I can think of dozens of ethnic food types that have an audience and presence in the US, but not Brazilian food. Why exactly?>inb4 sopa de macaco>inb4 mestre de pizza
>>22160611>In 2020, the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimated the number of Brazilian Americans to be 1,775,000, 0.53% of the US population at the time.there's basically no brazilians here
because other ethnic foods, which are more established, cover everything that brazillian '''food''' is and a lot better. no one cares about shittier versions of food they already enjoy./thread
Food popularity is a direct function of how big of a diaspora one country has in the US. How good is the food is secondary. How popular pizza and italian food got in murica (and by extension, worldwide) is a result of italian migration in the early XX century. Same for mexican, etc.
Do you live in Babyjesusburg, Whogivesafucksylvania? That shit was all the rage about twenty years ago.
>>22160611uma delicia...
>>22160611We don't have many Brazilians. Simple as. The only Brazilian food that's really known in the US is the Brazilian meat buffets where meat men come around with skewers of meat to deposit on your plate. The only other things Brazilians are known for in the US is soccer and trans women.
>>22160669OP likes deposits from meat swords
>>22160611>louisiana style sausage, beans and rice>southern style fritters>new orleans shrimp gumbo>new mexican flanWow you've stumbled on a real mystery, anon.
>>22161114Honestly, this. Brazilian food overlaps too much with anything Cajun to really stand out.
Sopa de macacoUma delicia
>>22160611>Why hasn't Brazillian food caught in the US?>beans. BEANS! BEANS WITH EVERYTHING!>unholy concoctions>way too much toppings/filling on their goyslop>somehow the worst poor mans grub in existense>manages to fuck up steak
>>22160611Brazilian foodHot dogs, mayo, and riceWe already have trash here man
>>22160611They always have “picanha steaks” at the grocery store are they any good or what
>>22161398They will bite you if prepared incorrectly.
Brazilian style restaurants like Fogo de Chão were quite popular for a while. They still exist, but their cultural moment seems to have passed.
>>22161369>beans. BEANS! BEANS WITH EVERYTHING!BASED
>>22162007There are a handful of places like Fogo too in US cities that specialize in Brazilian fare, but it's too niche to spread outside that. Plus it's not like some Asian countries that are funding active culture pushes in the US to promote their food as "food diplomacy". >>22161398They are kinda good, I was surprised. But definitely not the "best" of the steak world.
>>22161369Mexicans eat way more beans than we do. So much so that when Mexican places started to open up more widely about 10 years ago, nobody wanted beans or rice in their burritos and everyone asked for fries instead. I agree with you that our pizzas and hot dogs and stuff are exagerated in terms of toppings, but most people here think more = better
>>22160618There's a Brazilian grill near me, such restaurants can thrive if people have the money to want variety. I also think that you could argue this about Caribbean food, but it's like a well-spiced, but mild version of favorites like curry, fried chicken, seafood, etc. So it comes down to how they'd make the food for a western palate
>>22162007>their cultural moment seems to have passed.I would say that if they can make their stuff go viral, people would take more interest again. There's always been an interest in Brazil, even if a lot of the memes are about them being 3rd world. Some of their dishes also got co-opted before they could do anything, like the acai berry trend, but how many people have tried it the way they do? There's also Brazilian lemonade, all their fruit varieties, etc.
Arent Brazillian steak houses a thing? Do you people really eat off swords?
>>22162007>their cultural moment seems to have passedBy and large I think this is true, although here in central Texas HEB has been pushing Brazilian seasoned pork chops and these Brazilian style steaks that I think are pretty good. BR huehue food might see a resurgence if this catches on.
>>22160617>>22160669If you think there are "basically no Brazilians" or "not many Brazilians" in America then come to Orlando I dare you...Brazilians are fucking everywhere and I mean fucking EVERYWHERE around here. At this point they seem to be even more common than Hispanic people such as Puerto Ricans or Mexicans.
>>22160611>I can think of dozens of ethnic food types that have an audience and presence in the USI can think of dozens that don’t. actually most countries’ cuisines don’t thrive here. why don’t we eat polish food? or russian food? or cuban, iranian, norwegian, egyptian, honduran. we don’t even eat canadian food despite them being our next door neighbor and basically identical to us. I’m sure each of these has a few restaurants around the country or it might be very popular in one city because of a large migration happening there at some point in time. but on a large scale it’s unheard of.
>>22162437Yeah and there are probably a lot more Brazilian restaurants there than other parts of the states. Orlando will have a shitton more Cubans than the rest of the states too, your city is not indicative of anything.
>>22162437okay but orlando is just one city in one state in a huge country with 49 other states. it's not even representative of 1% of the country. it's 0.0 something %
>>22160618>putting /thread after your own postremember when this was a banable offence
>>22162518racism outside of /b/ is also a bannable offense but so many mfers do it anyway
>>22162523anything is a bannable offense when 4chan staff is having a bad day. they’ll just say you’re trolling or whatever and send you on your way. thankfully it doesn’t happen on this board but on others the avatarfags and namefags run wild and just get away with it for years
>>22162536>on others the avatarfags and namefags run wild and just get away with it for yearsoh that reminds me. this guy from /co/ called "blossomfag" who basically constantly sexualizes the character blossom from the powerpuff girls who is like 5 or 6 years old and every single one of his replies/posts he has an avatar of blossom reacting to something. he's being doing it for like 15 years for like 60 hours a week and still hasn't been banned
>>22160611Brazil gave us the Navel Orange, and we declared it enough.
>>22162541Navel oranges are garbage-tier.
>>22162546I love them because I'm a manly man with big hairy testicles.
>>22162539You just described almost everyone on /fa/. At this point I'd rather talk about fashion on literally any other board except for on there. Even fucking /b/.
>>22160611God the flan/pudding at the bottom is just SO FUCKING GOOD
>why don't you have little ti'ger like we do in brazil
>>22160611Brazilian food is basically eating carbs squared. The will regularly eat a plate of>rice>beans>potatos+ some meat
>>22162635true but it's not really unique to brazil. i'd say the coxinhas above it are more of a brazil original
>>22162724Bro as a chicken lover coxinhas might literally be my favorite thing ever. Too bad I don't get to have them very often.
>>22162437>my city is like this so every other one must also bethis takes a special level of stupidity
>>22160611What's that soup in the bottom right, that shit looks good and easy to make
>>22160611Because brazilian food is boring and bland, most are poorfag versions of other countries' dishes. Also the sweets are extremely sweet and made with poor ingredients such as margarine and sweet condensed milk (barf). Central american food is more interesting.t. brazilian>>22162888It's a shrimp stew with peppers and coconut milk
>>22162888It's called Moqueca de Camarão.
>>22162518uh oh sweaty, are you meta posting??? tut tut.
>>22160611>uma deliciaholy fuck is this board slippingyou newfags don't respect tradition at allyou newfags don't even know tradition exists
>>22162993This was ANGOLA, not Brazil.
>>22162993OP preempted you. lrn2read.
>>22160611if i could buy one of those chicken cones i would
>>22161114Bro you have literally no idea what you're even talking about, do you even know what those foods are? Did you just see a yelllw food and go "mhm yes must be a fritter"
>>22162993Okay real talk I ain't no vegetarian and especially not no vegan, in fact the complete opposite and I do realize the hypocrisy of people (in Western cultures at least) considering animals like pigs and cows okay to eat despite them arguably being even more intelligent than cats and dogs which for some reason are not okay to eat...but eating an animal that's so close to being human just rubs me the wrong way. I'm fine with eating literally any other animal but eating primates just feels so wrong. It almost feels like eating distant family members. I'd seriously rather eat something like a cockroach or centipede than something like a monkey or a gorilla.
>>22160611none of those are exclusive from brazil, you can find them in all of central and south america
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>>22163258pasteis>>22163260brigadeiros>>22163264caldo de canathose things are good as hell
>>22160611I made feijoada with beef back ribs, chourico, and pork hocks and it was good. I would make it again
>>22162007>ask for rare/medium rare every time>get well done meat every timeFuck that place. Not worth the price
>>22160611The US, while having a population the size of Europe, only has a handful of genuine media outlets. They decide what's "content'" or "art" and what's not - and they're governed by their board of investors (Congress). American people get Escoffier, a bit of Bocuse and maybe some Robuchon. They've never heard of Yannick Alléno or Arnaud Donckele. They think Dijon mustard is a thing, and that kosher salt is a valid substitution for Maldon salt. Barely any of them ever heard of the king of Italian cuisine, Gualtiero Marchesi, let alone Alajmo, Cracco, Cedroni or Cannavacciuolo. They don't know shit about the world they live in, but they're constantly fed the idea that they're tuned in. Some might have heard the name Alex Atala, none ever bothered looking at your country's rich history. Why would they? They're being kept in check by MacDonalds and Southern flags.Why would you care though? They're objectively irrelevant, from a culinary perspective.
>>22160611Because there's nothing special about Brazilian food. You give someone a Portuguese, Argentinian, Peruvian dish and they would never be able to tell the difference
>>22160611Because Brazil is too busy cornering the tranny market
>>22161369where are my 3 olives? I asked for 3 olives.
Brazilian delicacies such as monkey head soup and, uhh...
>>22160617marlborough MA probably has like 10% of that total on its own lmfao
>>22162888yeah it looks good as hell
>>22163305I agree with every thing you say . . .Americans are toddlers when it come to food (just look at the catalogue to spot the American threads) and Yes - " They're objectively irrelevant, from a culinary perspective". But it still doesn't explain the lack of Brazilian food outside of South America. Perhaps I can help?Brazil has nothing really unique that anyone will crave and even though it might taste good in Brazil, it doesn't work internationally.Maybe Brazil could team together with some other South American countries and follow the USA model of Franchises and Corporations?
