What do you eat????

Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday!!

As many of you know, the daily schedule of someone from Araguaina can be very different from the schedule of someone from the United States.  Here in Araguaina, many school-aged students attend classes in the morning or in the afternoon. In both cases, the whole family is typically at home during the hours of almoço.


In the U.S., families usually are not at home during the day.  Children from fifteen to eighteen attend school from about 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. They generally have between twenty to forty minutes to eat lunch at school. Some high schools let students leave to eat lunch off-campus.  Other schools do not allow students to leave.  Parents usually have an hour to leave work, eat something, and return.

Although the types of meat and salad that are served may vary from day to day, there will almost always be a pot of rice on the stove. It seems that the Araguaina almoço consists of: rice, beans, meat, and salad. On various occasions people of all ages have told me that if they do not eat rice at least once a day, "Eu me sinto falta." American families do not typically eat rice every day. 


It's difficult for some of my friends in the U.S. to believe that I eat rice everyday. Likewise, many of my Brazilian friends ask me what I do eat because I don't eat rice very often. Because of this I have compiled a group of photos to show you some American foods.


For Breakfast

These are American pancakes. They are made with flour (farinha de trigo) and baking powder (fermento biológico em pó) The dot on top is butter. You can eat pancakes with or without it.  The eggs are nicknamed "Sunny Side Up" because the yolk looks like the sun. The meats here are bacon and sausage. Salchicha ≠ sausage. Salchicha = hotdog. 

(photo courtesy of Dennys)

This is a picture of hash browns and grits.  These are typical breakfast side dishes.  Hash browns are fried shredded potatoes and grits are made from corn. 

 

For lunch: 

 Caesar salad is a typical lunch food. It can be a main dish (prato principal) or a side dish.

For dinner:

This is a picture of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, and corn. Meat loaf is typically made from ground beef (carne moida), but it can be made from other meats, too. 

 What are your favorite Brailian foods and how to you prepare them? 

If you have any questions or comments about the foods here, e-mail me at etauft@gmail.com.