Enterrar El Cocido de Furnas

It is truly an art form: burying the food of Furnas! For me it was the first time I saw a stew buried in the ground. The vapors emanating from the stew and from the two streams, one cold and one hot, are how the stew is prepared. It a very natural way to prepare the stew, being as it is baked in the earth itself. The stew here in the Azores can be made in two ways: from cod or from meat. I personally decided to try the meat. To give you an idea of the process; holes are dug in the ground, then pots with the stew in are placed into these. They are then covered with wooden lids; one of the most curious sights I have ever seen in my life.