If there's a food that I'm going to order take out in heaven, it's going to be feijoada! As I mentioned earlier, feijoada was served at lunch for the last day of the camp out. The dish is considered a national dish and a favorite by me! For instance, if LDS wards have chili cook offs, it's comparable to wards in Brazil that raise money for youth camp outs by sponsoring feijoada cook offs. As the legend goes, feijoada came from the slaves and plantation workers in the Northeast regions of Brazil. Although slaves were given only rice and beans to eat, on special holidays owners would give bits of the least-desirable cuts of pork (skin, snout, ears, feet, belly) to add to their dish. Eventually people discovered that it actually made a delicious meal and in the 19th century was urbanized in the restaurants of Rio de Janeiro. or so the wide spread legend goes. The same story I heard multiple times while I was serving as a missionary in Salvador, Bahia. After some research I discovered that the legend is false. According to some of the culinary historians such as Carlos Augusto Ditadi, feijoada originated from Portugal, where similar dishes like the cassoulet turns out to be cousins, with the main difference being the black beans (as used in Brazilian feijoada). Just as a warning to readers, feijoada while very delicious is a very heavy meal which takes time to process well. I wouldn't recommend playing any sports after eating feijoada. Additionally if not prepared carefully, it can lead to some serious fevers and unpleasant side effects. For instance, a good number of the youth who went to the camp out (including me) got pretty sick for the next few days. However, it's hard to tell if the sickness was because of the food or simply because of excessive partying and staying up late every night!
It's my opinion that any Brazilian dish improves its flavor when it's accompanied by good pimenta/hot sauce!
If there's a food that I'm going to order take out in heaven, it's going to be feijoada! As I mentioned earlier, feijoada was served at lunch for the last day of the camp out. The dish is considered a national dish and a favorite by me! For instance, if LDS wards have chili cook offs, it's comparable to wards in Brazil that raise money for youth camp outs by sponsoring feijoada cook offs. As the legend goes, feijoada came from the slaves and plantation workers in the Northeast regions of Brazil. Although slaves were given only rice and beans to eat, on special holidays owners would give bits of the least-desirable cuts of pork (skin, snout, ears, feet, belly) to add to their dish. Eventually people discovered that it actually made a delicious meal and in the 19th century was urbanized in the restaurants of Rio de Janeiro. or so the wide spread legend goes. The same story I heard multiple times while I was serving as a missionary in Salvador, Bahia. After some research I discovered that the legend is false. According to some of the culinary historians such as Carlos Augusto Ditadi, feijoada originated from Portugal, where similar dishes like the cassoulet turns out to be cousins, with the main difference being the black beans (as used in Brazilian feijoada). Just as a warning to readers, feijoada while very delicious is a very heavy meal which takes time to process well. I wouldn't recommend playing any sports after eating feijoada. Additionally if not prepared carefully, it can lead to some serious fevers and unpleasant side effects. For instance, a good number of the youth who went to the camp out (including me) got pretty sick for the next few days. However, it's hard to tell if the sickness was because of the food or simply because of excessive partying and staying up late every night!
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