CHAPTER 2 Flashcards
The first and most persistent food influence was most likely from _____ who were already present and regularly came to Philippine shores
Chinese traders
They pre-dated Portuguese explorer _______’s landing on Homonhon Island in ____.
Ferdinand Magellan’s
1521
The earliest written account of food was by ____, the Italian chronicler of the Magellan expedition
Antonio Pigafetta
Pigafetta describes the dinner served by ______, a local chief of Limasawa island as ‘pork in its sauce served in porcelain platters
Raja Colambu
_____ was brought to the Philippines during an Indo-Malaysia, Chinese & Vietnamese wave of migration
Rice
3400 b.c. - earliest evidence of rice in the Philippines was found in the _____
Cagayan Valley
2nd century AD - Chinese were the first to trade w/ the Philippines, which they called?
Mal
300 years of Spanish rule resulted in the introduction of ingredients such as?
Tomatoes, Annatto, Corn, Avocado
Some other delicacies from Mexico
Tamales (rice instead of corn in the Phil.)
Pipian (peanuts instead of pumpkin seeds in the Phil.)
Balbacoa
Filipino cuisine centers around the combination of?
Sweet
Salty
Spicy
Bitter
Sweet cocoa rice porridge, being paired with tuyo (salted, sun-dried fish)
Champorado
Savory stew made of pig’s blood and innards paired with puto (sweet steamed rice cakes)
Dinuguan
Unripe fruits such as _____, are eaten dipped in salt/bagoong
Mangoes
Common ingredient
Vinegar
Smoked-cured fish and popular because they can last for weeks without spoiling, even without refrigeration
Tinapa
