Work mounts up because we’re in for a long weekend, ergo my internet engineers will be on holiday too (j/k!). I’ll be offline most of the time during the first week of November.
Until then. I’ll figure out ways to come up with bandwidth-friendly posts for you while presenting foodporn the way I want them to.
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Archive for October, 2005
Hiatus
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Lasang Pinoy 3: Streetfood
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2005 | 6 Comments »
Stef invited me to join Lasang Pinoy 3, hosted by Kai with Streetfood as this month’s theme. The beaucon question is: “If you were a Pinoy streetfood, what would you be?”
I’m quite predictable on this one, yes, I will be food found on the streets of Ilocos, particularly at the plaza of Vigan. I am [...]
(The quasi-mandatory) About Me
Posted in Uncategorized on October 17, 2005 | 1 Comment »
There are blogs and there are food blogs.
Now that I’ve gone through the hassle of an opening statement, I took a deep breath and opened Fire Water Husband. I practically switched on and off this blog, called it by different names (one of which went by The Empire of Wansuy) and debated with myself [...]
Recipe: Dinengdeng
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2005 | 3 Comments »
“Modern technology…allows me to guarantee the exact time and temperature for cooking the dishes. That’s progress. But when it means banalizing the taste of products, that’s a step back, and, cook that I am, I rebel.”
–Alain Ducasse
Like clothes to a man, it’s not the grilled fish, honey, that makes a dinengdeng. The lifeblood of [...]
The blossoming of foodporn
Posted in Uncategorized on October 10, 2005 | 2 Comments »
One of the stars in the universe of Ilocano vegetables. Perfect for a sour type of dinengdeng. Remove the sticky stamen (which resembles matchsticks) and soak a handful in salt and water while preparing to prevent oxidation. Put a tablespoon or two of bagoong Pangasinan in two cups of boiling water, simmer for a few [...]
Recipe: Vegetable Soup
Posted in Uncategorized on October 6, 2005 | 2 Comments »
I almost named this dish Sopa de Jowa because the quantity is meant for two people.
An alternative take on the sopas we came to love during stormy days. Cheese (especially the generic grocery Cheddar), once melted into the soup, makes up the white liquid that is the main characteristic of sopas. Thyme and bay leaf [...]
Recipe: Squid Salad
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2005 | 1 Comment »
The wife and I are big fans of seafood, and would not gripe about its high price in our landlocked abode. Our coastal birthright would probably explain it. This salad is an adaptation of the sauteed kurita caught fresh from the South China Sea, from a bag of octopus waybilled to my in-laws’ house.
PS. You [...]
Sisters act
Posted in Uncategorized on October 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Night trip back again to Manila and I was sleepwalking to The Sisters outlet when our bus made a stopover at Bantay, Ilocos Sur for the quintessential Ilocano pasalubong, Royal Bibingka.
The Sisters, if there is ever a provincial equivalent, is Ilocos’ Superbrand, alongside Vigan-based Mom’s. Don’t mistake it for a religious order though, like I [...]
