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Churrascaria is a restaurant specialized in grilled meat, churrasco . While in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul our cousins Maidi, Marlise and Aquiles took us to a churrascaria rodizio ou espeto corrido . At a churrascaria rodizio you can eat as much as you are able to eat. The waiters come with skewers, slicing meat onto your plate.

Churrasco is a Portuguese and Spanish term for grilled meat. A typical Brazilian churrasco includes a variety of meats fraudinha, picanha, chicken heart, sausages, and chicken legs. Almost every house in South Brazil has a purpose-built " churrasqueira ". The meat is alternatively cooked on large metal skewers stuck into the churrasqueira and roasted with the embers of charcoal or wood. Carla and I had a wonderful churrasco at her brother Reinaldo and Rose’s house in Sao Leopoldo, picture bellow.