*Marsha,* *I think the word you're looking for is rosquilha which is defined as "cake" but was a ring shaped loaf of "massa sovada" which we called "sweet bread" or pao de ovo (literally "egg bread"). My reference is the Alvaro Franco DICCIONARIO Ingles-Portugues Portgues-Ingles, Published 1939, Porto Alegre, Brasil. My mother, born on Flores, Azores would knead the dough *
*and on a greased baking sheet and would fashion a ring shaped loaf around an inverted bowel, cover it with a blanket next to a heater (this was usually done in the winter) and allow it to rise before putting it in the oven. The bowel was removed before baking.* *John Vasconcelos. * On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 7:24 PM, M. Stringer <strin...@mstringer.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Happy Easter! > > Seeing 'massa sevada' reminded me of a Portuguese/Italian/English question > about one of our Easter treats. > > My Portuguese grandmother made an Italian pastry (sort of anisette > biscotti). I remember watching as she shaped the dough into intricate > baskets, bunnies, etc. My question is re what she called it. It sounds > like (Rishh-kee-lee-ah). No English translation. I can't find a word (or > multiple words?) like that in my dictionaries and guessing at random > spelling attempts on Google Translate isn't working. > > > Marsha Stringer > strin...@mstringer.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com > ] > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 4:21 PM > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Happy Easter - Feliz Pascoa thread > > > Good for you, Mary. I bought the massa sevada at the Portuguese bakery! > Happy Easter everyone,, no matter how you got the great bread to eat for > Easter. > Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com > > -------------------------------------------- > On Sat, 4/15/17, Mary Bordi <busybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Happy Easter - Feliz Pascoa thread > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017, 11:18 AM > > Happy Easter all! > > I managed to bake some Easter bread this year. Wish I could share it will > everyone! > > Mary > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
