Exotic Dinner

I am inspired to write this blog to share to everyone the part of my life. I was raised by my grandmother in a small town in Zamboanaga Del Norte, City of Dapitan. My mother was the youngest of the 10 siblings. We were poor but we have land to get our food and necessities. We had clean stream came from the mountain which we took our water and some fruits and rootcrops for food. We are abundant with coconut trees and banana trees in our land too. I am the helper of my grandma till i was 6. I know now how to grind a corn by using two big round rocks, carrying a big rattan basket in my back, climbing a tree, and how to copra the coconut or ( dried the meat or kernel a coconut. We move to Zamboanga City when I was 7 because my mother had to work their. While I was in the mountain with my grandma I learn also how to preserve some food,so it wont goes to waste and we still can eat it in a week or in a month or even in a year. In this blog I will show you what are the exotic food the Philippines had. So don't puke!

• Balut

A balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. One of the famous foods the Filipinos are known for is the “balut”. It’s a one-day old boiled duckling egg. The “balut” is known as an energizer to those who need strength or aphrodisiac to others. The eggs from this duck are processed to "balut" and salted eggs. "Balut" is an incubated egg with developed embryo of 17 to 19 days which is boiled and eaten with or without salt.

• Ginamos Fermented fish

Salted bait size fish and set for couple week until it turn to paste.

The perfect pare of ginamos, is boiled banana

• Dinuguan or Pork blood stew

Stew of pig's blood, pig guts, liver and meat, simmered in a rich, spicy gravy of pigs blood, garlic chili and vinegar.

• Bulad or Salted dried fish

Fish of all sizes are salted and sun dried, or simply dried and used in many ways, even when the fresh equivalent is available. Whitebait (very small, only 2-3 cm (3/4-1 in) in length), or the slightly larger sprats or anchovies up to 6 cm (2 1/2 in) long are usually deep fried and served as a crisp accompaniment to rice. Whitebait can be fried whole, but ideally the larger fish should be picked over to remove heads and intestines before use if this has not been done prior to drying.

• Sea Urchin or Salawaki

Salawaki or sea urchin can be found everywhere in Philippines coast. This can be eaten raw with rice or boil banana by the beach.