I do not pretend to start a written words fight,
’cause it is not worthy and this surely is not the place.

As a distraction, I wrote “from withe wine” in fact it can
be made from ANY wine.

“Ginja” is a fruit not a liquor. “Ginginha” may be a liquor,
and, for anyone knowing proper english, I clearly stated it was
my opinion “…is not exactly what I’d call a “liquor””.
And it happens I know exactly what I’m talking about!

Of course “ginginha” can be distorted using any kind of sugar.
You can also use a comb to scratch your back.

“…Lourinhã were almost all Portuguese Vinic Aguardente is made”
with this you really give total reason to the widely used expression “Do you thing I just came from Lourinhã?”

Port wine made with “vinic aguardente” from 2nd rate “West Region”
grapes would be a world laugh, it surely would be a worse Port than that Lakewoods American Port.

As a “portuguese…defend the Portuguese culture and culinary” you should know better…

and about “being… a real A__.” I really think you’re mistaken and you should take a deeper look at your family photo album.

Once again, you are wrong, and reading all your posts… I don know your age, but you are being very childish, and a real A__.

And this is with:

Aguardente is made primarily with Green Wine (Vinho Verde), not with
White Wine (Vinho Branco), and the reason is because the Green Wine has
less alcohol and spoils faster, and doing the distillation they can
make the best of green wine that may otherwise go bad (this is a very short and simple explanation).

Ginga/gingar is walking or balancing, and it is also a type of african dance.

Ginja is a LICOR, and can be made from any kind of sugar.
And, there is several receipts for ginja, and mine is not like that.

I know this because i’m from Torres Vedras, and if you know Obidos is near (the famous “Ginjinha de Óbidos”), and also is Lourinhã, were almost all Portuguese Vinic Aguardente is made.

Once again, being portuguese, i like to defend the Portuguese culture and culinary, you saying things like that, people start to think that the only things we have is Porto wine, sardines and Fado.

You should help to spread the Portuguese culture, not mislead other people.

I’m sorry for the confusion with the ‘ginja’ – my portuguese is very basic and it really shows in my writing

However, as I understand it, a liquor is an alcoholic beverage that has been distilled rather than fermented, which as you pointed out, is the case with aguardente. Your recipe for ginja sounds interesting, I know my mom didn’t go through all that so I would be curious to try out the two recipes! thanks for sharing your recipe.

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