What are the names of salad dressings, dips, and condiments sold in urban supermarkets in Brazil?
Question by Lindsay: What are the names of salad dressings, dips, and condiments sold in urban supermarkets in Brazil?
If possible I would like to know the prices, flavors/varieties, and what foods they are eaten with.
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For the prices, flavor and varieties, you can go to a grocery store website, and access the site with those pieces of information. One example is:
http://www.paodeacucar.com.br/secoes/C353/molho-e-condimento
There, you can see the price of some condiments; I am going to translate some, but you can use Google translator to do your research:
Onion Condiment – 70g – R$ 4.39 (in powder) onion is used in most savory dishes in Brazil
Garlic Condiment – 100g – R$ 4.49 (in powder) garlic is used in most savory dishes in Brazil
Chicken Broth – Maggi Cubes – 126g – R$ 2.77 (cubes) – chicken broth is used in most savory dishes in Brazil
… and so on and so forth. The list is very long, so please try to use Google Translator yourself – if you cannot find a translation, you can e-mail me.
As it goes to salad dressings, Brazilians tend to dress the salad themselves rather than buying pre-packaged products. In almost every table in Brazil, you can find olive oil (or some other vegetable oil, depending on your budget), vinegar, salt and pepper, so we can mix those in a salad and make an Italian dressing on the spot. Pre-packaged products are also available at grocery stores, and the usual sort of dressings you find in the US are available: Ranch, Thousand Islands (Rosé), Alfredo sauce, Blue Cheese, Italian, etc. (thanks to Kraft).
Condiments are used the same as in the US and other countries – Brazilian culinary has great influence from Portuguese and Italian dishes, so we use about the same ingredients. Please note that garlic, onion, parsley are a *must* in almost any dish – I cannot imagine my mother cooking without them.
Brazilians are not so much into “dip”sauces – I believe that is mainly Mexican, US and UK – but people use mayo or make their own dip sauces.
Of course, Brazil is a large country and its culinary show many regional variations. In the South, whee the original gauchos live, cattle is raised and so barbecued meats are abundant – and a lot of German influence. In the South-east, the culinary is deeply influenced by Italian, Japanese cuisine. In the North and North-east, food tend to be spicier (meaning “hotter”) as it goes in almost every tropical region of the world – and people tend to use coconut milk and palm oil (so to me it resembles the culinary of South-East Asia).
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May 7, 2014 at 5:19 am