The most famous dish, that everyone across the country comes to taste, is the "Sopa da Pedra" (Stone Soup).
Says the legend that, the Stone Soup has always been associated with the Legend of the Friar and his way to make a delicious soup, with a stone!
One day, the Friar arrives at a place, tired and with an empty belly.
Knocks on the door of a farmer, showing a stone, saying he would like to make a soup with it.
Astonished, the owners of the house ask:
- With a stone? We really want to see that.
Thatโs what the Friar wanted to hear. He washed the stone very well and asked for a pot with some water.
- Only water with this stone and nothing else?
- No, to make it better, we should get some olive oil and add it the pot.
Always asking for the necessary condiments, the friar puts his hosts in constant turmoil:
- Now some meat, sausages, beans, potatoes, coriander,... etc, etc.
After a short time the pan begins to boil and let out a delicious aroma.
After the friar ate, the owners of the house, now very suspicious, ask, when there was nothing left in the pot:
- What about the stone?
The sly Friar says:
- I'll wash the stone and will use it next time!
