Post by Li Tun-ye on Jun 20, 2008 0:25:47 GMT -5
Well then, since we've got this now on the topic of questionable food I figure it's time we log his victories. Here's a brief list of Filipino dishes Bix has had, with yours truly as a reliable witness.
1) Dinuguan
Basically, it's a stew of pork meat, intestine, and blood. It was about our junior year of high school. He happened to be tagging along with me to a little get together with some Filipino friends of the family. They were serving it (among other things) I don't think I quite got the chance to tell him what it was before he sensed the presence of meat and proceeded to fill up his plate with rice and pig parts. Personally, I like it too. But I can't help but feel that you white folk might be against it.
Here's a wiki article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan
2) Poklai (don't quote me on this spelling)
Basically this is a stir-fry. A stir-fry consisting of bamboo shoots, peppers, onions, and copious amounts of tripe. For you folks at home who aren't familiar, tripe is the stomach of a cow which goes through a rigorous cleaning process involving salt and detergent before it's twice cooked. Quite nice, actually.
3) Kare Kare
A hearty stew made out of green beans, eggplant, ox tail, and tripe. It's made with a delicious peanut butter sauce and trust me when I say that you haven't had anything quite like this.
4) Beef Keleguin
A recipe of basically one step: Put Beef in a combination of peppers and lime juice. I suppose you could count "wait" as a second step. Technically, the night of soaking in the acidic juice allows you to eat the strips of beef completely uncooked. We had this my junior year of high school as well. A nice little dish I learned in Guam (okay, I've never been there, but I know people who did).
So for now, we have the following:
Cow's Stomach
Ox (Cow) Tail
Pig Intestine
Pig/Cow Blood
Raw Beef
I'll post more when I can record a decent body count. I know of a nice place that serves those balut ... which is the mysterious cross between a hard boiled egg and a duck. Kinda like a duck fetus. It's good stuff!
1) Dinuguan
Basically, it's a stew of pork meat, intestine, and blood. It was about our junior year of high school. He happened to be tagging along with me to a little get together with some Filipino friends of the family. They were serving it (among other things) I don't think I quite got the chance to tell him what it was before he sensed the presence of meat and proceeded to fill up his plate with rice and pig parts. Personally, I like it too. But I can't help but feel that you white folk might be against it.
Here's a wiki article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan
2) Poklai (don't quote me on this spelling)
Basically this is a stir-fry. A stir-fry consisting of bamboo shoots, peppers, onions, and copious amounts of tripe. For you folks at home who aren't familiar, tripe is the stomach of a cow which goes through a rigorous cleaning process involving salt and detergent before it's twice cooked. Quite nice, actually.
3) Kare Kare
A hearty stew made out of green beans, eggplant, ox tail, and tripe. It's made with a delicious peanut butter sauce and trust me when I say that you haven't had anything quite like this.
4) Beef Keleguin
A recipe of basically one step: Put Beef in a combination of peppers and lime juice. I suppose you could count "wait" as a second step. Technically, the night of soaking in the acidic juice allows you to eat the strips of beef completely uncooked. We had this my junior year of high school as well. A nice little dish I learned in Guam (okay, I've never been there, but I know people who did).
So for now, we have the following:
Cow's Stomach
Ox (Cow) Tail
Pig Intestine
Pig/Cow Blood
Raw Beef
I'll post more when I can record a decent body count. I know of a nice place that serves those balut ... which is the mysterious cross between a hard boiled egg and a duck. Kinda like a duck fetus. It's good stuff!
