The native Filipino alphabet has no letter “Z” in it. That’s why longaniza (a pork sausage variant from countries that speak in either Spanish or Portuguese) is spelled Longanisa in the Philippines. The following recipe is a “how to make your OWN longanisa” and cannot compete with longanisas that are prepared by hands that do pork sausages from time of birth. But after you follow the recipe, after you have done all the mixing, rolling, tying, licking, stamping and frying of your own longanisa you will say that this longanisa …

This is the best bacon in the world. If you doubt my word, buy all the bacon imaginable in the deli, follow the Tocino recipe below, invite every red, yellow, black and white neighbor around your postcode and let them vote which is the best bacon in the world. Tocino will win in 3 different weights because:
1. It is the fattest and biggest bacon cut.
2. It is adorably sweet and it’s not salty compared to common kinds of bacon.
3. It is pink.
Although this Tocino recipe did not undergo the curing …