Kapuliperson

for me it's the visual and the smell. I always smell food before I eat. Some of my friends and my mom find it annoying.

I just had this delicious Pili nut bar

i like to tear apart/flatten my bread or just not cut it at all. I also like to clean my plate/bowl with bread to get all the saucy bits (especially if the meal was good, of course.), and I like to put rice into the pot where the dish was cooked to get all the sauce/flavor.

I've never heard of this before.. sounds interesting though.

I think it'd be best if you just fry them, soak them, and freeze them already- jammus are always nice when they've been soaking for a while. But as Scott said, just make sure you heat them up again before you serve them.

Kimchi fried rice.. mmm! Any of you have the recipe for Kimchi? I'd like to try a different one from my mom's and cousin's version although their versions are very good.

I never did get to go to Barrio Fiesta there, but the Barrio Fiestas over here in the PI are pretty good. Or maybe the Filipinos in Hawaii just don't find the need to put up any really good restaurants or their tongues aren't so conditioned to Filipino food anymore. Again- the 2nd district has the most Filipinos than any other state... so it still is something to wonder about.

what is jaconde? never heard of it before.

most of the restaurants/delis i've worked for made me sign..

When I went to Greenland a few years ago we were also fed whale - while I didn't like it, the shark was even worse! Maybe it was just the way it was prepared though.

The first thing I prepared for my "SO" was mango cream pie... well, that was a few months after we first met, he passed by the house. He liked it, because he kept coming around.. I always tease that it's really the pie that he comes around for.

Kimchi! :) I lOVe kimchi.. i used to eat it thrice a day- for breakfast, lunch/dinner.. Hey I think I can match your meal. I've had Kimchi-peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast with a glass of milk .. yummy stuff.

the corn sounds like it'd be good to make Majablanca with (a delicious Filipino sweet made with cream style corn, condensed milk, cornstarch, coconut milk and toasted coconut for topping)

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ramen and kimchi soup! :D

I'm going to try that this afternoon.

Pity. I love rootbeer, never made it myself before.. I wish they'd make this again - sounds good.

My pleasure.. Yeah, it's sad and strange that it's hard to get or find Filipino foods or restaurants there. I've been learning how to make all these Filipino foods the traditional way - if I may, - and yesterday I just learned how to make Majablanca (A very delightful sweet consisting of coconut milk, corn, condensed milk, evap milk, cornstarch, and what is called 'latik'- or the fat part of the coconut milk which is cooked down). I never knew it was so easy to make that awesome dessert. Tomorrow I'm going to learn how to make a certain kind of Bibinka. Before I head back there I better get myself those electric coconut grater contraptions.

MSG will ruin your brain cells, lower your immune system, and for some people- bring about the immediate effects of a headache, stomach ache, heavy- body feeling, colds/etc

it's good to have lots of pasta, an assortment of veggies and grains/nuts around. I grew up with 10 boys and well, that's when I was just learning to cook as well.. I really appreciated their voracious appetites though, because I was just learning how to cook, and even if I cooked or baked something absolutely revolting, they'd eat it anyway and it'd be gone in a flash. Fruits, biscuits, rice, - just not so much sweets will be fine! Good luck.

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I've never really made much of a fuss on my birthday and never liked the fusses my family members and friends make on that day- but for the past 7 years I've been doing the cooking for my birthday. One thing I've always liked doing is feeding people- and so I usually just cook an Italian/Mexican feast plus some desserts.

I've found hair and worms in my food, but people I know have found nails, flies, and roaches in their food. thank god I haven't though :p

I never really cooked for diwali, but I've received lots of food during diwali.. I don't know.. but what my Indian friends usually send me are: jammus, stuffed eggplant, sandesh, some other indian sweets, and chick pea dahl with chapatis.

as already previously mentioned, peanut oil is the best. Of course you can always just use olive oil as well.