Food articles posted in Jan 2008

Josie’s chocolate polvoron and an American’s adobo

Ever since I posted an entry on chocolate polvoron late in 2006, I have been besieged with requests for recipes… A reader, Josie, was able to successfully make chocolate coated polvoron and, with her kind permission, let me share a photo of her masterpiece.

Stuffing a duck with aromatics

What the English equivalent of the word malansa (or malangsa) is, I have no idea. But it is the Filipino adjective used to describe anything that has a strong smell. But it is more than that, really. Any food that is malansa is likely to be a cause of allergy for those prone to it. Hence, fish is malansa, some more than others, but shrimps, crabs, lobsters and prawns are even more so. Chicken is also considered malansa and duck is more malansa than chicken. No cook can provide immunity to allergy but there are ways to get rid of the strong smell…

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