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[2 Mar 2011 | 10 Comments | ]
The Bagoong Kid vs. Disapproving Husband: Different Outlooks on a Filipino Condiment

Hey guys, JLeo is the newest addition to write for us here in the site. If you missed her “first appearance” click here. Enjoy! – Ziggy
 
Are some foods just an acquired taste? Do you have to grow up eating certain things to like them? For example, bagoong.
My nephew is 10 years old. I don’t know anyone who gets more excited at the sight of bagoong. The other day he opened up the fridge at his grandparent’s house and screamed “Bagoong!” in delight.
He has been eating bagoong with Kare-Kare (a Filipino …

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[6 May 2010 | 2 Comments | ]
Fish, Coco Milk and Shrimp Paste Recipe

On this recipe, you can choose between, pork, chicken or fish. I will choose fish, specifically Tilapia for reasons of world domination. This recipe is called Ginatang Tilapia in the Philippines meaning – Tilapia in Coco Milk.

Globally, Tilapia is fast becoming huge and I am only waiting for a matter of mere moments until it is used as a weapon of mass destruction. It’s kicking salmon out of the aquaculture throne because those orange-fleshed bear-huggers demand too much royalties and tilapia laughs on carp because plainly, they don’t have taste. …

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[26 Apr 2010 | 9 Comments | ]
History of Filipino Food, Malay Influence

Let me tell you a story:
But before that, I’d like to ask this question. If aliens stepped on earth and upon landing they declare something in their own language which, in our limited technology, is indecipherable, how would we react? How would the world welcome them without a common language? How would you as an individual react to what is supposed to be sci-fi but is real in green flesh and blood? What if what they are saying is, we will destroy your world in a week, just wait with …