Um PowerPoint concernante à lenda portuense das tripas à moda do Porto, parte de um projeto Erasmus +.

1. Legend of the
Tripe Eaters

2. Index
• What is a legend?
• The Legend of the Tripe Eaters
• Cultural Context
• Porto
• “Tripeiros”
• Prince Henry
• The Recipe
• In Short…
• A funny video
• Sources

3. What is a legend?
• A legend is a semi-true story, which has been
passed on from person-to-person and has an
important meaning or symbolism for the
culture in which it originates. A legend usually
includes an element of truth, or is based on
historic facts, but with 'mythical qualities'.
Legends usually involve heroic characters or
fantastic places and often encompass the
spiritual beliefs of the culture in which they
originate.
• There are many different examples, like for
example the American legend of the Bigfoot.

4. Legend of the Tripe Eaters
In the year 1415, in the banks of the Douro
River, the boats to take the Portuguese to
conquest Ceuta and later to the Age of
Discoveries were being constructed. The
reason for this development was secret and
in shipyards rumors were many and varied:
some said that the vessels were intended to
convey the “Infanta D. Helena” to England,
where she would marry; others said it was
to take the King John I to Jerusalem to visit
the Holy Sepulcher. But there were also
those who claimed that armada intended to
conduct the Princes Pedro and Henrique to
Naples to marry there ...

5. It was then that Prince Henry suddenly stopped in Porto to
see the progress of the work and, although pleased with the
effort, thought they could do even more. The Prince
confided to master Vaz, the faithful man in charge of the
construction, the true and secret reasons that lay behind it:
the conquest of Ceuta. He asked the master and its men
even more sacrifices, to which master Vaz assured him they
would do to the Prince what they had done some thirty
years ago when in war with Castile: all the flesh of the city
would be sent to the war leaving the city of Porto with only
the remaining guts . This sacrifice even had them valid the
nickname "tripeiros". Touched, Prince Henry then told him
that the name of "tripeiros" was a real honor for the people
of Porto. The history of Portugal recorded for ever on this
unusual sacrifice of the heroic "tripeiros" which contributed
to the large fleet of the Prince Henry in its mission to
conquest Ceuta.

6. Cultural Context
As mentioned, the story happened in
the early 15th century, in Porto, right in
the start of the age of discoveries. At
this point, the kingdom of Portugal was
at peace, so it was in a better position
than all the others in Europe to start to
explore the rest of the world. The
starting point was Ceuta, and the goal
was to conquer the city and control the
commercial routes that passed by there.
However, as the plan failed, the
Portuguese followed the African coast to
make Portugal one of the richest and
most important countries in the world
for the next centuries.

7. Porto
Porto put the ‘Portu’ in ‘Portugal’. The name dates from
Roman times, when Lusitanian settlements straddled
both sides of the Douro’s banks. The area was briefly in
the hands of Moors but was reconquered by AD 1000
and reorganised as the county of Portucale, with Porto
as its capital. British-born Henry of Burgundy was
granted the land in 1095, and it was from here that
Henry’s son and Portuguese hero Afonso Henriques
launched the Christian reconquest, ultimately
winning Portugal its status as an independent kingdom.
Meanwhile, wine profits helped the city’s
industrialization, which began in the late 19th century,
when elites in the rest of Portugal tended to see trade
and manufacturing as vulgar. Today, the city remains the
economic capital of northern Portugal, surpassed only
by much-larger Lisbon in terms of economic and social
clout.

8. • Nowadays, Porto is one of the cultural centers of Portugal, having a very diverse choice
between museums, concerts, theaters, churches or just the beauty of the streets in the city.
• Tradition is just a key element, as the city tries to conjugate the modern living with the old
costumes. Being internationally recognized because of its culture, has been considered the
best European travel destination in 2013.

9. “Tripeiros”
• “Tripeiros”(tripe eaters in English) was
the name given to the inhabitants of
Porto by Prince Henry in the 15th
century as mentioned above.
• Across the years the name has gained
roots and it´s still a very commonly
used, being very dear to every person
from that town.
• Nowadays has a common use in
football, often used by the fans of SL
Benfica (a team from Lisbon) to describe
the fans of FC Porto, given the rivalry
between the two teams.

10. Prince Henry
Henry the Navigator, Prince of Portugal,
was born on the 4th of March 1394, in
Porto, Portugal and died on the 13th of
November 1460, in Vila do Infante, near
Sagres. He was a Portuguese prince noted
for his patronage of voyages of discovery
among the Madeira Islands and along the
western coast of Africa. The epithet
Navigator, applied to him by the English, is
a misnomer, as he himself never embarked
on any exploratory voyages.

11. The Recipe
“Tripas à moda do Porto”

12. To be able to eat the guts of animals, the “tripeiros” made up a recipe
made only with guts which is called “Tripas à moda do Porto”. Here´s how
it´s cooked:
Ingredients
1 pound tripe-cooked and cut into 1-inch pieces
1/2 to 3/4 pound veal shank
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Water, to cover
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 pound cured ham, small diced
1/2 pound Chourico sausage, small diced
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup dried white beans, soaked overnight,
cooked until tender and drained
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1 1/2 cups chopped carrots
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1/2 whole chicken, cut into 6 pieces
1/4 cup Port
1 cup chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons piri-piri sauce
or crushed red pepper
2 bay leaves

13. Preparation
Season the tripe with salt and pepper. In a large
saucepan, over medium heat, add the tripe and
veal. Cover with water and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat to simmer and cook for 1 1/2
to 2 hours, or until tender. Drain and cool
completely. Remove the veal from the shank
and set aside. In a large saute pan, over medium
heat, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the
ham, and saute for 1 minute. Add the sausage
and continue to cook for 2 minutes. Add the
onions, carrots, and garlic. Season with salt and
pepper. Continue to saute for 2 minutes. Season
the chicken with salt and pepper. Add the
chicken and saute for 1 minute. Add the port,
chicken stock, cumin, red pepper and bay
leaves. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Add
the tripe, veal, and beans. Continue to simmer
for 20 minutes. Remove the bay leaves. Ladle
into serving bowls and garnish with parsley.
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

14. In Short…
As this legend truly happened and there are
no fictional happenings, the stories all across
the web don´t vary a lot on the story. The
legend is kept as a symbol of pride in Porto
because of the goodness and sacrifice its
inhabitants had accepting to give all the
good food they had for the good of the hole
Kingdom. It is, because of those same
motives, a very well noun story all across the
country, symbolizing the true and noble spirit
of the Portuguese people. Statue of Prince
Henry in Porto

15. A funny video

16. Sources
• www.emerils.com
• www.youtube.com
• www.brittanica.com
• www.lonelyplanet.com
• helderpacheco.wordpress.com
• http://myths.e2bn.org/