My First Churrasco

Yesterday evening V. and her husband invited me and others (including Estrela) to their lovely house for some churrasco. They live on the outskirts of town with a view of the biggest hill in the city. Due to V.'s good directions, I was successfully able to make it there on the bus.

When I arrived we sat outside on the front patio sharing chimarrão and enjoying the sunset and V.'s roses.

 

 

So, it is kind of funny, that I, a vegetarian, would first move to Texas, aka land of BBQ and cowboys, and then come to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, aka land of churrasco and vaqueros (cowboys), for a stint. It's all about meat here! Churrasco is when the meat is put on a metal stick and grilled. Yup, that's one big slab of meat.

My hosts were sensitive to my strange practices and made some accommodations for me. Yay for grilled onions (on the left)!

And of course there was lots of other delicious food to enjoy too: potato salad, tomato & onion salad, garlic bread, salad with carrots, beets & tomatoes, yummy dessert and amazingly delicious homemade wine. V.'s husband has been making wine (both white and red) for decades now and it's really good stuff.  It was a great evening with great company (luckily they ate more meat on my behalf) and delicious food.