also include a few tasty dishes of their own.

COZIDO DE BACALHAU Traditional Christmas Eve dinner Leave cod fish to soak overnight. Boil the following day, adding onions, fresh garlic, red pepper (if desired), a bit of olive oil, and fresh parsley.

Cook separately a variety of fresh garden vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage, kale, and carrots. Boil two or three eggs and serve with olive oil and vinegar.

*** SWEET RICE Arroz Doce 6 cups of water 1 tsp lemon peel 2 cups rice 1 1 cups milk 1 tsp salt 2 cups sugar 6 egg yolks BOIL the water with the lemon. Add the rice make sure the flame is low. Cook until almost dry, add milk, salt, sugar, stir occasionally.

When almost dry stir in the beaten egg yolks and let it cook for 5 minutes longer. Pour on desert plates, and sprinkle with cinnamon.

*** SWEET BREAD Massa Cevada 5 lbs of flour 3 1 cups sugar 1 pound of butter 1 pound of Crisco 1 tblspn lemon extract 10 eggs 4 cups of warm milk 2 tsp of salt 1 oz. of yeast BEAT eggs, sugar, butter, Crisco, and lemon adding flour and milk. Add prepared yeast, knead until it no longer sticks to your hands.

Let rise in a warm place approximately 4 hours or until double its size.

Divide in greased pans, let it rise again before putting in oven. Brush the loafs with beaten eggs. Bake at 350 degree Fahrenheit for about an hour.

*** BISCUITS Biscoites 1 1 pounds butter 5 lbs flour 8 tsps baking powder 1 tblspn salt 2 cups sugar a dozen eggs milk if necessary BEAT eggs, butter and sugar together. Stir salt into flour and baking powder add slow into egg batter, using hands to knead dough, add milk if necessary.

Take small pieces of dough and roll into biscuits.

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until golden-coloured.