Ano Ulam?1 Bicol Express

"Let me get this straight, your not going to blog about recipes or anything about pulutan really.. so what are going to blog about?" wife sez to me... Edi nga food pa rin, food na abot kaya at kayang kayang gawin ng typical na tao pareho natin. She says-" tanga bicol express ba naman hirap nun...?!!


Before  we start...  the essentials, knife, chopping board, kawali/wok and stove. Every one should have condiments bagoong/shrimp paste, patis/ fish sauce, toyo/soy sauce, asin/salt, paminta/pepper and suka/vinegar.


BICOL express pang tanga:


1k Baboy laman chopped into strips (choose pork with some fat and of course fresh don't be dumb)
5 cloves Bawang chopped
1 buo Onion chopped
1 kamatis buo chopped
2 teaspoon bagoong
2cups Gata/Coconut cream or juice
siling labuyo chopped (depende sayo kung gaano karami)
siling green chopped (mga lima/5)
gulay; sitaw or sigarilyas or both, i prefer. if u have pero kung wala edi wala


-Saute/gisain bawang sibuyas and kamatis then add pork
-add two teaspoons of bagoong gives the salty pulutan kick and some dash of patis and vinegar to add flavor, let it boil, dont mix -up yet, wait till some liquid has evaporated.
-cook until pork is tender, be sure that its tender and some of the pork fat has liquified
-have some common sense, cover the kawali if u can or lower the temperature of the stove to make sure the food don't get burnt.. PLEASE never leave the food especially if its your first time to cook.
-add 1 cup coconut juice or cream, let it boil
-add 2nd cup of coconut cream, let it boil add gulay if u have then garnish with all the sili
-mga 5 minutes boiling tapos ok na, don't over cook the coconut juice or cream because it solidifies into lumps.


Notes: sarap sawsawan ng patis

What's in the REF? An Introduction

Sorry this is not a blog about the definition or the history of pulutan... Nope, its not just a food blog laying-out long lists of boring recipes.  There is so much of it already in the net--if u want to be informed, get directed to-(http://kumain.com/appetizing-pulutan/, or just search pulutan).  My blog's would be about my everyday life with my favorite category of food, pulutan. I promise to be brief, somewhat funny and hopefully entertaining.

I got to the point of being unsatisfied surfing through all the shit that I get when reading Food blogs. Most of them, are all goody too good internet friendly personality... "Eat here they got a really nice place, lots of food so good,  yeah its very enticing see the pictures yeh" -- I have always imagined it being said in a small quirky nerdy like voice... I do not want to get any food advice from someone who I imagine would sound like that.
Most of the places they post are unreachable to the majority of us common Filipino mainly on the financial aspects and of course the lack of personal time you can give to fulfill such experiences. And because majority of these people I believe have access to the internet, and hopefully like me would want to get a read on everyday food you can do in your own home, something I hope will be helpful and realistic. THus I cooked-up this BLOG.


" Saan tayo kakain? my wife asks me, I say-"May pera ka Ba?"

Some of the food are just too girlie, i don't like girlie food. I may not understand food like lamb roasted with with some kind of  herb served with some sauce and some kind of gulay plated in a decorative arrangement. But I am pretty sure I would know what I like to eat. Its something hot and spicy na nakakagana kainin, something that I can pair with rice or beer or the typical hard drink, something that's salty, something that is crispy and oily, something that is refreshing to eat, gives you a feeling of contempt, something you can buy and still have some left for cigarettes and liquor, something I can afford to buy and eat daily with my wife or friends to go on with our lives, its something you can find in your own ref.