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Cooking Eggplant the Italian Way

Posted on April 10, 2011 by posh| 1 Comment

Last time, I cooked Eggplant Parmigiana upon the inspiration of friends who were talking on Facebook. I thought it was pretty easy and an upgrade to our usual Eggplant Omelet. The ingredients were just readily available and it is easy to cook, so why not?

So anyway, one friend of mine said that she had her share in Tuscanny while the other one had tasted it in an Italian restaurant. I looked it up on the internet, found a workable recipe, and started on it. Ahhhh…my husband and I both loved it!

I am just thinking though, I really love the rich taste and aroma of Mediterranean dishes. I loved cooking with spices, all kinds of them, and experimenting on their different tastes. I would rather have them fresh, but for lack of it, I use the dried bottled ones like McCormick.

I really think that I would certainly enjoy a holiday in Europe, especially in England, Italy, and France. I would love to stay in one of those Holiday villas in France that I have looked up a long time ago.

After I came back from the United States, I thought it is not impossible for me to reach Europe. So I really hope someday that we are given the opportunity. hihi That would be a great time to see the sights and also sample the tastes.

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Of Bubbly and Spirit

Posted on December 29, 2010 by posh| Leave a comment

We have been to so many parties this month of December. There are just so many Christmas parties, birthdays, baptism, a wedding, and just informal get-togethers. And we have consumed so much wine this month.

A friend shared to me that they are selling wines at wholesale prices that they are even cheaper than the wines offered in the oldest wine store in the city. Cool! And they are actually giving us a bottle. My parents in law got a couple of bottles of wines from relatives while my husband and I got a bottle of white wine from his cousin.

But last time, my husband and I stopped by at the 24-hour convenience store here in Bacolod called Munsterrific and we bought a couple of bottles of Tanduay Ice. Well, it was just an indulgence but my mother in law said that we should not drink too much as we might get used to it. haha Well, that was our first and we are not sure when we can buy again. My husband likes the taste of Tanduay Ice. Yeah, it is pretty good. But I still prefer wine because Tanduay Ice is so filling. But yeah, based on the taste, it is good. And it is pretty cheap at P26 per bottle.

On second thought, I have to agree with Mama, we might get used to it and keep on buying alcoholic beverages. haha

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Dinuguan in a Can

Posted on September 26, 2010 by posh| Leave a comment

I have never eaten dinuguan in my entire life. I only started eating it about last year and I was already married.

Dinuguan is “a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat (typically stomach, intestines, ears, heart and snout) simmered in a rich, spicy dark gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili (most often siling mahaba), and vinegar.” (from wikipedia.org)

When I tasted it, I loved it! And they said that the dinuguan that I had was not exactly the best. And yet I loved it. Anyway, since then, I would eat dinuguan at parties. Or we would buy at Quan Native Delicacies or Sharyn’s Cansi House whenever I had the craving for it.

So one time, while we were having our grocery at Robinsons Supermarket (at Triangle Plaza), my husband saw a small can of CDO Dinuguan (155g). Since I was craving for dinuguan at that time, I said, “why not?”

We bought a can just to try how it tastes.

It is not really bad. It is just too salty and yet it lacks sourness that makes dinuguan appetizing. It could really use some more vinegar. Additionally, that can of dinuguan came with a big lump of pork meat. It would have been good if the meat, fat, skin, liver, and other internal parts of the pork were chopped–the flavor of the blood stew would seep into the meats. And it would also make the dinuguan thicker. Yep! It was malabnaw to say the least. But I did not mind that. All I am saying is that, if they added meat like that, why not make the meat work for the improvement of the taste and texture of the whole package, not just add meat for the sake of putting it in.

All in all, this product is mediocre. I would not buy it again if it is not improved. I like their CDO lechon paksiw in the can though.

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