Tripas à moda do Porto

It is considered the traditional dish of the city of Porto, in Portugal, and widely known across the entire country, where it is also simply called dobrada.

Many and varied were the rumors about this achievement: some said the boats were destined to transport the Infanta D. Helena to England, where she would later marry; others said it was to take King D. João I to Jerusalem to visit the Holy Sepulchre; but there were still those who said that the armada was intended to lead the Infantes D. Pedro and D. Henrique to Naples, to marry.

Even though he was satisfied with the work done, he thought more could have been done, and confided in Master Vaz, the faithful foreman of the construction, the secret and true reasons that were at its origin: the conquest of Ceuta.

He asked everyone involved for more commitment and sacrifice and, in turn, Master Vaz assured the Infante that they would do the same as they had done some thirty years before during the war with Castile.

The inhabitants would provide the boats with everything they had in the city, offering all the clean meat to those who would sail to the African coast, and would be left with only the innards of the animals, the guts.