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Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Pandesal

Pandesal is a small buns usually made ​​fresh in the morning, usually an alternative to rice for breakfast. It is usually eaten with a cup of coffee.

The pandesal is a bread round eaten in the Philippines mainly for breakfast. It is made ​​of flour, eggs, lard, yeast, sugar and salt. It has a soft, powdery texture and is eaten in various ways with different fillings. It is also eaten with coffee or hot chocolate. Despite its name, has a slightly sweet taste. The pandesal is the most popular bread in the Philippines.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Adobo

Adobo is a Spanish term that is generally used for seasoning or marinade and is a marinade or seasoning mix describes. Adobo is for example of marinated dishes such as chipotles en adobo, which from Chipotle is-chillies and marinated with a rich, flavourful tomato sauce. The Court in various regions of Latin America, in Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, to the Philippines and in Spain widespread, with each pork, spices and special peppers used.

Although it has a name taken from the Spanish, the cooking method is indigenous to the Philippines. When the Spanish colonized the Philippines in the late 16th century and early 17th century, they encountered an indigenous cooking process which involved stewing with vinegar, which they then referred to as adobo, the Spanish word for seasoning or marinade. Dishes prepared in this manner eventually came to be known by this name, with the original term for the dish now lost to history.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Philippine Cuisine

The Philippine cuisine combines Spanish - Mexican , Chinese , Indian , Japanese and American influences on the regional cuisines of the different ethnic groups in the Philippines have worked.

The Filipino cuisine, like the Philippines itself has evolved over the centuries under the influence of different cultures. It has been influenced by Chinese, Malaysian, the Spanish, and to a lesser extent by the American and Indian culture, which has resulted in a unique, multi-cultural mix of ingredients and dishes.

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