Foods of Pubs

 

The last few years, Belo Horizonte, a big city from Minas Gerais, a state of Brazil, was taken by a lot of restaurants that look likes Pubs in Europe. In the entire city, these Pubs receive teens and even old people, and with your drinks, a warm food e receptive people, is very attractive not only for the native people, but mostly to the tourists who comes to the city looking for fun.

   In this post we gonna show you the main menu of the Pubs from BH, starting with the Crackling, in Portuguese Torresmo (Not only for Crackling, but also some others suggest of food, we will let a website where you guys can found the recipes of how to prepare!). This one, the crackling, can be prepared fried and in the moment that it was being made tempered with salt or also pepper. More informations follow in website: Recipe of Pork Crackling

Caipirinha Shot!

    Foods like hit fries, little fried pastel, meatloaf and various fried appetizers can be found aplenty, and along with it there is some special drinks, that if you come to BH, NEED to try, like the classical “Caipirinha” that is made with lemon, sugar and ice, and can be mixed with fruits like strawberry and tangerine, but you need to pay attention because not is every owner of Pubs that has a plenty of drinks to show. In all the cases, the simple “Caipirinha”, with lemon and ice always will have and you can have hours and hours of fun, drinking and enjoying. (this site is a good one that explain some ways to make a great “caipirinha” Making your Brazilian Caipirinha! )

   Back to the foods, we can forget the bigger meals that some Pubs offer to their guests. The “Feijoada” is a big meal prepared with some pieces of pig, like the ear, nose, skin, and even that it looks a little disgusting, that meal is a request very asked by the people. The main ingredient of this plate is the pork, but this plate is also made with a kind of black bean.

   We won’t talk about all the foods and all the drinks that exist, but these ones which were mentioned you should try when you come here. The BH city is a wonderful place to visited, it people is known by their hospitality and the city host a lots of different place to visited and so many options to stay while you are visiting like hotels and hostels…. So when you come to Brazil, don’t forget to visit BH, definitely isn’t a waste of your time visit our city.

 

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"Frango com Quiabo"

       A mineira typically, food frango com quiabo (chicken with okra), is usually served on Sundays at family gatherings companhado of mush, beans and rice that is also much appreciated by the miners. The okra arrived in Brazil among African slaves since it is a product originating from Africa and conquered the palates of miners. The plate is also found in several restaurants of Minas Gerais, both simple as sophisticated restaurants.     When it comes to mines be sure to try the delicacy.








A recipe for chicken with okra:
Ingredients:

    1 chicken with about a pound
    300 g of okra
    1 medium onions
    1 cup of lemon
    1 teaspoon garlic salt average
    1 tablespoon annatto average
    1 bunch of parsley
1 bunch of chives
2 tablespoons medium oil
Pepper to taste Water

       Preparation: Wash the chicken, cut the seams and start boil lightly with water and lemon. Once cooked, drain and set aside. In another pan, heat oil and garlic salt. Wait until the mixture is golden brown and add the chicken. He should fry lightly before they add annatto. Gradually, pour the water and let the whole sweat. Then, add the sprigs of parsley over the whole onion. Cover. Take some time to make sure the seasoning is in the taste.
Apart wash and dry the okra with new tips removed and chopped into slices, take it to the fire to fry a little. Subscribe to chicken. Do not stir the pot and keep closed.Check the point where the okra are already soft. That done, remove from heat and serve.  


Ingredients for the polenta:
1 liter of water
250 g of corn meal

           Preparation: Put water on to boil. In another vessel, dissolve half of cornmeal in cold water. This mixture should be added to the boiling water. Stir in wheel without stopping and at low heat. Gradually adding the second half of cornmeal. The sweet spot is when the dough gets firm and begins to loosen the bottom of the pan. Once he reaches the point, dampen a wide, shallow bowl, like a plate, place the polenta and cover until ready to serve. Preferably use, a thick, deep pan, since the angular tends to rise as it chickens.

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Imported from Africa

   Hominy bread, cookies and crackers, cornmeal cake,  peanut cake and coffee. No need to struggle to find tasty and exciting cuisine of Minas Gerais. With origins from who knows where, decades and centuries widely spaced, these recipes have won numerous day to day General, and it is difficult to find someone there who do not like them.

   But let's be honest: the real truth is that throughout Brazil loves these recipes, and each one has a bit of Brazilian miner blood running through his veins.

   A major culinary delicacies such as rich is the broa of fubá.
   The delicacy made ​​basically cornmeal and coconut variety can be found with any confectionery Mineiro, from the simplest to the most sophisticated.

   Its main ingredient is inherited from Africa and their slaves brought to Brazil in the era of colonization.
   The Fubá is a powder hit by fine grinding of raw corn, dried, threshed and is a type of hard corn, which is used in the production of cornmeal.
   Those responsible for intense use of corn were the Portuguese, they turned out well in the flour produced delicious dishes such as porridge, porridge, puddings, scones, cream corn and other.
   This external link gives you a classic recipe of delicious cornmeal cake. 

It is worth reading

The History of Mineira's Food.

Times are traversed and counted through cooking

To talk about where food comes from mining must go back a little in the history of the eighteenth century to better understand the variety of culinary status.

 

See the full text by clicking here.

The Big Center Market

The best place in Belo Horizonte is the Center Market. There are many types differents of foods,animals,handicraft and drinks.There, you find the typical dishes how, ''feijão tropeiro'',''pão de queijo'', and the famous chopp of Belo Horizonte.Central Market, formerly the Municipal Market of Belo Horizonte, having been created on September 7, 1929, by then mayor Cristiano Machado.

 His shed occupies an entire block of Center of Belo Horizonte, with the main entrance facing the avenue Augusto de Lima.If you are religious, you can buy the most varied and esoteric religious items there. Any type of healing can be found there: cures for soul and body.

The Residents of Belo Horizonte is considered a very pleasant and welcoming people, so if you search all in one place you really should look at the central market. Beyond all harmony market, you can and should find there the most beautiful flowers in town.So,Why don't you go yet? Enjoy it.

P.s: The best seasonings ''mineiro'' are there.


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The Famous "Pão de Queijo"

No matter where you are. In the four corners of Brazil, if you ask any Brazilian what reminds of Minas Gerais, certainly more than 95% will respond 'Pão de queijo' (Cheese Bread, in english), plus the iconic "uai".

Despite being typical of Minas Gerais, the story of the origin of cheese bread has several versions, provided that he came from various parts of the world, though historians speculate that it exists since the nineteenth century and became popular from the decade of the 60. More specific records indicate that he has traditionally been conducted in the state of Minas Gerais.

The story goes that the cheese bread arose at the time of the slaves. Cassava was a staple food of the Brazilian Indians. The egg and milk is a legacy of the Portuguese, who with the flour, reinvented the cheese bread.

At that time, no one imagined that the cheese bread was pushing the boundaries "of Minas Gerais", much less win the world. Eating cheese after meals was old habit, but in the nineteenth century, and the cheese was left hardened. As the meal that came to the farms was of poor quality, the cooks began to replace it with flour in recipes for breads.

Coincidentally at the time of 1960 came the development of grocery stores. Rapidly across the country was consumed and enjoyed this delicacy that has become typical mining.
Check out the links some traditional recipes of cheese bread:
Classic cheese bread
Cheese bread miner
Potato Cheese Bread

 

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Tents Hot Dogs

They say the famous hot dogs suggest in 1852, in Frankfurt, Germany. What counts is that the butcher Johann Georghehner decided to put the name of this sandwich dachshund or "small dog long."

Others tell the story of a German immigrant who sold sausages in buns milk in New York City's Bowery, circa 1860. In 1863, in Chicago, an exhibition led many people to consume large quantities of snack. People liked it, because it is easy to eat and cheap. What is known is that by that time, the sausages were consumed cold.

            
In 1904, in St. Louis, a German began selling hot sausages and customers do not burn your hands, he lent gloves. Because people forgot to return the gloves, his brother was a baker who suggested to put the sausages in half a loaf. Then came the current hot dog.

It was introduced in Brazil in 1926, in Rio de Janeiro.Brazil, sausage and bread are combined in several different ways. In São Paulo, for example, the hot dog can bring mashed potatoes, while in Rio de Janeiro the stalls add quail egg or even raisins. In a guide to the hot-dog label, it is written that the accompaniments are acceptable only mustard, onion, relish (seasoning of chopped pickled vegetables), cheese and pepper. Ketchup, only if the consumer has less than 18 years.

In Belo Horizonte the hot dogs come increasingly taking to the streets of Belo Horizonte, the "dog's Binha" which takes point on the corner of Avenida Padre Pedro and Dona Geni street, is one of the best known, and a point against many people. It is known by this name because of its owner, whose nickname is Binha. In each region there is a small stand that turns the point after ballad, at dawn.  Moreover, the stalls often viewed point cabbie, and other professionals who work at night.

Because of the low price, it is easy to eat and can be found in various corners, the hot dog has everything to become a typical food of Belo Horizonte thank you.

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Seasonings of Minas Gerais

01.Açafrão: It is an antioxidant and prevents cancer. It is commonly used in cooking mining for "coloring" foods, especially meats and soups.

 02.Colorau: Has antioxidadantes effects, is reducing cholesterol and preventing some cancers. Also used in cooking food coloring, as the turmeric.

03.Pimenta do reino: Mainly used in foods such as meats, the typical feijoada and spaghetti.

04.Alho: Used commonly ground with salt, this spice in addition to benefits such as prevention of influenza, hypertension and infections, is widely used in Minas Gerais for seasoning almost all kinds of food, from traditional rice to the beans, meat and feijão tropeiro.

05.Louro: Spice it helps in digestion is widely used not only in mining feijoada, but also in many other foods.

06.Manjericão: Known for its wonderful aroma, manjericão is a spice used not only by miners in spaghetti and meat, but in all parts of the world.

07.Cominho: A spice that also helps in digestion. Its seeds are widely used in the preparation of breads and cheeses, and their leaves for seasoning fish and seafood, and meats.

08.Salsa: In addition to being good for the kidneys, parsley, seasoning longer used by Brazilians in general, is very well known and common in Minas Gerais and is used in plates such as feijão tropeiro, salads and frango com quiabo.

09.Cebola: Characterized by many miners as "what gives taste to the dishes", these two seasonings are widely used in feijão tropeiro, and plates such as lombo acebolado accompanied by mandioquinhas. The onion (Cebola) prevents cancer and cardiovascular disease.

10.Noz Moscada: Besides being a curative anti inflammatory and help you sleep, this spice is widely used by miners to kibbehs (meat pies) and to flavor other meats in general.

 

 

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Seasonings of Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais, known as the land of frango com quiabo, feijoada e feijão tropeiro, is also famous for its homemade touch of simplicity in each plate. Where does this secret part? Easy, comes from homemade seasonings used in culinária mineira.

Most condiments used in the preparation of the plates is not industrialized, but cultivated in small gardens in own yard of who's cooking. This, besides providing a healthier food, let it incredibly tasty.

Furthermore, these seasonings mostly have medicinal properties and help in the fight against a large number of diseases. The mineiros are very smart, aren’t they?
Became curious to know those ingredients that have the face and the taste of Minas Gerais? Follow the next post with a list of ten assorted condiments to food various spice, including plates from Minas Gerais, and remember, when you have the opportunity, know the incredible flavors of this wonderful land.

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Useful and Pleasant

   As Brazil will host the world cup 2014, and Belo Horizonte is one of the cities in which the stadium was chosen for the celebration, we decided to make a blog to indicate foods mineira to foreign visitors. English is the most used, so this was chosen for the texts.
   Here you will find typical food of Minas Gerais and where to find them. Let's talk a little about mineiras’ meals. More traditional dishes are basically those coming from the backyard of the house, for example chicken, pork, beans, maize, cassava and vegetables. The beef itself, that this food is not as intense. This makes the story very interesting local food.

   Another feature that drags the time is plenty. Come up very well in mineiras’ houses. A must visit is followed by corn pone, fresh coffee, cheese bread and sweet jam with cheese. This tradition is even stronger inside. Another peculiar detail the recipes are passed down from generation to generation.