Barbecue, Brazilian style
Our family really enjoys barbecuing. We had a very nice barbecue in PEI that we used a lot, and we figured a barbecue would be high on the priority list in Brazil. But like a lot of other things here, they don't do it like they do in North America. You simply CANNOT find a gas grill here - even though everyone uses the same gas containers for their stoves as we use for barbecuing (I suppose a person could barbecue on the stove...nah, Shannon would kill me!) However, our house has a barbecue built-in. We were pretty excited about using it, so we invited some friends over, bought some charcoal and looked forward to a good ol' feed of meat! Three hours later we brought the blackened, less-than-ideal burgers and franks in to eat. It took almost two hours for us to get the thing started (no such thing as Match Light briquettes here either) and another hour for it to be suitable for cooking. Let's just say we went 0 for 1. Since then we've been slightly more successful. We bought some "incendadores" which are charcoal lighters. It takes FOREVER to get the charcoal here going, but with the right tools, even a gringo like me can do it.
Cary Sawatsky posted this message at 9:03 a.m..
