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Adobo Del Diablo: A Bicol-Inspired Dish to Fire Up Your Gloomy Evening
Adobo Del Diablo: A Bicol-Inspired Dish to Fire Up Your Gloomy Evening
Filipinos love adobo. So much, actually, that every single region in the Philippines has a distinct recipe, completely unique from the rest of the country. It makes sense, since different geographies have different produce. Imagine the basic adobo: meat, soy sauce, vinegar as the blank canvas, and depending on where you are in the Philippines, the vegetables and local produce are your paintbrushes.
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Published at 2018-03-23 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Filipino cooking
Tags: Adobo, demons
Aswang Urban Legends: Maria Labo and Teniente Gimo
Aswang Urban Legends: Maria Labo and Teniente Gimo
It was the early 90’s and it would still be a few more years before social media was introduced. The internet was exclusive to a handful of people but there were growing numbers of mobile phone users. Entertainment for “common people” is mostly divided into two categories: the repertoire of Soap Operas on their television and, of course, the endless hours of chatting with their kumares and kumpares during their afternoon siestas.
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Published at 2018-01-28 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: Urban, demons, legends
Banwaanon, Denizens of the Philippine Fairyland
Banwaanon, Denizens of the Philippine Fairyland
Banwaanon, meaning ‘of the forest’, are sometimes called Katsila from ‘Castilian’ (shortened to kastila) meaning Spaniard. They are said to have caucasian features and coloring. The legend is rumored to have started in Northern Samar where, in 1614, the Jesuits established a mission. These missionaries stayed until the late 17th century when they were expelled from the Philippines and were replaced by the Franciscans.
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Published at 2018-01-28 by Puerto Parrot
Categories : Culture, Mythology & folklore
Tags: demons