Cassians: small shapes, a long journey
Another Cabeceiras candy stored in Alcina's memory.
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Alcina Teixeira shared these small cakes through Mário Teixeira, residing in Refojos. The publication of the Museum, of 2020, links them to the recipes found in a Portuguese magazine during the years in Mozambique.
The Cassians belong to the same set of memories of lemon cookies and honey cake. The source describes the shape in polka dots, but does not explain the origin of the name.
The report identifies a family trip: Alcina, born in Penafiel, went to Vila de Manica, Mozambique, at the age of fifteen. There he met Alexandre Teixeira of Cavez, who worked on the railways. Alcina had a corn mill and a commercial establishment, and made cakes for family parties. The magazine where he found the recipes connected it to the flavors of Cabeceiras before the family came to live for the municipality. History follows the transmission of recipe; it does not establish who created it.
Source and context
Basto Land Museum — Cassians Cabeceiras, 11/12/2020
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