Quote 322 - Falling

Quote 321 - Beautiful Day

Food Trip 160 - Tinolang Kadios

In our place, the word 'tinola' refers to any dish with soup.  It could either be meat, fish, or plain vegetables.

One time, I really craved for kadios.  Kadios is a bean that is commonly available in the Visayan region.  It is similar to red beans, black beans, and monggo. The soup becomes black in color once kadios is cooked.

One favorite dish that includes kadios is langka and pork.  Since langka is readily available almost the whole year around, people in our locality would always prepare this langka with kadios and pork.  

Every time I am in the province, I am always on the lookout for fresh fishes.  That time, I substituted pork with yellow fin tuna.  The preparation of the dish was simple.  After the kadios beans became tender, I added slices of tomatoes and onions.  After which I added slices of langka meat.  Once the langka meat became tender also, I then added some seasoning and the slices of yellow fin tuna.  Once the fish meat was cooked, it was done already.

Poem 160 - My Destiny

There is no telling
If you are the one for me
Let's leave that thing over time
If you will be my destiny.

I have no criteria whatsoever
For the one who's right for me
I am simply looking for someone
Who will lovingly share her life with me.

Rare is the find for the one
Who's a perfect match from heaven
All I could ever wish for
Is for her to become my heaven.

So, let's take some time
And find out the best in each other
Let's see if the company what we share
Has this gift of love to offer.

If one day we will find out
That we are simply dreaming
We can amicably part ways
And end without hurting.

But if ever you will be the one
Who loves to share her life with me
Then, I will gladly embrace you
And declare you as my destiny.

Quote 320 - Thank You

Quote 319 - You

Food Trip 159 - Ugdok

My nephew tried their new fishing rod being assembled by his father.  He spent almost two hours in the river trying to find out if he will be successful with the three fishing rods he brought.  His bait were small earthworms.

Instead of bringing home his catch, he went straight to our house and presented his catch that afternoon.  He was able to catch several fresh water fish and an eel which is known locally as 'ugdok.'  I asked him if he is particular with the taste of the eel but he had not yet tried eating that one.

After cleaning the eel by removing its intestine, he sliced the eel into several pieces.  We then rub salt to the eel together with other fishes in order to get rid of their slime.  Since it was already dinner time and we had enough viand that evening, we fried his catch and brushed oyster sauce the moment they turned brown.

It was my first time to eat that kind of eel together with some of my kin.  The body of the eel was a bit hard because of its large skeleton.  It is surprising however that its meat is soft and tasty, far better than other fresh water fishes I've tasted.  According to my brother, that kind of eel has nutrients compared with that of a duck.