The undisputed national dish in Brasil is Feijoada!
That's probably why Walmart has a special section set up to make collecting the many Feijoada ingredients easier. Basically, Feijoada is a black bean dish with various vegetables - tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, peppers - but the main ingredient is meat. Lots of it! And a big variety, too! Besides pork there's also dried beef, bacon, ham and spicy sausage. It is said that, "Originally feijoada was made using every part of the pig, such as the foot, ears, tail, tongue and nose floating among the beans. As this upsets tourists, a version of it is made especially with tourists in mind only using the fine meat parts of the pig." (I might add, there are many ingredients on the Walmart Feijoada wall that look very suspicious.)
You probably wouldn't be surprised to know that the origin of this dish runs back to the introduction of slaves in Brazil and there are versions of it in Africa and Portugal. With all the various meat ingredients it results in a particularly "heavy" dish which gave workers the energy they needed. (Although a nap immediately after eating is recommended.) Long slow cooking in a clay pot is a must. The average family in Brasil has Feijoada about once a month and it is a popular lunch served in the CTM once a week on Wednesdays.
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