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tucupi

This means that in Belem, you can eat at a market stall and be eating food that has not fundamentally changed since before Portuguese contact.

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Cultural layer

Origin

Amazonia; fermented yellow liquid extracted from wild manioc by Indigenous Amazonian peoples

Routes

Indigenous Amazonian knowledge, adopted into Paraense (Para, Brazil) regional cuisine, remains almost unknown outside northern Brazil

Context

Tucupi requires Indigenous processing knowledge to make edible: the fermented yellow liquid is extracted from wild manioc and must be boiled to neutralize its hydrocyanic acid content. Tacaca and pato no tucupi are Belem's most iconic dishes, living evidence of Indigenous culinary technology functioning in an urban context. This means that in Belem, you can eat at a market stall and be eating food that has not fundamentally changed since before Portuguese contact.

Behind this layer

História da Alimentação no Brasil (Luís da Câmara Cascudo, 1967)

Route

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