OK..now SOME of this stuff i DO eat, but then some i can't even make myself eat. Like (Balut)duck eggs with unformed dead fetus's in them. That i can't even force myself to eat, even if my mum gives me one to try, id still pass! AND my mum has some in her fridge at the moment. When i came downstairs one day and my mum had her cousin over from the Philippines, i opened the fridge and saw them sitting where the normal eggs go. I said to myself,
"Are those what i think they are? If so I'm not going ANYWHERE near them"..lol
I had casava wrapped in a banana leaf which was really nice! And I will eat Philippine dishes such as Dinuguan (pork cooked in vinegar with black pudding) and Sinigang ( Pork boiled in lemon and tamarind with cabbage, served with rice and the soup is really sour. Its good for sore throats i tell ya!! ) and Chicken Adobo which is one of my fave ( Chicken boiled in vinegar with garlic and soy sauce) They like boiling stuff in vinegar i hear u say..lol well yeah seems that way!!
The last time I went to the Philippines was when i was 18. We used to go every 4 years. The first time I went was when i was 4 i think. Horrible 18 hour flight or something stupid, and I hate planes anyway because i get air sick! . Anyway...even when we had gone to bed, and it was like midnight, id come down to use the bathroom and my mum and relatives would still be eating round the table..And the amount of food!! OMG its like they are cooking to feed the 5000, only the 5000 is just the 4-5 of them!!
My mum still does it now. We would maybe have a few of her friends over, and the day before she would have cooked and prepared at least 6 different dishes...PLUS dessert! So we'd have spring rolls( both vegetarian and meat), longanisa (these red Philippine sausages and they are sooo good) some weird dish made with peanut sauce, rice noodles, sweet potato in some weird fish concoction, okoy ( i cant spell but its like a fried pancake usually with shrimp and beansprouts and u eat it with a vinegar and garlic sauce dip)another fish dish, dinuguan and then the desserts...usually stuff like egg custard with caramel(leche flan) sticky rice with like a caramel topping (calami) I mean how many people does she think are coming..400?..lol...And then the funny part is that whatever isn't eaten goes in the fridge and she will eat the next day for breakfast or lunch or whenever she feels hungry. She is a feeder!! Like I'm a hoard (and no not whore..Hoard) which means i collect things i don't really need to collect. I will pick up leaflets or catalogs and they will just end up in a pile in my room or in the bin and I'll never use them. Usually i get them because its got a coupon or a deal in it, and most of the time i can't afford whatever the deal is..lol.
<i>The Ube (Yam) ice cream is nice, but cheese ice cream? I mean come on..lol And they put it in a hamburger bun! That's unusual..for maybe an American, or anyone else who isn't Filipino ( i mean its still strange to me and im half Filipino..lol )
Anyway i thought this would interest you, and also tell you a little bit about me as well..and the food that I eat..yes i am weird. I will try anything in principal, unless it really freaks me out like that duck egg thing or anything that is still moving. If someone says how would u like Ur chicken or how would i like my steak..I'd reply preferably DEAD!! not clucking or mooing..
OMG that reminded me...i only just found out that theres a place in Windsor that u can get steak that is rarer than rare..As in its still mooing!! Freshly killed still more than likely with the blood pouring from it!! I swear if that was put in front of me that prob would be enough to turn me vegetarian!..LMAO!! I mean i love my meat (and guys don't get the wrong idea about that..minds OUT THE GUTTER PLEASE)..lol but i don't think id stoop as low as eating a cow that had just been freshly killed and not even cooked properly. That would just unnerve me i think..although it wont stop me eating beef!!
Anyway sorry i went off on a tangent at the end there...lol - have a read and let me know what u think
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