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Pão De Queijo
A
Traditional Brazilian Cheese Bread
Juliana
Zanchett from Brazil
All
around the world, people are trying to preserve
their habits and traditions even in the very hectic
life style of the big cities. In Brazil, some foods
are part of our day to day life and of our history.
Traditional Brazilian cheese bread is one of our
most popular snacks.
Making
this cheese bread at home usually takes a long time
and there are many steps, from mixing the
ingredients to finally baking it. Because of all
these stages of preparing it, it is impossible to
cook it at home when we have a very fast-paced
life.
Fortunately,
some experts had a wonderful idea. Following the
traditional recipe, they started to produce this
cheese bread in large quantities, without losing
the taste or quality of the original. Now, it is
possible to find it at food stands all over the
country.
Allying
technology to the desire to maintain traditional
habits has made our lives easier and more pleasant.
Now we can enjoy cheese bread just as if we were
living in those peaceful times when our
grandmothers used to cook special foods for their
families. We can stop for a few minutes to savor it
with a coffee, slowly sipped, as if we had an
easygoing life. It is impossible to resist this
traditional food.
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