets firmer nad crunchier. But I am speculating.


It works, tough!


But some precautions are needed. The water expands when lower of four degrees celsius, and can “blow up” the cellular structure of the vegetable and get mushy. So it must not be conserved in excessively low temperatures. Therefore the drawer of vegetables is in the part of low of the refrigerator. And also one must not to leave much time in the water with ice. It mostly to startle it!


The lettuce must not be a thousand of hours absorving water because it can saturate, blow up some cells (as a balloon) and wither.


The lettuce must be not cut to store because the ascorbic acid acts and starts to disarrange the lettuce. To keep then, the lettuce whole preferably and to clean it at time of making the salad. But now I do not find link with these explanation.


Finally you must dry the lettuce well so that I dressing sticks in it walls and not slide to the bottom deep of the plate.

La Fernandez Fierro- Canción Desesperada (Discépolo)

They are all young, talented and love retal tango.
They call theirself La Orquesta Tipica Fernadez Fierro.
The "tipical orchestra". Great rendering of the classics.
Excellent compositions and arragements.
El Chino sings with the heart in the throat.
Check more of it their YouTube user page. or in their
home-page.

Carpaccio Wrap

For bloggers/foodies that are spending too much in front the pc.

Easy, fancy and delicious

If don't leave home for buying groceries, order via internet :

Carpaccio, frozen, sliced, ready to go.

Pizza dough for skillets/saute pan cooking.

Lettuce.

Dijon Mustard, olive oil , parmeggiano cheese.
( Or anything you want, only top two are required.)

Of course, ready to go carpaccio is more expensive than your do it
yourself. But we are going for simplicity.

The dough can replaced by tortilla, pita bread, nori algae ou lettuce leave.
I use this pizza dough that are easy to find here in brazil and I use to do
besides pizza, wraps and quesadillas.

How it is made :

Take a serving of carpaccio from the freezer and let it rise to room temperature.

Take a slice of dough, get rid of the plastic wraps.

Put some clean lettuce leaves in water.

Get back to the p.c., t.v. or to your book reading.
Book, you know. That paper thing...

Twenty minutes later or the time for the carpaccio set.

Take the lettuce from water and put in iced water

Heat the dough in both side in the skillet.

Take the lettuce from water and dry very well.

Smear mustard in the bread.(Now it is a bread)

Assembly the sandwich: lettuce, carpaccio e grated cheese.

It might be those already grated cheeses because simplicity has
priority. But good parmeggiano, hard pecorino or grana padano freshly
grated can make the all difference in the world.

Wrap it!
And you can eat it in front of the computer drinking a cold beer !
Just watch to not spill in the keyboard!

Grêmio Sweeps Internacional in year series.

Grêmio gets the bragging rights with the second win in the Brazilian
footbal championship. Altough neither teams are much of challenge to
São Paulo's title drive, it is safe to say the Grêmio is having a waaaay
better season than his hatred rivals.
Brilliantly lucky last season the red shirted "colorado" Internacional
is back to his normal losing self.
Meanwhile the glorious "tricolor" is its way back to its greatness.
In a season that Grêmio won the state championship, was runner-up in
Libertadores da América and it is very much alive in the National
Champion. You probablily can say that the best award of the year is having
beated his city rivals back to back in the only two matches of this years.
Since Inter dismal playing never carried itself to playoff stages in the
others competitions. Btw, the Brasileirão is a round-robin competition.
If you things this a partial report, you're right. I am Gremista and I am LMAO.
Now, seriously, this all part of the GRe-Nal mystical experience of being a
brazilian football fan in the most hatred, traditional and best rivalry.
Very few compares to it. Once inquiried about how bad was being involved in
the Buenon Aires River-Boca(one of the greatest ones, for sure), Cesar Luiz Menotti suposedly said :
"- It could be worse. It could be GRE-NAL."
In american professional sports thr is nothing comparable, since team in
the same town don´t competes each other in the same leagues. So it you can
go to intercity or interstate rivalries. Wich it is not the same thing.
Even Boston - New York.
Maybe some college rivalrys, due to some historic value.
Maybe Mississipi State-Ole Miss.
But all the good ones are in football.
The Glasgow Celtic Rangers come to mind.
River Plate and Boca Juniors.
Palmeiras and Corinthians.
Flamengo and Vasco.
Greece, now we are talking bussiness.
Panathinaikos versus Olympyakos.
Besides that, since will be teams not for the same town. I am sorry.
No Civil wars. As much Barcelona versus Real Madrid is great.
They are indeed teams form different nations jailed in the same country.
Ther is no way Catalan kid grow to be a merengue supporter.
Here in south brazil families are friendly separated forever.
Gre-Nal is the best.
And Grêmio is this winner king.