during lunch on friday of the passion, a little flour and a piece of bread must be set on the side and kept together, to be used in case someone choking on a fish bone (mangaratiba).

cake ingredients should not be mixed by only one person, and in only one direction, or it will not be good.

a cake will not be good when mixed by a menstruating woman (paraty).

a person with dry hands will not be able to make a good dough for empadas, a type of bread patties (macaé).