One of my favorite things to do in Brazil is to eat. Brazil's food is so rich in any type of foods. I think is because Brazil is a big place with lots of food products and production. Not like Hawaii where almost everything is shipped from somewhere else filled with pesticides and chemicals for preservation. There, almost everything was fresh. One of my ultimate favorite food in Brazil is called "feijoada". Its soup-like filled with every kind of pork meat embedded in black beans. Its a complete meal with Brazilian rice, veggies, wheat grain "farofa", lomi lomi salad, and a hint of tabasco. The history of how 'feijoada' came about was way back during the slavery times. The scraps of meat the slaves used to get from their owners were preserved with salt to keep them from getting spoiled faster. It wasn't just scraps, but the weird parts were saved. The pig's ears, the nostrils, pig feet, stomach, tail, etc… When the slaves would eat their scraps of meat, they would add black beans and make it into soup to make the meal filling and heavy. And so "feijoada" came about. Today, the original feijoada has changed, but its still one of my favorites.