A Filipino dish is
adobo manok.
Boil chicken, lots of garlic,
vinegar and salt.
Add some soy sauce and
black pepper.
Rice!
Caldareta is a stew.
Pan fry meat briskets.
Boil tomato, potato,
carrots, peas, olives,
bell pepper.
Spice!
Kare-kare has curry.
Use peanut butter,
oxtail, eggplant, beans, bokchoy,
young banana bud,
atsuete.
Tripe!
Pancit is stir-fried noodles.
Pan fry garlic with
ground meat. Boil in water and
noodles. Add patis,
and veggies.
Slurp!
Pinakbet has bagoong.
Fry calabaza,
okra, eggplant, tomato,
bitter melon, bean.
Add ginger.
Shrink!
Sinigang is bouillabaisse.
Boil fish, shrimp or pork.
Use lemon or tamarind.
Add patis, sitaw
and kangkong.
Rad!
Tinola is a chicken soup.
Boil chicken, ginger,
chayote, marungay leaves,
onions. May use pork.
Add patis.
Yum!
Author’s note: First attempt at Epulaeryu poem (with seven delicious examples)…
Terms:
atsuete: annatto powder for color
bagoong alamang: sauted salted shrimp fry
kangkong: leafy spinach
marungay leaves: leaves of moringa
patis: fish sauce
sitaw: long green beans
There are more ingredients but have been omitted for creative purposes. Flynn could cook these dishes for her man, if any.
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Oh, John Jr! That’s longer than I would ever imagine, especially for your conditions! So I shouldn’t rant like this…