Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Dinner Filipino Style

Aaron was so excited to make us a dinner like what he ate in the Philippines. He decided to make talapia and rice. (Cusco -- our dog -- was safe tonight.) Okay, great. I asked Aaron what ingredients he needed to make it and he said, "Just talapia and rice." "Right, but what goes on it?" "Nothing -- except we dip it in banana ketchup." Who has heard of banana ketchup? So we looked it up online and there were more ingredients in banana ketchup than in my entire Christmas dinner! But, we made it anyway. Dinner was pretty good, albeit a little bland, but I'm guessing that's why Aaron lost 10 pounds! The eating part was the experience, though. Here's Aaron demonstrating how to eat Filipino style: 1. First you break off a little piece of fish with your left hand -- very important (notice absolutely no utensils).2. Then you dip the fish in the banana ketchup.3. Third you make a relatively large ball of rice by smooshing it together and making a special indentation for your thumb with your right hand -- also very important. Notice how much larger the ball of rice is than the fish. Aaron said that the people usually had a small piece of fish with a huge serving of rice. They couldn't afford much more. It was inexpensive but they were always full. 4. Last, you pop the fish in your mouth, and while it's still in your mouth, you pop the ball of rice in with it. Wah-la! Filipino style eating.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sure beats washing dishes!

Anonymous said...

That's so interesting. I'm curious as to what's in the banana ketchup. Is it like mashed up bananas with spices? What are some of the main ingredients. I guess I could just google it.

Anonymous said...

Who wouldn't lose 10 lbs eating that way? Gross!!!! maybe I should go to the Philipines for a while!!