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Reading Comprehension: Mousse Recipe Posted by Rachel on Mar 4, 2010
For today’s reading comprehension exercise, we’re going to use a delicious coconut mousse recipe. Mousse de coco com calda de maracujá Read the full recipe here Excerpt: “Bata no liquidificador o coco fresco e a água fervente. Peneire. Se necessário, complete com 1/2 xícara de leite para obter 2 xícaras de leite de coco. Acrescente…
Favorite Brazilian Drink Posted by Rachel on Jul 17, 2009
Brazil has some of the most amazing juices, smoothies, and drinks in the Americas that you can usually get on every street anywhere in the country. By day, there are fresh coconut waters, tropical fruit juices, and açaí smoothies, and by night, the famous caipirinha and hundreds of locally brewed beers. So for today’s interactive…
Brazilian Fruit Series: Part VI Posted by Rachel on Oct 24, 2008
Today we’re going to look at the jaca, known in English as the jackfruit. Jackfruit originally comes from India and Southeast Asia, where it was cultivated up to 6,000 years ago. Now it is commonly found in tropical climates throughout the world, including tropical regions of Brazil. This fruit grows on a jaqueira, a jackfruit…