Olinda · 1593

Branca's Yellow Panellada

The Saturday panellada of a New Christian woman in colonial Brazil, rebuilt from what her pupils told the Inquisition.

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“… huã iguaria que nunca comiam nos outros dias da semana, a qual iguaria era amarella …”Joanna Fernandes, 1593 · a dish they never ate on other days of the week, and it was yellow

The yellow panellada

Branca's Saturday stew, in seven steps.

Other panelladas

With manioc, with maize, for a crowd, for a feast, deconstructed two ways, modern, vegan, as a pie or as mini-pies.

Manioc bread

Carimã bread and beijus, as in 1587.

Who Branca was

Teacher, sugar-mill owner and legend.

Sealing the pot

Six old tricks for keeping the heat.

Today

Where Branca's tradition lives today.

Sources

Where all of this comes from.