Portuguese sauce in Portuguese cuisine. In Argentina, "salsa portuguesa" refers to a cooked mixture of tomato, bell peppers and onions, used in Brazil as a "carne moída" or hot dog sauce. In Brazil the version consumed by itself is referred as "molho à campanha", named after the most traditional area of Rio Grande do Sul, a praîrie that is land of the Brazilian "gaúchos (the Brazilian version is always finely chopped and raw and generally includes also vinegar, olive oil, salt and "cheiro-verde"—very finely chopped parsley and welsh onions—or spice). Portuguese sauce Portuguese sauce can have two meanings, but both invariably refer
Jerk (cooking) Jerk (cooking) Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. Some historians believe it was originally developed by African slaves who escaped into the wilds of Jamaica when the British captured the island from Spain in 1655. Adapting to their new surroundings, the former slaves made use of the natural food sources available to them, creating the spicy sauce and slowly cooking the meat over a smoking wood fire. Other historians argue the case for the practice of jerking originating with the