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Saturday feijoada

Brazilian restaurants serve feijoada, black beans stewed with pork, on Saturdays.

Feijoada à brasileira (Brazilian bean stew)
Photo: Melsj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Saturday feijoada

Feijoada is a slow stew of black beans with salted, smoked and fresh pork and beef. It is heavy, so in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo it is by custom a lunch for Saturday, and in São Paulo for Wednesday as well, when there is time to rest afterwards. It comes with white rice, shredded greens, toasted cassava flour, pork crackling and slices of orange. A caipirinha is the usual start.

The dishes

FeijoadaBlack beans and pork, the Saturday lunch.FarofaToasted cassava flour scattered over the beans.CaipirinhaThe drink before the meal.

Also part of it, and being written: Pork rind (Pork crackling on the side.).

About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Feijoada" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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