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Archive for December, 2007
26 Dec
Diskarteng Tamad: Lechon Kawali
Di yan as simple as frying a lump of pork. Unless gusto mong malansa luto, go ahead. Salpak mo lang sa kawali at i-prito mo na. Pero thanks to my former colleague, Shellie, there’s a fool-proof way of serving dehins-malansa na Lechon Kawali.
pork belly/liempo
garlic
vinegar
salt
cooking oil
ground pepper
- boil the pork in a mixture of vinegar, salt, [...]
26 Dec
Yosi No More
On January 1st daw, sabi sa TV, Illinois will go smoke-free. Yey! Baho kasi ng yosi dito eh. Iba amoy. Siguro may halong juts?
24 Dec
So This Is Christmas
Walang tatalo sa Pasko sa Pilipinas. Wala. Nada. Zilch. Zip. It’s loud, it’s fun, and it’s never cholesterol-free!!!!
For us, preparations for the Noche Buena start around late afternoon on the 24th, when there’s a mad scramble to go to either SM or the nearby talipapa for any ingredients missed during an earlier trip to the grocery. [...]
21 Dec
Diskarteng Tamad: Sinigang na Baboy
Pork, cut into big cubes (preferably liempo, or country ribs)
tamarind soup base powder
onions
tomatoes
garlic
patis/salt (again, whichever you prefer)
optional: siling labuyo; siling berde; talong; radish; gabi
kangkong (if not available, spinach will do)
- plonk pork, onions, tomatoes, and garlic in the pot
- add patis, then boil
- if you chose to have radish and gabi, put them in halfway [...]
21 Dec
Insomnia
Tsk Tsk….This is getting bad…Cannot sleep until the wee hours of the morning and consequently, wake up late afternoon. We really should do something about this. Ok, here goes. Tomorrow, I will TRY real hard to wake up by or before noon!
21 Dec
Sports Press
Malupit ang sports press dito, grabe! You perform well, and they praise you to the high heavens. You screw up, even once, and you can be assured of a bashing in the news for at least a week.
Early this week, Dallas lost to Philadelphia and it was a very visible Jessica Simpson who’s being blamed [...]
21 Dec
Diskarteng Tamad – Daing na Bangus
Version 1:
bangus – daing cut
vinegar
salt/patis
garlic
ground pepper
- mix the seasonings in a separate bowl
- pour over the bangus
- cook the bangus in the mixture until it dries out
- remove the bangus and pour in some cooking oil
- heat until smoking hot (para crispy ang balat, devah?)
- slide in the bangus carefully
- turn as soon as each [...]
21 Dec
Diskarteng Tamad – Adobo
Pork
Garlic
Soy Sauce
Vinegar
Sugar (or Splenda, for diabetics)
Ground Pepper
Optional: bay leaves (1 0r 2); some people love potatoes in their adobo; some love hard-boiled eggs
- plonk in everything in the pot and simmer for an hour or so,
or until the liquid has reduced in half
or to the amount you prefer
- remove the resulting pork fat by skiming [...]
21 Dec
The Diskarteng Tamad Series
While I cannot say that I am a great cook (I will be doing a boatload of people, a great disservice), I produce reasonably palatable dishes so I do not feel at all embarrassed about starting this series in my blog. Also, I am a very lazy person. As in. So inevitably, this translates to [...]
21 Dec
Inside the Bag/Wallet
MPG strikes again! Di pa nagkasya sa tag about ‘5 things’, ang topic naman ngayon ay, ika nga ng Capital One tv ad, “what’s in your wallet?”. Pero in this case, kasama ang bag at with pics pa!
1. my wallet
2. sugar-free cough drops
3. baby wipes
4. tissues
5. inhaler for my asthma
6. mints
7. memory card
8. [...]
20 Dec
Discipline
Apparently, some states have started to outlaw corporal punishment in children, which includes – but is not limited to – spanking. Uh oh, alarm bells! What if we decide to raise our child here? It’s not that I know jack about raising kids. Having younger cousins have offered me plenty of opportunities to observe parenting practices [...]
18 Dec
Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg
This has got to be the most poignant song I’ve heard…..so far. It just evokes memories of when you first fell in love. (Unfortunately, Landon Pigg hasn’t made a video for this song yet, so I just nicked a copy of the commercial it was featured in, from YouTube).
Reminds me too [...]
18 Dec
Tagged Again!
I thought I’d do this since this is the first time I’ve been tagged. So, MPG says to list FIVE THINGS:
…Found In My Bag
1. wallet
2. keys
3. baby wipes
4. passport
5. flash drive
…Found In My Wallet
1. credit cards and store cards
2. copies of passport photo
3. a dollar bill and some coins (halata bang said??!! )
4. [...]
18 Dec
Gimme Some Lip!!!
One of the wonderful things about being jobless, is you discover (unimportant) facts about yourself – stuff you’ve (wisely) disregarded before. I know, I know, I’m playing it fast and loose with the word ‘wonderful’. Well, basically I just realized I love lipgloss! Kinda discovered this after spending an hour just googling the top 10 lipglosses in [...]
17 Dec
The List
In the Friends episode, “The One With Frank Jr” Ross made references to a ‘cheat’ list. Remember that list? I do!
Last night, I was whinging to B about infidelity. The point of contention was, if he cheated, but with a really hot celebrity, I’m supposed to understand and forgive him, but if I [...]
15 Dec
Being Apart
It’s the middle of the month, and in less than a couple of, I will have to go back to my home country. I’m still on a NIV and my I-94 will be expiring by then, so I don’t have any choice. I really have no problems being in such a tentative status, okay I do, [...]
13 Dec
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
I am so mortified….I’ll go flush myself in the toilet now…
You would think, being a college graduate, one would have a sure shot at winning the prize money, not really. Try and watch an episode, see if you are able to answer all the questions correctly. If you were able to…well…bite me!
Areas of knowledge such [...]
9 Dec
Speaking of Soup…
The mushroom soup/bisque at Quizno’s is delish!!!! As in! Well, I haven’t been experiencing fine dining for a couple of years now so I really cannot compare it to restaurant quality soup (these days), but it’s the best I’ve had so far! You can taste the earthiness of the mushrooms (particularly the shiitake) but it’s [...]
9 Dec
Have Soup, Will Thaw
I just went to the neighborhood Filipino store. Bought some instant noodles, pandesal, and some monggo beans. B is craving monggo and I would like to have a steaming bowl of bulalo with my meals these days – but being thousands of miles away from Tagaytay, what can you do eh? Lucky Me!
Nothing like [...]
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