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Food articles posted in Jan 2004
Vegetable and Apple Salad
We have a thirthy-something year old friend who does not eat raw vegetables. He changed his attitude about vegetables salads after trying mine.
We were in the supermarket late yesterday afternoon buying foodstuff we’ll need for Sunday’s swimming party. Our younger girl, Alex, (well, youngest since we only have two kids, both girls) is turning [...]
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Balon-balonan (Gizzard) Barbecue
Barbecued balonbalonan ng manok, or chicken gizzards, is a popular streetfood in the Philippines. Sold in roadside stalls along with barbecued chicken feet, pork ears and isaw (intestines), it is a favorite finger food that goes well with beer. I find them too tough though. So, I did a home-cooked version–definitely more tender and tastier. [...]
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I just love red wine
Identifying some of the health benefits from Resveratrol, a chemical compound naturally produced by grapes, was good for red wine drinkers. The news is even better today.
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago report that both red wine and resveratrol may be effective killers of a bacteria known to cause lung infections such as [...]
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Beef embutido
During my grandmother’s days, cooking embutido or Philippine-style meatloaf, was such a complex procedure that it was considered a dish for special occasions only. The seasoned ground pork is mixed with chopped vegetables, spices and beaten eggs, wrapped in sinsal (a fatty pork entrail), steamed, cooled, sliced and served with catsup. A generation later, my [...]
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Pizzaron
Another example of Filipino ingenuity, pizzaron is pizza cooked just like turon (banana spring rolls).
I first learned about pizzaron when a friend sent a SMS asking if I had tried it. I said no, I didn’t even know what it was. My husband said probably pizza tppped with chicharon (pork cracklings). I said no, [...]
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Balon-balonan at kangkong (gizzards and water spinach)
Barbecued balon-balonan ng manok is probably the most popular way of cooking chicken gizzards in the Philippines today. Sold as street food, they are initially boiled until half cooked, then grilled until crisp. My daughters like balon-balonan ng manok tremendously but find the barbecued form too tough.
Frozen balon-balonan ng manok or chicken gizzards are [...]
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A Chinese lauriat
Yesterday was the 11th wedding anniversary of my husbandÕs youngest brother and his wife. Dinner was at Tek Lai Shun Beijing in Greenhills, San Juan. Just family. All my husbandÕs siblings with their own families and my mother-in-law. We enjoyed a full-course Chinese lauriat. All the kids stayed at a separate table and had a [...]
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The coastal road seafood market
We went on a little weekend escape. Just an overnight stay at a local hotel with friends. The original plan was to go to the Enchanted Kingdom but the thought of the traffic at the South Superhighway was enough to make us think twice. So, the kids were happy with the alternative plan of spending [...]
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