Typical flavors
Holy Ghost soup/Alfenim/sweet bread/alcatra/sweet rice - All these meals are served during the Holy Ghost Festivities, which take place on this island, from May to October.Coscoroes/Baked "Filoses" - These delicacies are served during the Carnival, which is celebrated on this island in a very peculiar manner, from "Fat Sunday" to Carnival Tuesday, there are dozens of Carnival dances (theatre/comedy) throughout these days, with themes concerning particular characteristics of our society. On these days, people put on costumes and go out to enjoy the Carnival.Given that one of the main traditions on this island are the street bullfights, these snacks cannot be ammissed from the street bars: mackerel with onion stew/yams and linguiça/sweet potato/horse beans/baked potatoes with hot-sauce/barnacles/limpets (two types of seafood from the ocean rocks).