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Today is Friday, beginning the weekend, and you leave him in the mouth with water, let’s talk about food!

Who visit the beaches of Alagoas, can only prove the delights that are prepared in this coast. Needles fries, stew of crab, lobster and octopus, various moquecas, Aratu, sururu and the area of sweets, cocadas, cakes and biscuits gum foil in the region of Maragogi.

To those who do not know the Aratu is a kind of crab that small scale where the mangrove is usually found. A tasty snack, served in restaurants in Maragogi and Japaratinga are flakes of Aratu with olive oil, pepper and herbs. For fans of moquecas, is also delicious.

The sururu is seen up close and ugly, is a small snail in a dark color, also known as the mangrove mussel. In Alagoas, you can see many species and this tends to be tasted with coconut milk, stew known in Aratu so typical of the beach bars.

The needle is another delicious fried typical beach. Macaxeira may be accompanied by fries and some slices of lemon. Worth it!

Besides these are several appetizers and stews moquecas that can be prepared with fruits of the sea, the shore So fresh and inviting to satisfy a good taste.

Furthermore, quite typical of the region is famous cake gum, by name, you can ask a think piece, but is well wrong. Are cookies in the shape of balls or conchinhas sea, white, that melt in your mouth. The dish is based on corn starch, egg yolk, sugar, salt and margarine. It is quite common to see mobile, the beaches, bars and restaurants selling the traditional cookie, course that can also be found in bakeries and super-markets in the region always in small packages.

Another dish that is found also in the capital as Recife and Maceió, but from Maragogi are cookies sheets Maragogi always served at breakfast in many hotels and inns, it is worth trying. They are light, crispy, and can be sweet and salty. They are also easily found in markets and bakeries in the region.

Another sweet traditional coastal regions are famous Cocadas - can be white, golden or dark - usually made with coconut and sugar, and some condensed milk also lead, in our last stay, we found even guava. Finally, it is a good thing for the afternoons on the beach or to sweeten the mouth after a good lunch.

If you got water in your mouth, I know, you write the list for the next time you visit the coast of Alagoas.