Flavors

The Miguelitos de Alice da Conceição de Magalhães Alves won the Sweet Cabeceirense Contest, announced on Casa do Tempo in 18 May 2019. The municipal news describes a preparation wrapped with yellow beans, flour and green wine, stuffed with eggs and honey. The contest was part of the Monastery of Emotions program. In February 2020, the Municipality again highlighted them as dessert of the Gastronomy Weekend, next to the stew as the main dish. The candy thus passed from the competition to the promotion of the head table; the news does not confirm current availability.

The painting Supper of St. Benedict and the Raven, of 1703, is attributed by the Land Museum of Basto to Father Manuel Correia de Sousa and comes from the Monastery of Refojos. In an article of 2011, Isabel Maria Fernandes draws attention to individual dishes, salt shakers, cutlery and napkins represented. The work opens a window for the material culture of the table. However, it is not a record of a concrete meal of the monks of Refojos. The location in the Municipal Session Room is indicated in that publication, without confirmation of current exposure or access.