Episode 6: More Feedback

Links:

• Acre Doesn't Exist! -- in Portuguese
• Havaianas at Urban Outfitters
• Açaí
• Tang Commercial with Florence Henderson
• Our Podcast Pickle Page

Feedback:

• Brazilian Portuguese Podcast
• Guy David
• Keeme
• Jake Cordova

This podcast is not sponsored by Tang, but maybe it should be.

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Comments

[Danilo]

My godness, If I'd carried on listening to your broadcast I'd have gone into a comma due to extreme boredom.
Try something different. Maybe even different people speaking really.

[Kinsey]

Danilo,

Commas are necessary. In fact, you should have "gone into" a comma after the word "broadcast", since that is the end of an if clause.

[Guy David]

I think it would be interesting if you would do an episode or two about the educational system in Brazil, your point of view as an educator and the differences between the Brazilian system and the US system.

[Kinsey]

Guy,

Yes, we could definitely do that. I did one year of high school and two years of college in Brazil. I always knew that one day it would count for something.

[Spanky]

Hi,

I just listened to episode six. It was ok but could have been a little quicker.

1. 'To favor', as a verb, normally means 'to give preference'. "After his jogging accident , he favored his right leg."

2. I happened to have read an article yesterday from a magazine stating that (in June of 2006) that Kraft would sell Tang - Caju only in the North East. They had concluded through research with consumers that the North east is hot and they need to drink more. duh.

3. Tang is disgusting but was used on the Gemini missions in the late 60's. That's why we drank it then and that's why kids drink it now, so go mix up some now or you'll never be an astronaut.

Spanky

[Kinsey]

Hi Spanky,

Thanks for the feedback. If you thought this episode was slow, you should have heard it before it was edited. Originally it was more than 45 minutes long.

[Carli]

Hi Milton, Hi Kinsey, Hi Simone! I stumbled upon your podcast (me being brand new to them) and I have been enjoying every episode. I am from NE Indiana @ Fort Wayne and I haven't traveled extensively at all, but hearing you talk of Brazil makes me want to come and visit. I think you are doing a good job covering a number of subjects but I would like to hear more of what the city you live in is like, what types of things there would be to do if you brought your children traveling with you to Brazil. Also what types of family traditions and festivals are held annually that might differ from American ones. Thank you for helping my days at work go by. While on the computer I plug in to listen to your latest discussions. Keep it up!!!

[eriks]

found this on itunes while looking for brazilian factoids (chiefly to annoy my brazilian girlfriend).

i like the dialog w/ Milton when you two disagree. more interesting...when either of you two continue, and explore the root of the disagreement..it gets really interesting...(different perspectives? different baseline? different experiences? dunno..but i like it).

more on daily life differences:
in laws (brazil vs US - perspectives on marriange, living together before, proximity
, etc).
breakfast - slow euro breakfast, prepackaged american macbreakfast, etc?
home cooked vs pre-packaged (i've lived overseas...some places adore american pre-packaged crap...other have perspective..)
what's outside your window? who lives in your neighborhood? how's it same/different than taking a walk in boston, chicago, naples, paris, frankfurt, L.A.??/
gender roles....? old vs new?
yep, the race thing would be interesting...saw a documentary from brazil on that...what's the man-on-the-street perspective?
brazil economics...it's a BRIC country..so how does that feel? can brazil grow economically w/o trashing the environment?

why are there no well known brazilian wines?

why are brazilian men fixated on butts not breasts?

what's a cottage like in brazil?

[spanky]

> why are there no well known brazilian wines?

Because they aren't so good. There are a few pretty decent ones but most of the marketing and export energy is spent on Cachaça (distilled sugar cane alcohol).

> why are brazilian men fixated on butts not breasts?

You have to see it to believe.

> what's a cottage like in brazil?
A cottage?

[Kinsey]

Carli,

Thank you for your kind words. I'm also from Indiana. I was born and raised in Muncie. Belo Horizonte could definitely be a topic for a future episode. It's a big city and not very touristy. I don't have children, but my impression is that this isn't a particularly child friendly city. In other words, you can do the regular child activities (parks, playgrounds, zoo, McDonald's, etc.) that you find in big cities all over the world, but there's nothing really unique or spectacular here for children. I could be mistaken, though. I'll discuss it with Milton on our next feedback episode.

eriks,

Yes, I agree. Podcasts are often much more interesting when the co-hosts disagree. It forces each of them to really think about and explain their positions. I hope Milton and I have many interesting disagreements in future episodes. We'll tackle your other points and suggestions in our next feedback episode.

spanky,

Good answers.

[spanky]

oh, I forgot.

If, when you said that there are so many brazilian recipies that use condensed milk, you were speaking of Creme de Leite, that isn't condensed milk, nor evaporated milk. You are correct though, they put that in everything. It is something "completely" different. It has to do with process. "Completely different" of course, meaning "basically the same unless you are a anal retentive scientist that lives and breathes that sort of thing in which case it becomes material to start wars" (which I am not, by the way).

[spanky]

Carli,

Kinsey is right. Disneyland is kid friendly. National parks are kid friendly. BH is more dodge bullets and suck smog.

It is a pleasant smog though.

spanky

[Kinsey]

spanky,

Yes, I was talking about condensed milk and not the creme de leite. It's odd how in Brazil milk comes in a bag, and cream comes in a can.

It's not so much smog as it is walking along a busy avenue and having the buses and trucks belch smoke at you. Blue skies are commonplace in Belo Horizonte.

[spanky]

I find the differences between brazilian and american milk product befuddling.

Out of the myriad of dairy product possible they seem to share but a single example - whole milk.

Other than that there are so many differences.
Milk
U.S. Whole, 2%, 1%, skim
Brazil Whole, Desnatado, which I suppose either 2%, 1% or skim, Milk in a box or bag, neither of which is fresh. The fresh milk you can find (Type "A"?) is very rare and usually in small portions.

Yogurt
U.S. Eat it.
Brazil Drink it.

Yalkut
U.S. I actually saw this in the supermarket but it was imported from Argentina
Brazil, lots of different brands

Ice cream
Ok, this one is basically the same but I always get screwed buying it in brazil because they don't take care of it and it all separates out or crystalizes.

Cheese
Brazil - Lots of different kinds but most are cheap knock offs of the true thing.

U.S. - Cheese wiz, sliced individually wrapped. Cheddar.

crazy

[spanky]

I am really getting old. I forget everything.

I don't know what episode it was but the subject of Subway sandwiches, grinders and hoagies came up. IIRC those are all the same thing depending where you live in the US.

spankster

[Kinsey]

spanky,

Does that mean that grinders and hoagies are regional terms for submarine sandwiches?

[spanky]

Yes, I had to check wikipedia to confirm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_sandwich

There are a lot more names than I had imagined.

spankster

[Kinsey]

spanky,

Thanks. Milton's vocabulary grows every day.

[Brad]

"Danilo,

Commas are necessary. In fact, you should have "gone into" a comma after the word "broadcast", since that is the end of an if clause."

Best.
Response.
Ever!

[Kinsey]

Brad,

Thank you. But that response practically wrote itself.

[zoe]

Kinsey, about yougurt, here there are diferent types. There is the ones you eat and the ones you drink. What each one likes more just each one taste can say.

and about the cheeses, the original exists, just need to search. As a rule, mussarela and "queijo prato"(literal translation is "dish cheese") are more consumed, the others (including cheedar) don't are consumed in the same quantities. Mussarela here in Brasil are distingued in mainly two variations - "Mussarela de buffala" is the italian Muzzarela; and "mussarela", that can be called ""brasilian" mussarela"...

[Kinsey]

Hi Zoe,

I'm definitely still on the lookout for authentic high-quality cheddar but still no luck. The so-called buffalo mozzarella in Brazil is simply not authentic. The real stuff tastes very different and is extremely expensive in the US (and presumably everywhere outside of Italy).

[eriks]

I think it's a canadian thing, but my Brazilian girlfriends parents seem to have something similar..

in toronto, it seems that most people have a place up north, 3 hrs away, on a big or ussual small lake in ontario. some are shacks, others are huge. many are off-grid, using solar or generators. fire places, wood stoves, water skiing in summer, snow mobiling in winter. toronto population drops 25% each summer weekend...people head north, causing huge traffic jams, to get to their place away from the city. even a magazine for it 'cottage life' www.cottagelife.ca

seemed that my girlfriend's relatives had places 'in the country'. she implied a similar concept...

> what's a cottage like in brazil?
A cottage?

[spanky]

Ah, the cottage,

Yes, that is pretty big here too - the Sitio.

Here they say that there are two great days in the life of a Sitio. The day you buy it and the day you sell it.

Everything else is a lot of money and work and worry down the drain.

spanky

[eriks]

same here....you go up to get away from work...and spend the weekend working on fixing the cottage.

sometimes you share with relatives...ussually doesn't work in the next generation...grandfather's brothers and sisters cooperated, but not the grandkids!

[Kinsey]

Ah yes, the sítio. Everyone in Brazil has to have one. I'm pretty sure there are even people living in favelas who have a place in the country. This is a really good topic for when we do a show on the culture and history of land ownership.

[Mark]

I recently found this podcast, and I love it so far. I lived in Rio Grande do Sul for about two years, ten years ago.

I would like to say that I love Tang, even before going to Brazil, though I have only seen the regular orange flavor here, never grape. So you can ignore the guy who says no one likes Tang--he doesn't know what he's talking about. Luckily, a local grocery store nearby carries Guaraná Antarctica, so I can still drink that fairly often.

Keep up the good work. Hopefully you'll have some new material up by the time I catch up.

[Kinsey]

Mark, welcome to the podcast! I used to really enjoy the orange Tang when I was a child. Back then, it was drunk by the astronauts and Florence Henderson, and everyone knew that a glass of Tang contained a full day's supply of vitamin C. I don't like Tang nearly as much now, but some flavors are quite good.