I guess you could say that I'm a Portuguese mutt: half my relatives are from the Azores and the other half are from the continental part of Portugal. The Azores and the continent are both part of Portugal, but they definitely have unique cultures. My mother is from the continent, but she took the fairly common Azorean dish of fried beans and adapted it. The result is this delicious recipe, the best of both Portuguese worlds. The best part is that these beans are very versatile. They are great served by themselves with a side of rice, or made into a sandwich (in a papo seco of course).
