With a recipe for cornbread, Lula recalls the dictatorship and launches a website.

247 - Who saw the post on personal Facebook page Former President Lula probably didn't understand what a cornbread recipe was doing there. The explanation, however, appeared when clicking on the "edited" link.

The text in the link contained a critique of the censorship exercised over the press during the period of the military dictatorship. "The text below [the recipe] could not be published in a dictatorship," says the note, which also serves as an invitation to the launch of the Democracy Memorial website, maintained by the Lula Institute.

Cake recipes, as well as poems and other similar texts, were used by the media as a way to fill the space of articles that were censored by agents of the military dictatorship between the years 1970 and 1980, "a consequence of the overt repression practiced by the military dictatorship, which revoked the right to criticism, controversy, free organization, and open and plural debate," the text says.

The cornbread recipe also marked the beginning of the promotion for the launch of the Democracy Memorial website, linked to the Lula Institute, which will be officially launched on September 1st at the Metalworkers' Union of São Paulo.

Below is the full text of both articles:

The text below could not be published in a dictatorship.

Cake recipes, poems, and other texts deemed "subversion-proof" filled the empty spaces left by censorship in Brazilian newspapers between the 1970s and 1980s. This was a consequence of the overt repression practiced by the military dictatorship, which suppressed the right to criticism, controversy, free organization, and open and pluralistic debate.

If we have overcome this dark past, it is thanks to the struggles of thousands of Brazilian men and women who did not give up on the dream of a just and democratic country. To learn more about this history and to ensure that the achievements we have accumulated since then are not reversed, the Lula Institute invites you to the inauguration of the Democracy Memorial collection, a historical record of the struggles of the Brazilian people. Save the date:

September 1st, at 18 PM, at the Metalworkers Union of São Bernardo. With live streaming online.

#MemorialofDemocracy
#TheFightContinues

Cornmeal cake
4 eggs
1 cup of milk
1 cup of oil
1 and 1/2 cups of sugar
1 cup of cornmeal
1 cup (of tea) of wheat flour
1 teaspoon of fennel seeds
1 tablespoon of baking powder
Place the eggs, milk, oil, and sugar in a blender and blend until smooth. In a bowl, combine the cornmeal, wheat flour, and anise seeds, mixing the dry ingredients. Pour the blended mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well. Add the baking powder and stir gently. Pour the batter into a greased and floured baking pan. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit) for 35 minutes.