it seems like every time I come to the blog, its I'M Back!!!! he he,
Well since the summer has passed, we have been making allot of changes to the Pousada, not only that but our home too. Daniel is slowly changing this house from the family beach place to our lovely home. I have been here in Brazil now for two and a half years and wow what an amazing time it has been. all good:)
The chocolate making is come to a halt, because we haven't had any cocoa. in the time between December and now, we have had only a little amount of cocoa, so we are waiting till we have a good quantity then we will make the best chocolate to date.......watch this space!!!
I cannot begin to explain my relief of the temperature change. In the summer its really hot...like in really hot. Some days I can´t handle the heat. now in the winter it is much cooler...so are our heads. we can think and do normal things, well at least I can. :)
Don't know if you know, but I am also trying to make a Portuguese blog, same blog, different page, go have a look. OK well that's it for now. until soon..ish :)
Pousada Muito Mais
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
----WELCOME----
HELLO 2011
WOW...what a year so far. its been great, loads of work to do, but it is worth it!!! we are trying to go to South Africa sometime this year, so it´s all for the good.
The Island is very hot, but it´s humid as well which makes you feel like it is hotter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We made chocolate yesterday, it came out "delicioso".70% cacao!!!!
Later on today I will be making truffles.
Truffles = chocolate ball with a filling of 'cream of passion fruit and lemon' say it with me.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :D
The islanders and sailer's love our chocolate, which is great for us. The chocolate that we produce is a natural chocolate, is contains milk, sugar and cocoa. we dont put in any preservatives in, to keep with the natural way of things!! quite healthy, very little sugar, we are wanting to experiment making chocolate with out any sugar, which will be a very interesting experiment.
ahhh, so Daniel wants me to start writing this blog in Portuguese as well, so lets see what happens. I cannot promise 100% grammer, but neither can the Brazilians!!! hehehehe :)
Well much love and happiness....gotta get going,
we are going to have a 'feijoada' for lunch
today.......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (again :D)
Pousada Muito Mais
WOW...what a year so far. its been great, loads of work to do, but it is worth it!!! we are trying to go to South Africa sometime this year, so it´s all for the good.
The Island is very hot, but it´s humid as well which makes you feel like it is hotter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We made chocolate yesterday, it came out "delicioso".70% cacao!!!!
Later on today I will be making truffles.
Truffles = chocolate ball with a filling of 'cream of passion fruit and lemon' say it with me.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :D
The islanders and sailer's love our chocolate, which is great for us. The chocolate that we produce is a natural chocolate, is contains milk, sugar and cocoa. we dont put in any preservatives in, to keep with the natural way of things!! quite healthy, very little sugar, we are wanting to experiment making chocolate with out any sugar, which will be a very interesting experiment.
ahhh, so Daniel wants me to start writing this blog in Portuguese as well, so lets see what happens. I cannot promise 100% grammer, but neither can the Brazilians!!! hehehehe :)
Well much love and happiness....gotta get going,
we are going to have a 'feijoada' for lunch
today.......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (again :D)
Pousada Muito Mais
Monday, December 06, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
BACK!!
Sorry its been so long, just been working a lot, which is good hey!! We experimented with our chocolate the other day, put in equal amounts of chocolate and condensed milk!!! The result is amazing....sweet toffee like chocolate!!! as you could imagine:) BUT...its a dangerous thing to have at home....WHY???? because we eat it all!!! hahahaha
Well we try not to, but having a fridge that is always stocked with chocolate is amazing:)
We havent had that many clients this past week, dont know why tho, as summer has arrived, but ye. We are waiting with open arms for clients to come and stay with us. Our internet has been going well....yes we have a internet cafe!! I know, you are asking why havent I put up this nonsense long ago, I cannot respond you as to why. lazy????????????
Well I am waiting for Daniel to come home from a meeting, and then im gonna give him a big kiss!!!!!!
We are an amazing family here and only wish that everyone that comes to stay with us feels the same!!
Até mas tarde...
Pousada Muito Mais
Well we try not to, but having a fridge that is always stocked with chocolate is amazing:)
We havent had that many clients this past week, dont know why tho, as summer has arrived, but ye. We are waiting with open arms for clients to come and stay with us. Our internet has been going well....yes we have a internet cafe!! I know, you are asking why havent I put up this nonsense long ago, I cannot respond you as to why. lazy????????????
Well I am waiting for Daniel to come home from a meeting, and then im gonna give him a big kiss!!!!!!
We are an amazing family here and only wish that everyone that comes to stay with us feels the same!!
Até mas tarde...
Pousada Muito Mais
Sunday, November 07, 2010
CHOCOLATE!!!
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| This is the process of grinding the cocoa, it needs to ground very finely.; |
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| still grinding the cocoa!!!! ; |
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| mmmmm...the secret ingredient...; |
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| Putting the milk and the above into the blender; |
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| whirrrrrrr...... |
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| Look it´s purple!!!!!! :) |
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| The cocoa getting blended with the milk; |
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| We have put the mixture into the Chocolate mixer ; |
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| AND this is what comes out after three hours of cooking.... |
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| MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that is it for now, just a few photos, will be posting news of sales of the chocolate, and the different types of chocolate we are selling!!!! Pousada Muito Mais xxxx |
Friday, November 05, 2010
Cocoa
Yesterday and today, Daniel and I skinned 3 KG of cocoa beans!!
We make Home made chocolate, because we have so many cocoa trees, it is important to utilize all that nature provides us. So when the time comes to take all the cocoa fruit from the trees, we can make juice from the pulp of the fruit or just good 'ol fashioned way and suck the fruit off the bean. When your done with that we put all the beans in the sun to dry for a couple of a days, about 7 days, when it is dry and smells rather rotten, we take it and roast them. The smell that emerges from this process is something you cant even explain, DELICIOUS!!!!
So having done that, the boring part comes, Well it is rather therapeutic, we sit and shell every single bean. but just try to imagine, we shell about 1000 beans per 1 KG, and we just shelled 3 kg of cocoa....thats alot of work!!!!
So tomorrow Daniel has to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to go buy fresh milk from the local dairy farm!! and afterwards we are going to make CHOCOLATE!!!! I shall put up Photos of the making tomorrow...until then here is a picture of the roasted cocoa beans!!! beautiful!!
Pousada Muito Mais
We make Home made chocolate, because we have so many cocoa trees, it is important to utilize all that nature provides us. So when the time comes to take all the cocoa fruit from the trees, we can make juice from the pulp of the fruit or just good 'ol fashioned way and suck the fruit off the bean. When your done with that we put all the beans in the sun to dry for a couple of a days, about 7 days, when it is dry and smells rather rotten, we take it and roast them. The smell that emerges from this process is something you cant even explain, DELICIOUS!!!!
So having done that, the boring part comes, Well it is rather therapeutic, we sit and shell every single bean. but just try to imagine, we shell about 1000 beans per 1 KG, and we just shelled 3 kg of cocoa....thats alot of work!!!!
So tomorrow Daniel has to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to go buy fresh milk from the local dairy farm!! and afterwards we are going to make CHOCOLATE!!!! I shall put up Photos of the making tomorrow...until then here is a picture of the roasted cocoa beans!!! beautiful!!
Pousada Muito Mais
Sunday, October 31, 2010
The Beginning
Pousada Muito Mais
Hello, our Bed and Breakfast is a family home, it is my husbands grandfathers house, that slowly but surely is being transformed into a beautiful place for travelers to stay in. We have 6 rooms, all different from the other.
We want everyone to be able to have the chance to see how it is possible that two young adults have the capacity to run and fully manage a business. Dont get me wrong, I am not being egotistic, but with two optimistic people with the world at their fingertips, it goes to show that it is possible to be happy and work well together!!
The name of our bed and breakfast is Pousada Muito Mais, it is a Portuguese name, meaning "Much More Bed and Breakfast"
and thats just what this is going to be about....much more..!
Natalie
Hello, our Bed and Breakfast is a family home, it is my husbands grandfathers house, that slowly but surely is being transformed into a beautiful place for travelers to stay in. We have 6 rooms, all different from the other.
We want everyone to be able to have the chance to see how it is possible that two young adults have the capacity to run and fully manage a business. Dont get me wrong, I am not being egotistic, but with two optimistic people with the world at their fingertips, it goes to show that it is possible to be happy and work well together!!
The name of our bed and breakfast is Pousada Muito Mais, it is a Portuguese name, meaning "Much More Bed and Breakfast"
and thats just what this is going to be about....much more..!
Natalie
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