REPUTEDLY INTRODUCED IN BRAZIL BY BLACK SLAVES AS THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, "FEIJOADA"---A BEAN POTPOURRI TYPE DISH--- IS WITHOUT A DOUBT THE COUNTRY´S NATIONAL DISH.
IT IS IN FACT SO POPULAR THROUGHOUT BRAZIL THAT MOST RESTAURANT, FROM THE HUMBLEST INNER-CITY "LANCHONETE" TO THE SOPHISTICATED HOTELS DESIGNATE SPECIFIC DAYS IN WHICH "FEIJOADA" IS SERVED AT LUNCH TIME AS--THE DAY´S SPECIAL.