foods for the season

today, trae was so good enough to teach me how to put pictures and attachments to my blog and e-mail. since "old fart" like me is a computer illiterate, i wrote down all the necessary steps and info that "teacher trae" has to offer.

since i promised that i'll be attaching pictures taken during my stay in the philippines in my very first blog, i have compiled pictures that are foods for the season.

the first picture is called "puto bungbong". this food comes during x'mas season. it is cook on a steaming kettle with two outlets where the "bungbong"(bamboo trunk) sits on those two outlets until the purple sticky rice is cooked. it is a snack that goes well with homemade "pandan"tea.

the second picture is called "sinigang na manok sa sampalok". you could have this kind of dish here in toronto but the difference is the chicken is native . when i say native, the chicken is out in the field, sort of a wild chicken. the taste is different compared to the local chicken you buy in the grocery store. the yellow stuff are tamarind leaves that brings up the taste of the dish. truly, i don't mind having this "sinigang na manok" almost everyday as long as the chicken is native and lots of tamarind leaves as veggies.

the third picture is the "imbutido" specialty of my sister-in-law tessie. you could have this dish here too, but this imbutido is a bit different because it comes only on special occassion. just like the x'mas "ham" that a guy i know cooks.

i hope i can post more pictures in the next day or so. i don't want to get stuck in the snow that hit toronto first week of december (to my fellow blogger-you know who i mean).