Brazil

Brazilian Cold Bean Salad

I encountered a delicious bean salad at an "a kilo" restaurant in Brazil.  You make it as follows:

  1. cook great northern beans with a little salt, olive oil and garlic.  Drain afterwards
  2. put in a large container and add some more olive oil and mix to lightly coat the beans
  3. add chip chopped green and red bell peppers and onion
  4. add some sort of acid.  I like to use lime juice but you can also use vinegar.  Add and mix a bit at a time until it suits your taste.
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

The Tale of the murdered bandit

I have a friend in Brazil who lives in a house in the forest 1 kilometer by trail.  There is also a minor drug dealer living along the trail not too far away. I recently visited him and mentioned the brother of a fellow I rented a car off of had been shot to death.  The story I was told  was that a motocyclist had an altercation with his brother and that subsequently the motorcyclist shot him. 

My friend with the house in the forest corrected that story with a rather sizable revision.  The murder occurred very close to his house in the woods and the body was found there.    It turns out the deceased had robbed a 21 year old girl on Joaguina beach and then not satisfied in some manner stuffed her into the trunk of a car.   Whilst driving thereafter someone hit the car in the rear end and injured the young lady turning her into a quadraplegic.  As it turns out her father was a former policeman.  Somehow the bad guy did not know this and did not immediately recognize he should get out of town.  Two months after this car wreck he was probably lured onto this trail with the stated purpose being obtaining drugs.   His body was later found when the drug dealer went to do his periodic check of the water supply on the top of the hill and smelled something very bad.    When he looked for what is was he found the 19 year old robber.   The robber had a shotgun wound to the face and stomach. Either one being sufficient to kill him it was suggested to me that it was a message.  Now I am told the people with shotguns in Brazil are mostly the cops and of course who else would have a better motive for this sort of thing? 

In Brazil the maximum time you can get for any crime is 30 years.   What we call "life in prison" is only 30 years there.  Thus the father of this girl decided to exact his own justice.   I do not blame him one iota.  I asked my friend if he was scared that a murder had occurred right next to his house.  His reply was "not one bit" because he knew exactly what the story was and everyone else did but that it is not being investigated.  Mmm….Tough luck scumbag in this case.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

I do not believe in you-Eu nao acredito em voce – Vinny

Eu abro todas as janelas da casa
Eu deixo o sol iluminar o caminho
Eu deixo a lua fazer sombra na sala
E o vento bagunçar meu destino

Eu vejo o teu fantasma dentro do quarto
Acendo a luz pra que você vá embora
Te exorciso enquanto eu calço os sapatos
Vou sair e te tirar da memória

Eu não acredito em você hei hei hei no way no way
Eu não acredito em você hei hei hei no way no way

Eu perco o sono mas não perco o juízo
Eu me mudei pro andar mais alto do mundo
Eu posso ver toda cidade lá fora
Aqui dentro eu mudo sempre de assunto

Eu pendurei os quadros pela parede
Nada que lembre o teu sorriso absurdo
Mas quando eu vejo o teu olhar nos meus sonhos
Eu me encontro e me esqueço de tudo

Eu não acredito em você hei hei hei no way no way (4x)
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago