That's very clever! Thanks. MaryAnn Santos
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 11:02 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't tell you how much I love this "recipe"... But of course, to make > an Azorean, our recipe diverges and must be adapted a bit. > > So here's my own attempt at adapting the recipe for own Azorean version, > to be added after where the Portuguese recipe gets to the 15th and 16th > centuries: > > Also over the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, gradually transfer > portions of the broth into nine bowls of varying size (ranging from tiny to > small) set in the midst of the Atlantic and heated Furnas-style, then fold > in generous quantities of Flemish genes (accompanied by Flemish cheese, of > course). Spice to taste with additional infusions of Portuguese > continental, Madeiran, Sephardic, Breton, Spanish, French, Italian, > sub-Saharan African, and English genes, varying the proportions in each > bowl. In the earlier centuries especially, also be sure to throw in some > random international pirate and sailor genes (Barbary Coast, Irish, and > whatever else you may come across in the kitchen) during the earlier > centuries. > > NOTE: Beginning in the sixteenth century, begin removing generous > spoonfuls from the various bowls and setting them aside to add to the > separate pot in which you are cooking up Brazilians. Repeat regularly over > the next several centuries. Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, do > likewise for the batches of New Englanders, Californians, and Hawaiians you > are whipping up, and in the mid-twentieth begin to do the same for your new > batches of Ontarians and British Columbians. > > SERVING SUGGESTION: Pair with plenty of Pico wine and S. Jorge cheese, > plus lots of S. Miguel pineapple for dessert. > > Senhoras e senhores, bom apetite! > > David da Silva Cornell > Miami, FL > > Researching the following surnames: > > Faial - Terra (unknown freguesia(s)) > > Flores - Freitas, Lourenço, Coelho (unknown freguesia(s)) > > Pico - Silveira Cardoso, Macedo, Machado, Pereira Madruga, Ferreira, > Cardoso, Cardoso Machado, Vieira, Bettencourt, Dutra, Castanho, Homem, > Goulart, Quaresma, Moniz, Barreto, Silveira, Pereira, Álvares (all Lajes > do > Pico) > > S. Jorge - Silva, Botelho, Azevedo, Cardoso (Urzelina); Silva, Azevedo, > Cardoso (Santo António in Norte Grande) > > > On Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 2:29:40 PM UTC-4, Maryann Santos wrote: >> >> I found this article on FB. It's very interesting. Here is the link >> followed by a rough translation of the text.... >> >> MaryAnn >> >> >> http://www.publico.pt/diversidade/jornal/a-historia-de-portugal-contada--pelos-nossos-genes-21878549 >> >> The analysis of certain portions of human DNA lets go back in time to get an >> idea, geographic and temporal origin of the current Portuguese. By Ana >> Gerschenfeld >> >> the genetic recipe for cooking a modern Portuguese: warm over low heat one >> "broth" of DNA Celtic, Iberian and Lusitanian the early Christian era, >> adding a pinch of Jewish genes in the Middle East during the Roman Empire. >> From time to time, pour in the pan some Berber genes. Wait 700 years and >> then mix a handful of genes from Arab invaders for five centuries. Already >> in the thirteenth century greatly increase the heat and reduce the >> introduction of Arab genes (not forgetting to continue to sprinkle the >> mixture over Jewish genes). From the mid-fifteenth century, lower the heat >> and go pouring in the broth a couple tablespoons of gene sub-Saharan slaves. >> In the early sixteenth century, again increase the fire of Inquisition for >> two centuries, continuing to add African genes to the end of the nineteenth >> century - and never forgetting to temper periodically over some Jewish genes >> (now called "Sephardi"). >> >> In broad strokes, this is the DNA manufacturing recipe of today's Portugal >> in the light of the latest results of population genetics. It is at least a >> possible story and was inspired by the book reading The Portuguese Genetic >> Heritage (Gradiva, 2009), authored by researcher Luisa Pereira, Molecular >> Pathology and Immunology Institute of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), >> and journalist Filipa Ribeiro . >> >> >> One that was clearly written in the genes of the current Portuguese was the >> involvement of Portugal, especially among the mid-fifteenth century and the >> late eighteenth century - and to a lesser extent by the end of the >> nineteenth century - in the trafficking of black African slaves. The entry >> of slaves in Portugal was one of the highest in Europe - and while the other >> European colonial powers such as Spain, exporting slaves to their overseas >> colonies, Portugal mattered them to the metropolis. "In Portugal," write the >> authors of the book mentioned above, "the unusual percentage of slaves >> peaked at 10 percent of the population south of the country in the >> mid-sixteenth century." >> >> In 2005, the same team of IPATIMUP confirmed in the genes that history of >> Portugal already had: a study published in the journal Human Biology, >> concluded that there is now indeed a higher frequency of African lineages in >> genetic Portuguese than in the Spanish neighbors . "Basically, Portugal >> retains most sub-Saharan lineages that Spain - [and] there is historical >> data that Spanish trafficked slaves especially to America", tells us Luísa >> Pereira. >> >> Many results of genetic add up to history - which was to be expected. But >> even then, there have been surprises. In particular, a study published in >> 2008 in the American Journal of Human Genetics by an international team of >> scientists - among which included John Lavinha, a geneticist at the Health >> Institute Ricardo Jorge Lisbon - showed that, on average, 35 percent of men >> in southern Portugal and 25 percent have North Sephardic Jews genes - and >> that men do Sul have 15 percent of North African descent and the North 10 >> percent. This means, first, that, contrary to what was thought, the >> Portuguese Jews did not flee when they were expelled by the Inquisition. >> They merged in the general population and mingled to surviving this way >> religious intolerance. What about North African component, something similar >> may have happened, although to a lesser extent, contrary to tell us the >> history books. The genes of today's Portuguese witness what really happened. >> >> >> Mitochondria, Y and Cª >> >> Today, modern genetics provides clues to follow the trail to the wanderings >> of the human species - and in particular Portuguese - from its beginnings. >> >> After all, each of the cells of our body guard, in your DNA, the history of >> the generations that preceded us. The gaps are still large, but advances in >> DNA sequencing techniques have allowed obtaining results that respond to >> many questions. >> >> Genetic studies of human populations migration of accumulated mainly by two >> specific mutations in the human gene bits: the mitochondrial DNA and >> chromosome Y. The first is a small ring of DNA that lies within structures >> called mitochondria, which are "batteries" cells. As for the Y chromosome, >> it determines the male gender (women are XX and XY males). >> >> Both of these types of DNA are used to study the genetic characteristics of >> the population, because they have hereditary transmission modes very well >> defined. Mitochondrial DNA has the distinction of being transmitted >> exclusively through matrilineal - that is, by mothers to their children of >> both sexes - while the Y chromosome is transmitted by parents to their >> children exclusively male. This means that the DNA of mitochondria from >> anyone comes from his mother's mother's mother's mother (etc.) and the Y >> chromosome DNA of any man comes from his father's father's father's father >> (etc.). And the history of Portugal magazine through genetic prism gives >> roughly the above recipe. >> >> >> According to findings published in 2004 by Luisa Pereira, António Amorim and >> colleagues (also from IPATIMUP ) in the International Journal of Legal >> Medicine , the gene pool of today's Portuguese consists of 70 to 80 percent >> of former European lineages. The they have added to , more recently, 10 to >> 20 percent of strains in the Middle East , 10 percent North African strains >> male (i.e. , settings of the Y chromosome features of North Africa men) and >> five per percent of women ( ie mitochondrial settings characteristics of >> women in North Africa ) . In particular , there is in Portugal a maternal >> lineage, called U6 , characteristic of the Berbers of North Africa and >> virtually absent in the rest of Europe. The Portuguese genetic profile is >> completed by three to 11 percent ( depending on the region of the country) >> of female lineages arising from sub-Saharan Africa. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> *MaryAnn Santos* >> Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator >> Department of Art and Art Professions >> NYU/Steinhardt >> 212.998.5702 >> [email protected] >> >> Follow us at >> >> *Twitter / @NYUart <https://twitter.com/NYUart>Instagram / @nyuart >> <http://instagram.com/nyuart>* >> *Facebook / NYU Art Department >> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389>* >> >> >> >> -- >> *MaryAnn Santos* >> Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator >> Department of Art and Art Professions >> NYU/Steinhardt >> 212.998.5702 >> [email protected] >> >> Follow us at >> >> *Twitter / @NYUart <https://twitter.com/NYUart>Instagram / @nyuart >> <http://instagram.com/nyuart>* >> *Facebook / NYU Art Department >> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389>* >> > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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