{"time": 1741711656505, "blocks": [{"data": {"text": "Do you agree with these pairings?"}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "Oysters have always been a hot topic at Rio de Janeiro's tables. But... with what?"}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "We saw over half a century (from 1841 to 1910) of the habit of eating them with white wine (no matter what it was) at the Municipal Market, but there are more specific combinations:"}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "• 1859: in a column in the Jornal do Commercio, the best thing to do for lunch was to have “oysters and Sauternes wine like a good French wine.”"}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "• 1880: in the Gazeta da Tarde, it was said that raw oysters should be washed down with a “good Bordeaux.”"}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "• 1924: in the Beira-Mar newspaper, it was suggested to drink them with a Figueira (Dão) wine."}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "• 1947: The poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade says that he really liked to accompany oysters with brandy."}, "type": "paragraph"}, {"data": {"text": "And now? Which “year” suits you best?"}, "type": "paragraph"}], "version": "2.18.0"}