The people in Brazil are really kind and open and love to share their food. Which is great for me, as I love for food to be shared with me. This weekend, Igor took me to a churrasco, a word that means barbeque (and refers to both the gathering and the meat itself), with his friends. While I didn’t want to interfere with the grilling process itself (and didn’t take pictures of the meat), at the end of the night, one of the barbeques that was happening nearby shared some of their snacks with us. This is paozinho delicia (“little delicious bread”), which is exactly what is sounds like. Little. Delicious. Bread. (With a little creamy cheese inside!) Paozinho delicia is a unique Salvadorean specialty, and it’s fluffy and dissolves in your mouth and delicious. I ate 5.
I had an amazing time at this churrasco - not only did I eat, I learned how to do the quadrilla, a type of Brazilian line/folk dance that is popular at festas. I feel kind of weird linking to this lovely couple’s wedding video (congratulations!), but I want to share an example of this kind of dance (and didn’t film it while it was happening because I was in the line!).
Link HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZSUZ9ePrfs
I also want to do a little more research on the types of Brazilian music. Igor and his friends mentioned forro and sertaneja, and apparently Brazilian music is identified by the rhythm (but not necessarily the tempo), which is something that is tricky for a lot of estrangeiras to catch onto, apparently.