When we were there last fall, I believe we had the Cheese Bread from the Brazilian booth. I wish they had recipes from everything they served available because that and the Berliner from Germany (a yeast doughnut filled with apricot jam) were amazing and I'd love to recreate them at home. I'm sure I can find similar things on the internet, but it wouldn't quite be the same.
The mocequa fish stew was pretty good. I had very high hopes for it with all the colorful ingredients that went in but it came out a little bland. Maybe I should've added more salt? But what I thought it really needed was more zip. The Poblano peppers didn't add very much spice at all. I'll have to squirt on some rooster sauce into the leftovers to see if that's the kick it's missing.
For the fish I used a combination of tilapia and perch because Cub doesn't carry any of the recommended kinds - snapper, grouper, or mahi mahi. Where is a good place to buy fish in Minnesota? If you have a secret spot you should definitely let me know. And this is one of those times I wish we had some plate-bowls. You know the kind of plates that have a flat, deep bowl in them? Yeah my husband didn't either but I swear they exist. Kind of like this I think...apparently they are called rimmed soup bowls?
The cookbook recommends drinking Brazil's light, refreshing Xingo Black Beer (pronounced "shin-goo") which has hints of chocolate and roasted malts with the stew. But personally I think I'd rather have my chocolate in some mo' cake...eh?
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