Cooking aboard or outdoors

[rxcomposite]

First time I have heard of barbequed monkey meat but I will not be surprised. Depending on the geographical area, some "exotic" meat are preferred. It is cooked primarily for cultural beleifs (not necessarily religious), or a show of the cooks culinary skill. Others taste it for food adventurism or just the bragging rights.

Cat meat is rumored to be in the chinese dumplings but nobody is talking or admitting. But hey, it taste good.

We also have the local version of the fish similar to Fugu. It is so poisonous it will kill you within an hour. But unlike the Fugu, extraction of the poison is done by the fisherman while at sea. It is sold in the fish market as an ordinary fish.

Olongapo is not the place it used to be but if you are young and likes live music entertainment, it is the place to be. Angeles have a good night life for the more matured. Lots of foreigners in the area. Coreggidor is a lonely place as it is nostalgic but a good place if you enjoy the beach.

[Yobarnacle]

My favorite phillipine dish is pork pansit.

[rxcomposite]

Originally Posted by Yobarnacle

My favorite phillipine dish is pork pansit.

It is of Chinese origin but highly popular. Have you tried "balut" and "lechon"(roasted pig)?

[Yobarnacle]

Originally Posted by rxcomposite

It is of Chinese origin but highly popular. Have you tried "balut" and "lechon"(roasted pig)?

I was served balut, but couldn't eat it. I've eaten some strange things, but couldn't get past my inhibitions. I've eaten roast pig in many parts of the world, but not in PI.

[rxcomposite]

Originally Posted by Yobarnacle

I was served balut, but couldn't eat it. I've eaten some strange things, but couldn't get past my inhibitions. I've eaten roast pig in many parts of the world, but not in PI.

Hahaha. It is served to the foreigners as a dare. Just testing them. It is also a dare to most Filipinos as they won't touch it. it is more of a social thing but they say you have to eat it in the dark or with your eyes closed. I have eaten with eyes open and into the light but would rather have a burrito, carnecittas, or a shawarma instead.

The Cebu cooked "lechon" now belongs to one of the best tasting roasted pig in the world according to an international food survey.

[jamesgyore]

Originally Posted by Yobarnacle

Florida can be more dangerous than a war zone!

Chuckle... It surely is from my perspective, watching CSI:Miami.

May I ask tongue-in -cheek? How come only the wealthy with multi-million dollar beach front properties seem to be victims of crime on that programme?

Is La Pequeña Habana a community of upstanding citizens, or is commercial TV finally past stereotyping ghettos?

[rxcomposite]

By the way Yob, what's in carnecittas? My Mexican friend says it is horsemeat and lots of spices. It tastes good so it has been my favorite fastfood whenever I am in the US.

[Yobarnacle]

Originally Posted by rxcomposite

By the way Yob, what's in carnecittas? My Mexican friend says it is horsemeat and lots of spices. It tastes good so it has been my favorite fastfood whenever I am in the US.

I'll ask my wife when she awakens. To my knowledge, I've not eaten horse in Mexico.
Years ago, had a friend in Florida, a horse trader. Sometimes, he'd get burned in a trade, and get a horse too old to resell as a mount, older than he'd thought when bought it.
He'd butcher old horses (not sick ones), and sell the meat. He gave me my first horse steaks free, and afterward, I was a weekly customer.
Very tender and tasty, but an odd shade of red. VERY RED meat! Firetruck red!

[Silver Raven]

Originally Posted by rxcomposite

Hahaha. It is served to the foreigners as a dare. Just testing them. It is also a dare to most Filipinos as they won't touch it. it is more of a social thing but they say you have to eat it in the dark or with your eyes closed. I have eaten with eyes open and into the light but would rather have a burrito, carnecittas, or a shawarma instead.

The Cebu cooked "lechon" now belongs to one of the best tasting roasted pig in the world according to an international food survey.

Gooday 'rx-com' Sure hope it's nice(r) over there. We're getting a week of drizzle over her in Far North Queensland. Wish the temp would improve also - it's 11* in the early morning & only got to 20* tops today & this is the bloody tropics - or I thought so. Supposed to be 18 to 28* - wwhich is up my alley.

We've got a 'forums member' over your way - that's trying to find a way to get a catamaran sailing yacht built - at a reasonable price - any suggestions? Has anyone in here got any suggestions - I'm open to any comments - well almost. I am/was trying to remember a boat-yard over there that made some reasonable catamarans (not the eating kind) - but damned if'n I can get their name in my head. I'm also looking at a boat over there but can't get my 'ducks to stand up straight in a row' as yet. Bugger. Am still trying though.

I'm an ex-pat Canuck, live in OZ - am going sailing in SE Asia asap regardless of age. Can't afford to go sailing here in OZ - to darn expensive & I like the warmer weather up there. Y'all have a great week & keep healthy & smilin', eh Ciao, james

[rxcomposite]

Silver Raven,

I know most of the boatyard here in the big island and quite a few in the other two.

Labor and expertise is cheap but land rentals is expensive. Launching is also a major expense so even if the cost to build is reasonabl, expenses mount. For the catbuilders near the sea, there is a boatyard in Bataan who was building a Wharram type cat and one in Cebu building a powercat ferry managed by an Australian. There is a big boatyard in Mindanao area.

Send me a PM so we can discuss and I will rattle of names of reliable boatbuilders.

[Yobarnacle]

Originally Posted by rxcomposite

By the way Yob, what's in carnecittas? My Mexican friend says it is horsemeat and lots of spices. It tastes good so it has been my favorite fastfood whenever I am in the US.

My wife says carnitas (insists is correct spelling), is simply cooked meat cut up or shredded. Pork, beef, horse, goat, burro, sheep, any herbivores meat.
But not birds, fish, or carnivores, like dogs, cats, or reptiles.

[rxcomposite]

Originally Posted by Yobarnacle

My wife says carnitas (insists is correct spelling), is simply cooked meat cut up or shredded. Pork, beef, horse, goat, burro, sheep, any herbivores meat.
But not birds, fish, or carnivores, like dogs, cats, or reptiles.

Thats probably it. The meat is very dark and finely chopped. Looks like tapa caballo.

[Yobarnacle]

Originally Posted by rxcomposite

Thats probably it. The meat is very dark and finely chopped. Looks like tapa caballo.

caballo is spanish for horse.
yegua is a mare.