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1) Less flavor. Let us accept the fact, the most tasty menu on dining table are livestock and poultry meats. The next is fish and the least is vegetable. Some fish have superior flavor but their prices are too steep for commoners. 2) Tradition. Every occasion like town fiestas and weddings have three or more [...]
Diet of pregnant women is erratic, due to the phenomenon called “lihi or naglilihi“. This often happen during the early stage of pregnancy but might differ for every woman. Some experience it during late stage. During lihi, the girl often loss appetite and inclined on eating specific food types. Not getting enough nutrients is likely, [...]
The botcha trade still continues despite of government efforts to stop it. Recently, over 200 kilograms of double dead pig meat were seized in Paco area. Consuming public should be very careful, some err meat are delivered directly to karenderia. Authorities are keeping an eye to botcha hot spots such as Balintawak, Paco Market, Divisoria [...]
A price hike of sardine products is expected. This is because of the fishing ban. There will be a shortage in supply when this happen. Zamboanga is the sardine capital of the Philippines. About ten sardine brands come from this area. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources is going to close the fishing season [...]
It was lunch time again. The only food left in the kitchen was the old cooked rice, bahaw. There was no viand. I felt to lazy and I never wanted to cook anything. I saw a bottle of catsup near the gas stove. But the content is not catsup. The color is brown. Perhaps it [...]
Is it to safe eat raw meat? Maybe it is safe or maybe it is not. I am not really sure! 1) From the point of view of vegetarianism, meat and meat products are bad for our health. It should not be eaten by humans cause we are designed to eat fruits and vegetables. So [...]
Hubby noticed the slices of dried santol peels. She knEw that I need to put it to a test so she volunteered to do the honor. Her test recipe was “Pinaasiman na Uguraming Dagat”. Uguraming dagat is a fish – a fish with unfamiliar taste to me. She said the fish taste is good. Here [...]
