Curmudgeon wrote:Well in Portugal the spicy sausage is chourizo, not linguica. Here in Massachusetts, some pizza shops do offer chorizo as a topping, but I've never seen linguica.
But the Sicilian hot sausage with fennel is the best. There are lots of Italians in Brazil (Argentina too), so I bet you can find it.
Ok, I think I understood you. Here we have "chourizo" as well, actually it's very popular in Argentina, I think their most popular sandwich has it. Now don't get me wrong, a calabresa is smoked sausage, linguiça is not, it's another thing. Linguiça is very popular in BBQs here. "Sausage" is what we call that ingredient that goes in the hot dogs.
I believe that sicilian hot sausage you referred has another name here. I honestly never heard of it until today, had to look it up... and it's actually a type of linguiça here,
Linguiça is rarely used in pizza toppings here, but calabresa is extremely popular. Linguiça is more used in BBQs, feijoada, sandwiches, etc.
Never thought I'd write this in a finals thread...
Slax wrote:To me whether or not the sliced onion would work for me is whether or not the onion is soft enough to sort of "melt", so that when I chew a bite off the slice it comes apart easily. The idea of having to slurp up a whole onion slice kind of puts me off, but if it comes apart easily I would be fine with this. For reference, I usually dice my onion and sautee it so it's already pre-cooked before putting it on the pizza to bake.
My impression is that Brazil has one of the most creative cultures when it comes to experimenting with pizza preparation, and I think that's super cool! I love when people innovate on traditional dishes, and cultural cross-pollination seems to really encourage that.
Enjoy the game and your pizza tonight!
Yes, like I told Chuck in the previous post, the onion is cut is an almost transparent way, it's extremely thin. Then you put it into a bowl with water and vinegar, let it rest for a couple of hours, dry it, then you use as a topping. Just like in the picture in the previous post.
Try it!
As for the creativity of brazilian cuisine, well
look at this thread then.
I'll have a "coxinha" on your behalf this week... thanks and enjoy the game!
