Brazilian fisherman’s cooking on a sailing jangada (raft sailboat) 7 miles offshore
Posted by vampeta_de_gelo@reddit | sailing | View on Reddit | 69 comments
Pirão Manteiga is a very common dish in riverside fishing communities. The base is cassava flour mixed with the broth from the cooked fish. The butter (manteiga in pt-br) is a special touch.
LegitMeatPuppet@reddit
🔪🖐️🍝
MyCrackpotTheories@reddit
No lifelines, no life jackets, no special shoes, no fancy gloves, a wood fire on a wood boat.
gentlemantroglodyte@reddit
And using the knife blade as a handle to stir the pot.
LegitMeatPuppet@reddit
It adds flavor if you slash your hand open. 🔪🖐️🩸
LegitMeatPuppet@reddit
or 🔪🖐️🍝
mr_muffinhead@reddit
Carpe diem
Kryptosis@reddit
And not a Phone in sight. Just enjoying the moment /s
jlrbnsn22@reddit
I don’t see the fire?
PurduePaul@reddit
Just living in the moment
EveryAddress5232@reddit
you know the saying, Brazil's not for amateurs!
blackcatunderaladder@reddit
Aspirations.
vtrac@reddit
I've been agonizing for days about whether I should get a Teamo or a Deckvest and how much a MOB1 costs for my coastal Maine cruising this summer.
Chazykins@reddit
Woke nonsense
Ola_the_Polka@reddit
I’m obsessed with my spin lock Vito deck vest!! It’s so fricking comfy and doesn’t weigh on you shoulders. Get a MOB1 and an AIS like the combined one and make sure it can be fitted to your spinlock so it automatically goes off if you inflate. Also recommend getting the quick release option. I didn’t and have to carry a knife w me
StephenHawkingsBlunt@reddit
Guys people have been sailing and eating like this for actual millennium, they could be safer sure, but they're going to be okay
Spare-Builder-355@reddit
to be fair we need to know which % of these fishermen make it to retirement age to make that statement.
flavorizante@reddit
It is not known for being specially dangerous. I've seen even of old people in jangadas.
Jangada sailors are very chill overall.
curious-chineur@reddit
Fair point.
Please account for the lack of retirement scheme / frame.
Many people worked until they could jot and become a " personne à charge " or some sort of burden to their descendant.
IF ( big if ) they had sons it would make it easier on average. Care of the elder was / us something to be accounted even more so than today.
licancaburk@reddit
If he's Brazilian, then it's 11 km, not 7 miles.
vampeta_de_gelo@reddit (OP)
maioria aqui o reddit é de americano, usei milhas pra eles terem uma noção.
oga_ogbeni@reddit
This is the sketchiest cooking aboard I've ever seen. From the unboiled seawater, to the questionable bucket, to the knife held by the blade used to stir, to most pressingly, the open fire on a wooden boat. Excellent choice of footwear and safety devices as well.
Pattern_Is_Movement@reddit
They have been sailing this was for millennia
oga_ogbeni@reddit
Obligatory "I am not a professional fisherman," but even with OSHA involvement, commercial fishing is still one of the more dangerous jobs. Doing something for millennia doesn't make it safe or wise. Hell, we just started boiling water before drinking it and washing our hands before surgery in the last 250 years.
LieutJimDangle@reddit
I don't think they are putting raw seawater in there; he's letting the bottom of the pot touch the water to cool it. Regardless this is ridiculous and a miracle any of them have reached their current ages.
megaboga@reddit
He didn't use sea water, he just touched the bottom of the pot in the water to cool it and be able to touch it with his hand to pour the broth.
TenYearHangover@reddit
Just what I want on a hot day on the ocean… Boiling soup
Pattern_Is_Movement@reddit
They have been sailing this way for millennia
Party_Papaya_2942@reddit
Doesn't matter how hot is the weather, we like our launch hot in Brazil. That's just how launchs are supposed to be. Moqueca and pirão are always delicious and welcomed.
mamasemamasamusernam@reddit
Legendary
bryangcrane@reddit
That knife/spoon combo is a thing of beauty. 👀
Neocles@reddit
Frank Reynolds dream toe knife, right there
bryangcrane@reddit
Always Sunny in Brasil??
Ruin_Nice@reddit
I see you’ve played knifey spoony before.
IDreamOfSailing@reddit
A spife? Or a knoon?
steelhead1971@reddit
Got it made
Raneynickelfire@reddit
Straight up fish heads in there is a no from me dawg.
Low-Republic-4145@reddit
Oh not fish stew for dinner again!
Great_Montain@reddit
As a Brazilian, I have the utmost respect for these guys
davidzet@reddit
Can you translate? The subtitles (in English) are ... interesting (moons and mirrors and such).
Cloud5550@reddit
They are only talking about the food. Cameraman- it's time to break the diet again, my people("meu povo" this is mostly a Brazilian portuguese expression, although you can find people saying it in Portugal too, "malta" would be more common in my country. He's addresing us, who are watching the video) Cameraman-but this time is with pirão manteiga, not with bone marrow, is with pirão manteiga. But it has a bit of bone marrow, the fish fat. Cook - yes, the fish is fat("gordo" fat in "a fat fish"), it has that fat("gordura" as in "fish fat" or "meat fat") like pork fat. But today I find pirao(pirao manteiga)...(I don't understand what he said because of the audio, maybe "i found this treasure" meaning pirao manteiga but I'm not sure) Cameraman - quality there Cook - we'll go to another service... (again, can't understand from the audio, but i think he's saying that will feed them for that service too)... we came from camando(can be another expression, "camandro" which means "far away" or a place where they live), and thats it people("galera" another expression meaning people. Mostly used in Brazil but also a little in Portugal), so now we are four fisherman. Cameraman - sshh you made half a bucket of pirao manteiga? Cook - yeah Cameraman - Crazy Can't understand the Cook again, because of the audio but I think he's saying they all eat a lot. Cameraman - that's to much pirao manteiga Cook - here is like this Crewman - we have here four boys who eat a lot Then they talk over each over but the Crewman is saying it must be a lot while the Cook is showing the pirao manteiga. Cameraman - breaking the diet with pirao manteiga and fish fat, not bone marrow. Cook - look here, people, this is wonderful, isn't it? (Then he uses an expression "cuida, estamos juntos" which is a Brazilian expression, it's the same as "take care, we are together", an endearing expression) Helmsman - soon enough it's in our bellies.
blackcatunderaladder@reddit
Thank you!
Elses_pels@reddit
I have zero respect for the cameraman !
No-Sail-6510@reddit
Crazy to use a wood fire like that.
Jumpy-Material7108@reddit
And salt water!
megaboga@reddit
He didn't put sea water in the pot, just dipped the bottom in the water to cool it.
davidzet@reddit
But... sea water isn't a bad thing, right? Salt and such? As long as they have fresh water to stay hydrated?
megaboga@reddit
Theoretically one could dilute the sea water so it has the right concentration of salt, but there are other salts that can give it a really bad taste, like calcium chloride.
FrostnJack@reddit
Was relieved to see this & give a second look 👀
anteup@reddit
Where do you see the wood fire?
No-Sail-6510@reddit
It’s coals in the pot
whubbard@reddit
What time stamp do you see the wood fire? assumed that what it was, but never see it.
nero_djin@reddit
No one is writing anything about how this looks absolutely delicious.
FairSeafarer@reddit
I’m stuck on the no glove or oven mit!!! How is he not dying inside holding the pot on the side like this?!
Party_Papaya_2942@reddit
By the jangada and color of the water i would guess this is in Alagoas state coast. Am i right?
TropicalSteph@reddit
LOL thank you for sharing. I think this is the first time I see a post in Portuguese on this subreddit, I’m so thankful to be able to speak it, but not even I can fully understand what they’re saying 😂 may I ask whats the original source of this video?
davidzet@reddit
Can you translate? The subtitles (in English) are ... interesting (moons and mirrors and such).
Bluesme01@reddit
all while going down wind with the board up! Glad they brought a cook!
vampeta_de_gelo@reddit (OP)
Well spotted, with the “bolina” board up!
wooyoo@reddit
Fish again? Someone probably.
squeaki@reddit
I missed the loop point in the video and thought they were perpetually cooking and stirring on the downwind leg
Ace-of-Spades88@reddit
Some say they're still out there stirring and cooking to this day.
ruby_1984@reddit
This would be so friggin awesome!!
Background_Toe_6301@reddit
This is awesome
meathead13_@reddit
I’d at least hold the knife blade side away from the palm of my hand
Creepy_Connection_62@reddit
And how exactly do you guys believe, did past generations cook on their wooden sailing vessels? With microwave ovens and drone delivery? Fire has been used on board of wooden vessels since the beginning of time - and, if I may add, in a way it's safer than gas on a grp / plastic boat... But that's a separate discussion. Looks yummy.
Quirky-Scar9226@reddit
Seems like they had things well under control and I’d happily partake.
flaknet@reddit
Black non food grade bucket ..its all happening
lecrappe@reddit
Yes please
kingsam53@reddit
One man's cathedral is another's fishing hole.
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