Wednesday, March 14, 2012

How to ask for Brazilian nuts in Brazil??!

This question is tricky!

When you visit Brazil, your thoughts will be you can enjoy diverse fruits and nuts too. There is a well-know "brazilian nuts" but you will not find it with this name!

What you know as "brazilian nuts" is "castanha do parĂ¡":




Considering that Cashew nuts is "castanha de caju" - the dried seed from Cashew fruit:



Not typical, but less expensive here, the macadamia nuts is just "macadamia":

Pictures from Wikipedia.

You can find then in supermarkets next to the peanuts and chips. You can try them dried and salty  with brazilian beer, a pilsen one, lighter and with less alcohol percentage.

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