Sabores, saberes e o “pão dos trópicos”

contatos interétnicos entre indígenas e colonizadores a partir da circulação e uso da mandioca

Abstract

This article is an immersion of the flavors and indigenous knowledge in the ancient treatment with cassava and its resignification in the cuisine of the Portuguese colonizers until the present day. In this context, we propose an analysis of various uses of cassava and its derivatives as different flours, beijus and fermented beverages, whether as food, medicine, or even as poison, in chronicles and European travelers in the first century of effective Portuguese colonization in the American tropics recorded cassava as the dialy food of indigenous peoples, Portuguese Brazilian setters, and African slaves, as revealed in cultural practices and interethnic relations.