Brazilian-style rice – Part 1
Brazil is well known for the Carnival, but this doesn’t mean our life is easy. Probably you already had an opportunity of watching one of our Carnival parades but maybe you don’t know how much work it took all that year long for all of that joy. For a samba school every beat and every hundredth of second counts in their competition against the other ones. Really stressing, isn't it?
It remembers me one warm night when I was drinking a beer with some friends. Some guys were there singing a samba song at the bar and thoughtlessly I started to drum the counter with my fingers. Suddenly a man came to me angrily. Too thin, three teeth in his mouth, yellowed eyes, the bones of his right hand deformed, probably by stick strikes. "I had been in the Army band and in the Prision band, both as a titular member! I can see you know nothing about beating". He looked at me with scorn. "You know, I really feel pity of people like you". I apologized and humbly stop drumming. What else could I do? This is just to show you how serious can be Carnival- and samba-related issues around here.
It is the same with our rice. Differently from other countries, in Brazil rice must have their grains well cooked but still well separated. If your rice don't have their grains well cooked but still well separated, you’ll be the subject of jokes, what can be frightening for a cooking beginner. What is quite unfair. Keeping rice grains well cooked but still well separated may seem simple but requires some experience and expertise. So for the benefit of mankind I’ll share with you some lessons I’ve learned making Brazilian-style rice - in the next post.
It remembers me one warm night when I was drinking a beer with some friends. Some guys were there singing a samba song at the bar and thoughtlessly I started to drum the counter with my fingers. Suddenly a man came to me angrily. Too thin, three teeth in his mouth, yellowed eyes, the bones of his right hand deformed, probably by stick strikes. "I had been in the Army band and in the Prision band, both as a titular member! I can see you know nothing about beating". He looked at me with scorn. "You know, I really feel pity of people like you". I apologized and humbly stop drumming. What else could I do? This is just to show you how serious can be Carnival- and samba-related issues around here.
It is the same with our rice. Differently from other countries, in Brazil rice must have their grains well cooked but still well separated. If your rice don't have their grains well cooked but still well separated, you’ll be the subject of jokes, what can be frightening for a cooking beginner. What is quite unfair. Keeping rice grains well cooked but still well separated may seem simple but requires some experience and expertise. So for the benefit of mankind I’ll share with you some lessons I’ve learned making Brazilian-style rice - in the next post.
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