Adventure Time: Food Galore

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AURORA:

1. Suman de Baler

“Suman is a native treat made of steamed sticky rice wrapped in either banana or coconut leaves.” [from Lawstude]

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There are 2 kinds/flavors of Suman de Baler; it is the usual white-colored and the ube-colored one. It is not that sweet unlike the other suman in other provinces. It has its mild sweet taste and usually it has a dip of cocojam and/or peanut butter.

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2. Santan/Cocojam

“Santan or Cocojam is made-up of sugarcane juice mixed with coconut milk.” [from Lawstude]

Other than being a dip on suman, it is also used as a spread or “palaman” on buns or any plain bread.

One of the famous cocojam is “Nanay Pacing’s Cocojam Peanut Butter”.

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“This is why our peanut butter is delicious: there are no skins, no rotten peanuts, no oil,” said the 75-year-old.

“You will enjoy it. It’s not like the cheap ones that taste bitter while you eat it, the ones that taste like soap,” said Nanay Pacing.

Nanay Pacing only uses pure coconut milk and sugar that each batch takes about 8 hours just to mix it. [from Interaksyon]

3. Ensaladang Pako

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It is a native Baler dish that is composed of their fern variant (locally called pako), onions, salted eggs, tomatoes and their local vinegar. [from ToEyeFor]

NUEVA ECIJA

1. Puno’s Ice Cream

“Puno’s Ice Cream and Sherbet is a famous ice cream brand in in Cabanatuan City which was established in 1940.” [from WillExplorePhilippines]

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The best seller flavors are Cheese Cashew Macapuno, Langka Cheese Cashew and Sherbet Buko Lychee.

There are also other flavors like Ube Cheese, Strawberry, Fruit Salad, Cookies and Cream, Corn Queso, and Chocolate with Cashew. [from RjDexplorer]

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2. Batutay

The word “batutay” means “beef sausage”. There are a lot of longganisa in the country like Vigan longganisa, Lucban longganisa, etc. It’s the tastes of sweetness that makes Batutay different.

“It is prepared using garlic, beef meat, pepper, salt, soy sauce, salt, pork-isaw, and sugar. 80% of the Batutay is meat, while the remaining percentage is fats, which is to allow frying.” [from NuevaEcijasBest]

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3. Day-old chicks

In Nueva Ecija the Day-old chick is their famous exotic food. It is a one day old chick and usually fried. Since, it is a day-old chick, it is the chick itself that you are going to eat and it is eaten with its perfect combination which is the vinegar. [from Beng-gee]

TARLAC

1. Capit Roll

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Instead of the ‘latik’ being on top, it is now filled inside the Capit Roll, making it innovative unlike the usual kakanin or local rice delicacy that places the ‘latik’ on top. [from HouseOfWards]

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2. Tupig

Tupig is a famous local delicacy of Tarlac and Pangasinan. It’s the banana wrapper that gives its distinct flavor and the way of cooking ut by grilling over charcoal and best on clay. [from VisitTarlac]

3. Iniruban

Iniruban or also called as nilubyan is a famous Tarlac delicacy that originated from the town of Camiling. It is a type of rice cake made with burned young sticky rice, coconut milk and sweetener; usually sugar, or tagapulot, hardened sugarcane molasses. [from VisitTarlac]