Adobong pata ng baboy (pork hock) at sitaw (string beans)
There are two versions of adobong sitaw in my archives, one using liempo (pork belly) and, the other, using ground pork and topped with hard-boiled eggs. I was wondering if pork pata meat could further improve an already excellent dish. And I also wondered how far one pata could go. See, we’re having some woodwork [...]
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Taisan from Edna’s Cakeland
I’m baking a strawberry cake today. But while I wait for the butter to soften and the eggs to warm to room temperature, let me share with you something absolutely delicious. It’s called taisan. But it isn’t just any taisan.
What is taisan? Think buttery chiffon cake, but small, and topped with butter, sugar and, sometimes, [...]
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Chocolate crinkles
I promised to post this yesterday but my DSL connection had been going bananas. According to customer service, the repairs following the Taiwan earthquake have not yet been completed. Talk about slow service. Slow repairs, slow internet connection.
Anyway, I baked these chocolate crinkle cookies the other day. See, my kids love chocolate crinkles. When we [...]
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Packed school lunches
Let’s just say I’m making up for my delinquence so I’m lumping three school lunches in one entry. When I started Sassyfoodie.com, there were two goals — learn to bake and document the packed school lunches that I prepare for my two daughters. The baking half is fine but documenting the school lunches is easier [...]
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Vinaigrette as a dipping sauce
Sometime between Christmas and New Year, my husband and I went to the SM Megamall Trade Hall where there was Christmas gift bazaar. There was a food stall selling tocino, tapa, longganisa and hotdogs. There were cooked samples and after trying the tocino and hotdogs, we were impressed enough to buy a couple of kilos. [...]
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Hot pepper cheese toast
I wanted toast but didn’t feel like butter and jam. I wanted something hot from the oven but was too lazy to bake muffins or scones. Too lazy even to make some pancakes. I thought I’d have a salad with croutons. But not just any croutons but something spicy and really bursting with flavor.
I reviewed [...]
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Pork and vegetables mami (noodle soup)
The girls are due home at around four o’clock this afternoon from a three-day community service field trip to the pawikan reserve in Morong, Bataan and I am whiling away the time productively — trying to, at least (what a slow and quiet day without the kids in the house) until Speedy and I have [...]
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Ernest’s pancit canton
If you’re wondering who “Ernest” is, he is a 17-year-old reader who posted the recipe for pancit canton in the comment thread of the beef laing entry. I’ve been using oyster sauce for cooking pancit canton for years — since I got the idea from a geeky cousin-in-law, Luigi — but combining oyster sauce with [...]
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