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Because a lot of the really amazing brazilian products just don't travel. you can't. >> galastro: you have a health department system that controls with an iron hand, you know? >> anthony: i can tell that. i mean, it's tough. >> galastro: we've got a lot of problems here in minas with our cheese, 'cause it's made of raw milk. i've never seen or heard anyone that even got sick by eating our cheese. by our blood sausage. we grew up eating that. >> felipe: should we bring the milk? >> anthony: yeah, sure. yeah. >> anthony: and the piece de resistance, frango ao molho pardo. chicken in brown sauce...

>> eduardo maya: boteco in minas is a bit like the italians. we eat a lot of pork here. an important thing about the boteco in minas is that they serve real food -- food from minas gerais. >> anthony: so what are we having tonight? >> eduardo maya: i think we are having tongue, of course. ox tongue. >> anthony: right, uh, i'm intrigued what -- >> eduardo maya: would you like some tripe as well? >> anthony: i think a little tripe as well. >> eduardo maya: would you like some hand of the pig? >> anthony: yes, yes, yes. >> eduardo maya: so now you are gonna -- you are going to go deep, deep insid...

Where the family is. behind the counter full-time. >> anthony: mom and pop. >> eduardo maya: mom and papa, yeah. >> anthony: eduardo maya is a self-taught gastronome and paterfamilias of the boteco scene here. luiz otavio, a beverage tycoon who specializes in the legendary cachaca, of minas gerais. >> eduardo maya: if the boteco is good, people come all over town. it's like a home outside our home. >> luiz otavio: it's a group therapy. >> anthony: what do you talk about? >> eduardo maya: we talk about everything but business. >> anthony: sports? >> luiz otavio: jokes. >> eduardo maya: sports. ...

Department system that controls with an iron hand, you know? >> anthony: i can tell that. i mean, it's tough. >> galastro: we've got a lot of problems here in minas with our cheese, 'cause it's made of raw milk. i've never seen or heard anyone that even got sick by eating our cheese. by our blood sausage. we grew up eating that. >> felipe: should we bring the milk? >> anthony: yeah, sure. yeah. >> anthony: and the piece de resistance, frango ao molho pardo. chicken in brown sauce, baked in a clay pot finished with the blood of chickens fresh killed this morning. >> anthony: whoa. yeah. that's ...

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