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Sailordave
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Topic: TOO MUCH SALT!
Posted: 21 November 2010 at 11:18

I recently moved here from the US and have been eating with my wife's family for most of the meals. I've noticed that everything I eat is loaded with sodium. Has anyone else noticed this? Where the hell is the black pepper? I have salt and pepper containers at my house that are both filled up with salt.

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3casas
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 15:15

black pepper you better bring from home! even if you can find it here (pimento do reino) it tastes like it's been neutralized or something.

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eldman
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 16:44

I posted this several years ago but I will repeat it.

A Brazilian's idea of subtle seasoning is to salt the crap out of everything. My wife's mother is a particulary bad offender.

I have black pepper brought from the US in my house!!!

angeleno turned paulistano

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DUNGA
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 16:58

Brazilian food comes in one of two flavors, salgado ou doce, salty or sweet.

Wait until x-mas ... Bacalhau, yum yum ... and you thought you missed turkey at Thanksgiving ...

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sangroncito
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 17:36

I agree. The food is far too salty. My wife and our housekeeper make very healthy food but ruin it by adding far too much salt.

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Toby Juggs
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 19:24

Originally posted by DUNGA

Bacalhau, yum yum

Especially if you like a little fish with your salt.

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GreatBallsoFire
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 19:54

yES BRING YOUR OWN PEPPER MILL, and bring the Costco whole peppers about a quarter pound for eight bucks. Pimentao do rei costs an arm and a leg in Brazil. I also like to brimg the Costo garlic, a couple of pound for six bucks. This too is very expensive in Brazil.

Edited by GreatBallsoFire - 21 November 2010 at 19:57

Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia nobis. Oi amigo, pode trazer a saideira?

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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 20:09

No problem here in Porto Alegre - I can get disposable pepper mills here for around R$10's and need a new one every month and a half or so.
Really good here for supermarkets - you can pretty much get any thing from Zafari I'm going to really miss it when I go back to Rio - but it is getting better all the time up there and I think in a few years it will be the same standard.

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Steven
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Posted: 21 November 2010 at 23:39

Yes, they do like their salt and they do like their sugar. They substitute Tabasco for black pepper. Bring your own pepper mills from the U.S.

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sven
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Posted: 22 November 2010 at 07:35

I have no problema bying black pepper.

The fact that brazilians use too much salt is widely known.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
~Oscar Wilde

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