“Cultural Heritage of Salvador”: that’s the inscription just below “Peanut Station,” engraved on the cart and the apron of Índio. On the street, he spends his days roasting, salting, and sweetening kilograms and kilograms of peanuts in a busy routine. The movement around his cart is intense, especially towards the end of the day. “It’s a Bahian tradition to savor peanuts in the early evening,” he says. At the age of 13, he learned the trade from his father to help support his family of eleven siblings. Without realizing it, Índio earned the best nickname a peanut vendor could have: “maní” (peanut in the Tupi language), a legume native to South America, has been cultivated for hundreds of years by indigenous people from north to south of the continent, and it is from them that this important culinary heritage of the country comes. In Brazil, its consumption is very popular, either roasted or as an ingredient in cakes, “paçocas,” and savory recipes. At Índio’s stall, the sweet peanut crust is made with guava, and there are also caramelized coconut and pineapple to accompany it—more Brazilian than that is impossible.