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Adobong pusa or cat adobo• Do you know that even cats are eaten by people in the Philippines? They cook it in adobo style, sautéed with garlic, onion and laurel leaf seasoned with soy sauce and vinegar. This is a favorite appetizer during their drinking spree.

EXOTIC FOODS

Adobo/ prito o litsong daga or adobo/ fried or

roasted ratRats from the rice paddies are also eaten. They would skin them, cut the head, the tail, and the legs then all internal organs are removed. Actually these rodents are clean because they only feed on rice. Cooking is done the adobo way deep fried. It can also be roasted like chicken.

CricketsA farmer’s favorite crickets are rich in nutrients and it is juicy and flavorful. Everyone who tasted a dish made up of crickets here said that is tastes better than chicken. To capture these insects farmers would put a marker on an area where there is a good concentration of crickets. The farmers will then pour water in the area and dance, this will force the crickets to get out of their lair and eventually will be captured one by one.

Kilawing bunog (raw young of a mudfish)

• These are eaten raw spiced up with vinegar or citrus juice, pepper, and salt

Adobo o pritong palaka (adobo or fried frogs)

Frogs can be cooked in adobo style or deep fried. It’s tastier than chicken. There are also some people in the Philippines that eat legs of bullfrogs cooked in the same manner.

Adobong ahas (snake adobo)

This is cooked in adobo style. Snake is commonly eaten in Asia because of its medicinal value. It’s also a good aphrodisiac.

Adobong bayawak/itlog (monitor lizard

meat/eggs)It is sautéed in garlic and onion, ginger and laurel leaf with

pepper, soy sauce, and vinegar or more popularly called adobo. This is perfect for “pulutan” (food appetizer while drinking wine or liquor). The eggs are usually cook by simply boiling it, it taste salty and delicious. Their eggs are considered exotic because it’s rare and hard to find.

Bats

Another food that definitely tastes like chicken for the time is the bats. Although they can look fearsome according to my mother the bats are best cooked in adobo or fried and they can also leave you a great tang on your taste buds. The bats can be boiled using various flavorings and this is considered a delicacy all over Asia.

Grasshoppers

• A delicacy which is enjoyed thoroughly in the northern part of the Philippines is the grasshoppers. The grasshoppers are considered nuisance for they can bring plague or eat the farmer’s crops, the farmers have devised a way to get even, that is, to get rid of the feet and wings of the poor insects then cooked them with salt and seasonings. Bon Appétit everyone and experience how John the Baptist of the scriptures feels when he munched on the grasshoppers. The grasshoppers tastes like shrimp.

DETERMINE IF THESE DISHES WILL BE APPEALING TO FILIPINO’S

TASTE BUDS.• Because sometimes , they think that

exotic foods can cure diseases.

• It will give a nasty experience or good taste and it depends who will try them.

• This foods are eaten as “pulutan”

with beer or liquor.

GROUP 3PINEDA JEAN CHRISTLE C.

TOLENTINO ENTEZAR IAN B.

ONOFRE ELLMAR MARIE B.

SINAMBAN MINELDA

TORRES LANCE FLINT

TARUC AIRA NICOLE

LUCAS JOSEPHINE

PAGUIO RHIA ROSE

UGANIZA KRIZA MAE TREASURE

VINUYA CAMILLE

PENA JUSTINE

ORBE JASPHER JUNAR

MERCADO MARK DARYL

PUZON BENEDICT

RAZON JOSE RAFAEL

VILLANUEVA DOMINIC

NUCUP JOSHUA

NAGOY EDRICK LLOYD

Teacher:

MR. JUNE CUNANAN

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