I know Milly Molly would probably be interested in it too.

Yes please!
(You know me so well Jayjan! )

ok so here goes; this is my favourite method (there are many different regional recipies)
1 bottle extra virgin olive oil
1 packet of dried malaguettas(small portuguese fiery red chillies)
1 packet portuguese paprika
1 tot of whiskey(or port or rum etc etc)
1 pinch of salt.
grind the malaguettas into small fragments and add to the olive oil, then add all other ingredients into the bottle, shake and leave to settle,after a whlie the chillies will rest at the bottom of the bottle leaving the liquid a nice golden colour.
it gets better with age
add to soups, stews etc just the job for these winter months.
for the "chicken " or other meat "piri-piri" dishes marinade the meat first and then cook, using a pastry brush add more during the cooking and turning process to taste.if eveyone is not keen on "piri-piri" cook everything as normal and put some in a small bottle on the table so people can pour on them selves just as you would mint sauce etc.
crikey i think i've turned into Delia

Thanks Nosivad, will try this and then compare it with the new version which Tino gave you

Nosivad just marinaded some chicken in your original recipe for our Saturday Night Supper, its in the fridge soaking in the stuff, make it hot hot hot!!!! OMG I may regret that. I will let you know what it tastes like. I have just made a different one with red wine vinegar, garlic & organo added, I blended it electronically and it turned into a real thickish paste looks wonderful, will let you know how that tastes when tested out.

Hello Pat 42 are you still with us, or have you emigrated,your spending too much time in the off topic lounge, did you see "place in the sun home and away" tonight, it was in Tavira & Cabanas? just made me think about you.

Did you see the "place in the sun home and away" a couple of weeks ago in Lagos. One of the houses, the one with blue shutters, was in Praia da Luz. They seemed to take great care not to mention this.

Brodev, no I missed it, remembered it after the programme finished, these senior moment are happening too often

Hi Jayjan,
Still here....I was down south all last week and missed the programme but Bill saw it and spotted people that we knew from the village!!!!!
Came back Friday night and Mother in Law passed away yesterday afternoon, so it's a bit hectic here at the moment.

Pat

Oh dear Pat, sorry, please accept my condolences and hope everything works out ok.
How nice to see people you know on the programme, never been to Cabanas it looks like a small village community, but I see there are cranes on the horizon, thats progress I suppose.

I came to Coimbra yesterday for a change of scenery.

Got that all right - wall to wall rain lashing down all day today. Place is practically under water. No letup in sight either.

Bring your wellies if you are coming to Portugal anytime soon!

... now just stop it !!!!!

Its not the rain in Portugal I'm worried about its this bloomin snow forecast tonight for us lot in North West England & possibly Wales, sez could be around 8 inches.Will we be diggin ourselves out the door tomorrow?

What's snow?

What's snow?

... don't you bloody start !!!

Still raining heavily in Coimbra Friday morning. Yellow alert for wind, rain and floods!

Further north (Guarda etc) they had several inches of snow last weekend.

Glad weve changed our trip from January to March

Sunny and shirt sleeves weather today in Lagos. ..... wish you were here?

Sagres showing rain tomorrow, that shouldnt bother you though cos youve always got your fav pastime but the rest of the week is sunshine, and no I aint blo=dy jealous . Seriously Sagres have a good holiday and hope the euro exchange rate isn't hurting too much.

Well, tomorrow´s here and the sun´s shining - forecast for the rest of the week is good as well.