[ When you time in Brazil, what was a common dish they did on holidays?] Um… there is this dish called Feijoada it is a dish… um… it is primarily rice and beans but also has a bunch of different cuts of meat. Um it is traditionally eaten on Sundays, holidays, time when people get together with family. It is eaten with a side of collard greens, and with this um mealy kind of stuff called farofa. Um made out of tapioca, and flour. It is made out of meat that is really really inexpensive because it was kind of like a special food for families that were poor in Brazil at the time.
Recipe:
Brown a whole pack of bacon
Add a pork loin roast that is cut in bite sized bits
Beef short ribs (2 pounds)
Linguica sausage (1 pound)
Beef chorizo (1 pound)
7 cans of black beans
The juice of 1 orange
1 large onion minced
2 table spoons minced garlic
Salt and pepper to taste
First brown the bacon, onions and garlic. Once these ingredients are cooked through, add the rest of the ingredients and cook on low heat for 4-5 hours