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Blog Entry #1: Enticing Delicacies

“ 𝓕𝓞𝓞𝓓 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓫𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓾𝓼 𝓣𝓞𝓖𝓔𝓣𝓗𝓔𝓡.”

We, Filipinos, really loves to eat. Nowadays, we normally consumed five-plate meals a day. Filipinos don’t usually skip meals especially when they have spare time to eat. We have that habit where we used to pack lunch to save money and effort to go and buy outside.

From heating to boiling, from simply pickling to cooking, Filipinos learned how to prepare food in different ways in our own old ways and also because of those countries who colonized us for centuries. As time passes by, our delicacies improved and we had created different versions that varies in different regions across the country.

Food became a significant trademark for the Filipinos, it also take part on a lot of traditional events and occasion, weddings, feasts, and even on our daily lives. Food really means a lot and for that, here are some of our most enticing delicacies.

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Pʜᴏᴛᴏs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʙʟᴏɢs ᴀʀᴇ sᴇʟꜰ-ᴇᴅɪᴛᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴʟᴏᴀᴅᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ Gᴏᴏɢʟᴇ, ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴇᴀʟ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏs, ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜰᴜʟ ᴏᴡɴᴇʀs.

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Blog Entry #2: Sun-Baked Morning

“ 𝓛𝓮𝓽'𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓒𝓞𝓕𝓕𝓔𝓔.” 

Morning always starts with a coffee on one hand and bread on the table, lay down and sit, thinking of what will happen this day. Coffee is a very important drink for Filipinos especially to those who wakes up early in the morning. Pandesal on the other hand, was introduced to us by the Spaniards. Pan means ‘bread’ while Sal means ‘salt’ therefore Pandesal means bread with salt. A single cup of coffee with bread is enough to fill your needs for the whole morning.

Bread and coffee are the usual breakfast of us especially those who have hypertension where they cannot eat too much rice for their usual meal. 

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Blog Entry #3: Rice To Rise

 “ 𝓡𝓘𝓒𝓔 𝓲𝓼 𝓖𝓡𝓔𝓐𝓣 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓗𝓤𝓝𝓖𝓡𝓨 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰.”

Rice is called the staple food of the Filipinos. Rice has carbohydrates that gives energy for everyday lives, that’s why rice paired with simply meat and egg become one of the common breakfasts in the Philippines and considering that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, rice will give you strength that lasts.

Silog meals are now popular in the Philippines. It composed of fried rice for ‘si’ and egg for ‘log’ partnered by your favorite fried dish. 

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Blog Entry #4: Contradicting Savories

“ 𝓒𝓗𝓞𝓒𝓞𝓛𝓐𝓣𝓔 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰! 𝓐𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓪 𝓢𝓐𝓛𝓣𝓨 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓵, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓫𝓲𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓢𝓦𝓔𝓔𝓣. 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰.” 

Philippines often times experience rainfalls and thunderstorms especially during month of July to October and due to that, Champorado partnered with Tuyo became in demand as breakfast during rainy days. Champorado has starch and chocolate that can wake you up and give you energy. You won’t easily lose you appetite because Champorado and Tuyo has a contradicting taste that you won’t resist.

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Blog Entry #5: Mouthwatering Soups

" 𝓢𝓞𝓤𝓟 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝓪𝓽 𝓔𝓐𝓢𝓔."

We have different kinds of soups that we eat as viands, most of them includes sea foods, meat, and vegetable and has a mouthwatering taste. Some of them are Sinigang, Sopas, Nilaga, and Tinola. These dishes has been already cooked by our grandparents back then and even until now, though recipes became different as time passes by. Here in the Philippines, people enjoy their food more when a cup of soup is present on the table. Soups are some sort of stress reliever that warms our body, not only on cold days but also when we are tired and feeling exhausted.

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Blog Entry #6: Saucily Delicious

" 𝓒𝓸𝓸𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮: 𝓘𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓫𝓮 𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪𝓫𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓻 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓵."

Here in the Philippines, saucy foods are popular especially on festivals and birthdays. In our regular days, we also prepare these viands if we have enough time to cook, because these requires time and effort to achieve it’s good taste. Most of these saucy dishes were influence of the Spaniards, recipes were adopted by the Filipinos and was passed from generations to generations. Most of the time, if we want saucy foods without releasing too much effort to cook, we tend to go and buy at the eateries where their dishes are “pangmasa” or for a large amount of people who search for cheap but delicious meals.

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Blog Entry #7: Crunchs and Crisps 

" 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓡𝓘𝓢𝓟𝓨 𝓹𝓸𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓸, 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓾𝓹 𝓪���𝔂𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓿𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓻𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻."

Who wouldn’t like crunches and crisps? It might be delicious yet deadly, it triggers heart disease when you eat it uncontrollably. These crisps are commonly found on parties, gatherings, and even on our daily lives. We always love to eat crispy, oily, but savory fried foods! There are countless of crunchy and crispy foods around the country, some of the best are Shanghai Rolls, Crispy Pata, Fried Chicken, and last but not the least, our very own Lechon. But a friendly reminder, just take these foods moderately so that it won’t harm your health. 

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Blog Entry #8: Street Flavours

" 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓖𝓞𝓞𝓓 𝓯𝓸𝓸𝓭."

When 3:00 pm strikes, expect that vendors are roaming to sell merienda. Merienda is a light meal between after lunch and before dinner. Nowadays, people used to eat merienda between after breakfast and before lunch because of the tiring activities that makes us digest foods and get hungry easily.

Street foods is the common merienda of us. Some people see street foods as dirty products of our country because it’s not clinically approved by the government agencies but because of the practicality of us, they still sell it with cheap price. Not all vendors doesn’t follow the standards, most of them asures that their products are clean even if it’s not approved by the government, so there’s still a reason why we should support our own product.

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Blog Entry #9: Sweet Tooths

" 𝓢𝓣𝓡𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓔𝓓 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭 𝓲𝓼 𝓓𝓔𝓢𝓢𝓔𝓡𝓣𝓢."

Filipinos definitely love sweets! That’s why we eat a lots of sweet foods, some of these are Halo-Halo, Banana Cue, Sago’t Gulaman, and Pastillas. Mostly, sweets are eaten for snacks during the afternoon or every after we eat our meals. Sweets reflects on our attitude and well-being as Filipinos, we tend to be sweet to our loved ones and even on foreigners and strangers. We are very welcoming and we never forget to wear smiles on our faces. These sweets also became source of income for many, remember sweets are well-loved in the country that even it’s not expensive, Filipino sweets would still be classical.

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Blog Entry #10: Philippines’ Enticing Delicacies, a summary.

" 𝓛𝓐𝓤𝓖𝓗𝓣𝓔𝓡 𝓲𝓼 𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓕𝓞𝓞𝓓 𝓲𝓼 𝓑𝓔𝓢𝓣."

Filipinos are food lovers, we don’t just simply eat because a family’s sweetest moments are when they are eating. Our delicacies will live forever, not just because we cook everyday, but because we give a lot of importance to our traditional cuisines that we inherited from our forefathers. Food means a lot to us and it reflects our culture and tradition that we savored for centuries. Our very own dishes are world class and we should be proud of it. Yes, maybe our generation is changing and our world is slowly turning into technology and foreign influences, we should still bare in mind that we have our very own classic dishes that we can be proud of. In that way, our legacy which is our own Enticing Delicacies would be passed on the next generation and wouldn’t be forgotten.