Thread by @SpriterGors

⚠Don't burn yourself! Always be mindful when using fire and let the sweet cool down before manuseating & eating!⚠

#octobit day 15: #recipe #finished, from #octobit2020. #mewtsukki makes #brigadeiro! #pixelart #ドット絵
PS: This is the only recipe she knows... (Repost to fix)

I've made a small correction (forgot to add the step numbers). I'll use this opportunity to talk about this sweet!

Brigadeiro is literally "brigadier", a military rank. It is so named after the title of the candidate for presidency at that time, Eduardo Gomes, who was going to succeed Getúlio Vargas's rule in 1954.

He was popular among the women for his good looks, and he got a lot of financial support from them in his political campaign. One such way to get money was selling cakes in order to gather funds. It's worthy to note that this was the first time women could vote in Brazil!

However, due to the impact of the WWII, product prices were high, flour included. This made it impossible for these women to bake cakes. Soon they faced a logistics problem. How are they going to sell cakes without any flour?

Fortunately, the end of WWII saw a surge of new products in the shelves (reallocation of army rations to the everyday consumer market). One such item was the condensed milk, which was originally intended to be a long shelf life alternative for milk.

The Brazilian housewives decided to improvise a recipe by replacing flour with condensed milk, creating a small, round bonbon. They named it "brigadeiro" to honor Eduardo Gomes, and marketed it as "the Brigadier's favorite sweet"!

Despite all efforts, Eduardo Gomes lost to Eurico Gaspar Dutra, his rival, who governed Brazil from 1946 to 1951. And this is the history of brigadeiro: women representation, creativity and WWII's effects on the Brazilian society gave rise to what possibly is the most BR sweet.

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