Fun Recipes From Our Students

This recipe is from Marcello M. Menegatti in Brazil:

(His teacher tried it and it is yummy...very good!)

Feijoada (Brasil's national dish)

Prepare the beans: either soak overnight or boil 2 minutes and soak an hour in water 2 inches above the beans. Use plenty of water or else it dries out later. I cook a single recipe in a 3.5 quart pot. Brown the salt pork, onion and garlic. Add them to the beans. Add the corned beef (big chunks). Add bay leaves, cumin, parsley. Bring all to a boil, cut back to simmer, let it cook 2 hours. Meanwhile brown sausages, etc. in skillet.

Cook beans until skin splits when you blow on them. Overcooking ok. Stir so bottom doesn't burn. It looks very watery at first but will thicken up. Dip up a cup of beans and juice, mash with a fork and dump back in. Add sausages, pre-cooked meat, etc. Simmer for another hour or so, or longer, adding water and stirring to keep the beans from burning.

Salad Sauce

2 large ripe tomatoes, diced
4 scallions, chopped fine
1 large clove garlic, pressed or crushed
1 green pepper, diced
1 small red or white onion, chopped fine
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup salad oil
2 teaspoons vinegar
salt, pepper.

Serving:    

Serve with rice, orange slices and beer. Farinha de mandinoca is traditional, use Cream of Wheat if you can't find any (Farina in other places in the world). Tabasco on the side or other peppers.

To eat:    

Take some rice, some feijoada, some farinha-de-mandinoca, some sauce.  Enjoy!!

If you have something good to eat, please share it with us!  Send your recipes to the Editor at MADenglish@T-Online.de.  Photos welcome so we can see what it looks like!
 

Want To Send A CyberCard?

Here's how to send greetings on the Web (Thanks to Constance Sabo-Risley at csaborisley@worldnet.att.net)

One fun thing to do on the web is to send Web greetings -- on web cards or postcards.  There are a number of sites that allow an individual to send a variety of greetings to friends or family. Using these sites gives students practice in social/friendly writing.  Some of the best sites are:

Web Cards (including seasonal, like Thanksgiving and Christmas)
http://www.kindserver.com/webcard/index.html 

General greetings cards
http://www.hypermart.net/cards/  

Greeting cards appropriate for several different religions
http://www.forgetit.com/webcard                         

Birthday cards from different Warner Brothers shows
http://rw.warnerbros.com/cmp/crd-bday.htm        

Cards from the Cartoon Network
http://www.wbwebcards.com/cmp/crd-cn.htm    

Send a virtual bouquet or gift basket at Floral and gift basket greetings
http://www.virtual.florist.com

For just fun, try the House of Blues site, which has lots of fun moving graphics and "Cyberconcerts" from HOB sites
http://www.hob.com   

Also, check out http://www.liveconcerts.com for upcoming HOB and other live music feeds