Fish be with you..how are you doing, my friend?
Well, as for me *excited grin*, I had a spate of good luck over the holidays - I went to visit a couple of stores on a whim...and guess what?
I unexpectedly found a stash of some green teas I had not been looking for as well as...*deafening drum roll* the last few cans of Nuri sardines we talked about in one of the posts I had about...uhm...something not sardine-related.
I bought two types. I've only tasted the one with tomato sauce though as of this writing.
You are right. Nuri is delish also (though I still prefer the smaller sardines of the Mabuti brand)...and it made for my impromptu dinner or rather..after dinner snack on January 1, 2010.
I had won a significant number of meatrolls, Spanish bread (hmm..don't know why its called that) and wheat pan de sal (again!, its a long story) from a computer game offered by the store we went to...and popping them in the oven toaster, then pairing them up with the first can of sardines was a simple repast I shared with my parents. Solved!
Here are the pictures I've taken of that delicious surprise find!
Thank you for telling me about this brand..I'd never have given it a second glance if you hadn't mentioned it.
Happy New Year! *burp*
Sardinely yours,
Cat
Posted 2nd of January 2010;
Cebu City, RP
Mood: toothpick-toting
Sardines on toast is popular in England as a snack.
ReplyDeleteI should start looking for Nuri sardines here in Vancouver. I like the Mabuti brand too. Has anyone tried the Tome brand of Portuguese sardines? How does it compare to Nuri?
ReplyDeletedoes it qualify for afternoon tea?
ReplyDeletehello BNK!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
There are a few cans of Tome in the grocery store I usually go to in Makati City. I remember you mentioning this before, so I bought one (well, there was only one type on the shelf hehehe) - yung may tomato.
It is ok, though I felt it was "fishier" than the Mabuti brand. Tome has about the same size as Nuri.
Out of the three, it is Nuri which I found to be less salty to my taste buds.
If you think of "Afternoon tea" as it was in the past I guess maybe, though more often it would have been Cucumber sandwiches and cake. These days in UK Tea is what civilised people refer to as dinner, so it does these days as does "Beans on toast or Spaggeti on toast" both being of the canned type. They have no idea over there as regards to eating.
ReplyDeleteI see...I've never tried cucumber sandwiches...nor crumpets and scones (well, not the authentic ones...)
ReplyDeleteCucumber sandwiches are OK but they tend to get all soggy. Crumpets Scones and real old fasioned Muffins are delicious. (Old fasioned Muffins are a type of bread roll that you toast and spread hot butter on in the same way you would with Crumpets) and should not be confused with what Americans call muffins, those are English tea cakes.
ReplyDeleteThe recipe for both Crumpets and Muffins was a protected product that could only be made by a Muffin man, he would walk round on Sundays selling them from a wooden tray. These days they're factory made and sold in supermarkets and seldom taste good.
I've never heard of cucumber sandwiches, beans on toast, or spaghetti on toast for afternoon tea, English style. There are a lot of people here from the UK and we have British friends (Vancouver is in British Columbia) and when afternoon tea is served we get all sorts of biscuits and cookies, scones, bread, cold cuts, cheeses, jams and jellies. None of the stuff that stormlizard mentioned. It seems like he's been hanging with the wrong crowd in the UK.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Cat!
ReplyDeleteAs it happens I am from England originally. What I've mentioned about "Now over there" is what I've experienced or have been told of by friends that have visited UK for holidays.
ReplyDeleteCucumber sandwiches are famous, you'll often read about them in novels.
ReplyDeleteok *blush* I admit..I read tons of Barbara Cartlands, Mills and Boones, Harlequins, Silhouettes....
ReplyDeletebut now that I ponder about it..I think its because of the M&B which had the heroine and hero in New Zealand or in England...hmm..or the duke was in Scotland...or something...I digress...
I agree with you John....I have heard of cucumber sandwiches before...along with strawberries and cream and yes, the scones and crumpets...
now that I think about it more..why didn't I have afternoon tea in Raffles Hotel in Singapore? *groan*
ReplyDeleteand is it just like what I imagine it to be? just slices of cucumber between bread? no salt, sugar or any enhancer?
ReplyDeleteAgatha Christie often mentioned Cucumber sandwiches, she also frequently spoke of "Devon cream teas" too.
ReplyDeleteSardines on toast were often served as an Ouderve in days gone by, the lower classes began using them as a meal at some time.
*sigh* I get confused with the varieties and how Americans and English (and Scottish and Irish) folks call such stuff...
ReplyDeleteI remember reading about tea cakes, english muffins (its not even English I bet), haggis, spotted dick, etc.
hahaha..when I read this sentence, I just thought of Devon cream pies instead...
ReplyDeletemore's the pity here..we have lots of coffee houses here..but I can't honestly say I can remember a teahouse serving tea and such lovely fare...
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the American names are often spread to non English speaking countries which makes life very confusing. They really mess up the language.
ReplyDeleteHaggis is a speciallity of Scotland.
Many English dishes do or did have rather funny names which may well confuse any visitor to the country. Often these names change dependant upon where you happen to be.
Black pudding is a sausage made from pigs blood, yet the word Pudding is normally what English folk use to talk of a dessert.
it would make for a filling meal...
ReplyDeleteI went to Butuan City (its a city on the Mindanao area of my country) and in one of the hotels I stayed they had offered something like pan de sal pizza.
Pan de sal (which I think literally means bread of salt) is the ubiquitous bread that Pinoys partake of...for breakfast or snacks...and its really good if you get it while its hot...
you could sort of measure how the economy was with how much the pan de sal costs when you buy it...
anyway...to go back to my topic...the pan de sal pizza had the bread above sliced and like an open face sandwich, each slice would be placed some ingredients like what you would put on a pizza (tomato sauce, cheese etc.) and the sardine...then its toasted....
it is one memory I associate with the city when I think of it...
this one, I also read from a romance novel strangely enough...I had a good laugh about it on how the heroine was explaining it to visitors of her country...hehehe...
ReplyDeletewe have something like that here...we call it "dugo-dugo" (literally "blood-blood") in my hometown..its aka "dinuguan" in the northern part of my country. I actually used to eat it back in my youthful days...then they admonished me that it had high uric acid...drat...
I will greet you in advance BNK...
ReplyDeleteHappy Three Kings!
Served as an ouderv you'd get a finger of toasted bread with one sardine on it.
ReplyDeleteit better be a big finger of toasted bread when its served to me then *grin*
ReplyDeleteI think you'd probably get a whole slice of toast with a tin of sardines on it these days in UK.
ReplyDeleteAs for Sardines in general, I am not fond of those in Tomato or Curry sauce, those packed in Olive oil are the only ones worth eating and they must be from Portugal.
sardines in curry sauce? wow..I am learning things...I've never even imagined those...
ReplyDeletefor me sardines in tomato and olive sauce (the brands I mentioned like Mabuti and Nuri are from Portugal) are fish-tastic...though I also eat the ones packed in just olive oil, the tomato sauce ones for me add a little extra to the taste...
(wonders how cucumber sandwiches with some sardines tucked in would taste)
Actually Sardine and Cucumber is an excellent sandwich filling, remember a shake of black pepper on it.
ReplyDeletethanks, I will do that in my next sardine can opening :-)
ReplyDeleteHahaha, only shows I don't read Agatha Christie. By the way, talking about sandwiches, there's no rule as to what stuff you can or cannot put between those pieces of bread. Here's another sandwich that some people like but I don't: peanut butter and banana sandwich, Elvis Presley's favorite. Have you tried it guys?
ReplyDeleteYou should have Cat. High tea is also served in big hotels here in BC, the most popular is the one at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, our capital city. Quite pricey though.
ReplyDeleteNo, I've not tried that, I know that peanut butter has always been a favourite in the US, It is used in Uk and also here in Denmark, but normally alone with a pinch of salt on it. My son used to eat lots of it.
ReplyDeleteTrue as you say, there are no rules as to what can be in a sandwich, it's up to the immagination of the maker/eater. I'm fond of cheese and raw garlic slices with apple.
hmmm,,,, sarap yan, lalo na sa mainit na pandesal :)
ReplyDeleteAbout Crumpets and Muffins
ReplyDeleteIt is true that English muffins and crumpets are related things, though neither should be (or could be) confused with an American muffin, which to British eyes and taste buds is a sweet-tasting cake. Both muffins and crumpets are flat discs about three inches across and an inch or so deep, cooked in a pan or on a griddle. The main difference between them lies in the composition of the mixture used, which makes muffins feel and taste rather more like bread; in addition, muffins are baked on both sides, so they must be cut in two before they can be toasted. With crumpets, the cooking process generates distinctive deep dimples on one side.
Makabili nga to ... for you CatH to post this ... it must be GOOD ! Though I prefer the one in tomato sauce. Is it too spicy ?
ReplyDeleteYou should have, Cat. Pat and I always do that when I visit them.
ReplyDeleteTito Rudy and I had a very English tea in Raffles the last time we went to Singapore.
Anyhow, you will have a very English tea party this afternoon in Presents & Such!
You should have done that Cat! Rudy and I had a very English tea there.
ReplyDeleteAnyway we will have a very English tea this afternoon. See ya girl!
The spicy one mashed in its own olive oil--sans that nasty piece of clove--and spread on hot pandesal...mmmmm. How can you go wrong?
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Cat. =)
It's so unfair. I can't find decent Portuguese sardines where I live. =(
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem, the best I could find today were these, imported from France packed in Spanish olive oil.
ReplyDeleteThey were not too bad though.
hmmm....just slices of banana then on bread spread with peanut butter? I've not tried it, though I rarely buy peanut butter...if ever I have the peanut butter urge, I just grab the available jar of Goober strawberry....
ReplyDeleteit is not the most delicious spread..but since I'm so lazy, it saves me the time of having to spread peanut butter and jelly on both sides of the bread.....(I also get headaches if I eat too much peanut butter)
I blame Helene for it :-)
ReplyDeleteshe cooks and presents the most amazing viands, that I am not even tempted to go out to eat the cosmopolitan cuisine found in Sing.
now I can say I've eaten cheese and apple slices as a sandwich..but raw garlic slices? hmm....inventive...hehehe..
ReplyDeletesometimes it suffices with just skyflakes here...hehehe..sosi sardines with cheaper crackers..
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I take a second or two to differentiate..because we have for example blueberry muffins here...but I think this would be the American muffin (as its sweet and more cake-like in its consistency)...
ReplyDeletewhile the English muffin as you said is the whitish, flattish discs...
btw, I had the my first taste of home-made scones this afternoon at Mommy Loy's tea party here in Cebu City and if I wasn't stopped by my tight jeans, I'd have devoured the whole plate as the clotted cream and raspberry jam available and paired with them made them irresistible :-)
hi Kuya Nel,
ReplyDeleteI've not yet opened the other one (yung di tomato sauce).
The one with tomato sauce, although labeled to have some pepper is not super spicy but just right for me...
I have to warn you though, my taste levels for salt is quite low ever since I've started cooking for myself (I very rarely put salt in my food when I cook), so what might be just right for me in terms of saltiness might be bland for you....
Mommy Loy!
ReplyDelete*hugs and hugs*
I *heart* my very first English tea party in Cebu City :-)
I had a couple of helpings of the scones with the clotted cream and raspberry....and of the tart too..yummy!
I have always wished there would be an establishment in Cebu which would serve afternoon tea...I know there are ubiquitous coffee houses, but I for one would be crowing about a tea house than something like Starbucks, Seattle's Best or Figaro (they are still good though I don't like cigarette smoke)...
Happy New Year Fran!
ReplyDeleteHey, where's the mangan post on you holiday feast?
*demanding ba?*
*nods sagely*
ReplyDeletewhen you do come down from your mountain abode, you can stock up on the sardines and put them
in your laptop bag...hehehe!
...or..we can go to Portugal...say mo?
this one I haven't seen here...
ReplyDeletebut then, I may be limited..I only really visit 3 groceries in Manila...I wonder if these would be in delis and such...
hmm..even Marks and Spencer has a limited size on sardine offerings..
There seems to be a limit everywhere these days. The alternatives available to me today were all Danish, firstly the fish in the can was not a Sardine, but a small fish like a Sprat or young Herring, and the oil was Sunflower seed oil not olive oil. Yuk.
ReplyDeleteAs for the scones you ate, sounds fine though I prefer them with nothing extra. Yes, your Muffins were of the US type, true Muffins are like bread but yeast is not included, they would normally appear for Breakfast or afternoon Tea. Crumpets do have yeast in them.
I will keep that tea house suggestion in mind, one of these days . . .
ReplyDeletehmm....sana rin there is something like that in Tagaytay...the cool weather would be perfect..
ReplyDeleteYou might have peanut intolerance or peanut allergy.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely right. I also like the one in Olive Oil. But Mabuti is still my favorite. I like to eat both of them with pan de sal or crackers. Yung Mabuti, masarap with rice. Tapos sasairin mo lahat yung sauce na natitira ng kanin. to me, that is the best part.
ReplyDeleteMerong na bibilhan ng hot pan de sal sa Frisco, yung malapit sa dating Pantranco. To me that was the best pan de sal ever. It is a hole-in-the wall bakery. Wonder if it is still there?
ReplyDeleteHere, I buy my hot pan de sal (also available in wheat, Cat) from Valerio's Bakery. It comes out hot from the oven. Nakaka paso pa nga. They come in 2 sizes, jumbo and standard. Most of the time when I buy them, half of them never make it home because we eat them in the car.:-)
John, you got it right. Sardines from Portugal are the best. The ones in the US taste so fishy I can't stand it. Nuri and Mabuti are made in Portugal.
ReplyDeleteWe will try that next time we snack on sardines again.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever tried a can of tuna (with its liquid drained) with a shake of black pepper on it? It is good.
Hey Barako, Yes, I have and I love it. You are right. It is also Elvis' favorite sandwich. I like it on grain bread though and I love both smooth and chunky.
ReplyDeleteGood, glad to have satisfied a man of taste. As it happens there is a larger fish in the same family used a lot in England, can't get them here though. The fish is the Pilchard, twice the size of a large Sardine, they're always canned in Tomatoe sauce and taste great. "Well I think so"
ReplyDeleteJohn
Now, that's something I have to try. Is that an English kind of thing, John?
ReplyDeletePeanut butter is more of an American thing but it is never served in American restaurants except Mel's Drive In in San Francisco. they served it there as Peanut butter and Jelly. I don't really care much for the jelly.
I like Tuna with chopped raw garlic and onions, and yes, a shake of freshly ground black pepper.
ReplyDeleteHa, ha. Peanut butter and Jelly, made famouse by the Cartoonist "Charles Schultz" in Peanuts.
ReplyDeleteTo me, it is still the best crackers there is.
ReplyDeleteTalking about scones, the best ones I've tasted is the one from Diamond Head Grill. I saw them do it one time and they put 8 sticks of butter in it while they folded the dough. It is something to die for.
Actually Peanut butter is used in many Asian, SE Asian and Japanese dishes. In Eastern Europe it is often used in Stews and soups.
ReplyDeleteCat, the one with Olive Oil is more to my liking. to me, it is not that spicy I can eat the peppers by itself.
ReplyDeleteYou could be right Barako. Peanuts is the most common of all the nuts that could cause allergy and even death (anaphylactic shock), if you are really allergic to peanuts.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this is available in Hawaii since it has Capt. Cooke's name on it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder too. By the way, they tasted much better when I decided to drink a very special Japanese Sake to wash them down. I had them on German Farm bread freshly baked by my local baker.
ReplyDeleteJohn.
my mom tried to get me to eat peanuts before saying its brain food...
ReplyDeletethen I made the rejoinder to her that since I get headaches when I eat a lot of it..maybe sobra na ang aking intelligence *cheeky grin*
*toink*
apir Joey!
ReplyDeleteako naman, I tear my bread into little pieces and sop up the sauce clinging to the interior of the can after all the sardines have been eaten ;-)
ReplyDeleteDo you also dip bicuits in your coffee?
ReplyDeletelol.
eh? BMT yata Joey (before my time....haha!)
ReplyDeletewheat pan de sal here is available din...
am now remembering how sometimes we have older pan de sal (yung leftovers) spread with some butter or margarine, tapos sprinkled with sugar, and then toasted again...its been ages since I've tasted that kind of preparation...
that reminds me..parang may ok na local sardines which I think is a product of Dipolog, Philippines...
ReplyDeletethe brand is Montaño Sardines
naabutan mo ba yung Lion's Soda crackers..?
ReplyDeletelet's include that of the things we have to eat when I visit you *ayan, thinking positive ha!*
ReplyDeleteI think peanut as a sauce is something I have tasted mostly in Thai cuisine..though we do have the kare-kare dish here in the Philippines..so in relation to what you said about peanuts used in stews...
ReplyDeleteFrom wiki -
Kare-kare is a Philippine stew. It is made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe. Meat variants may include goat meat or (rarely) chicken. It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, and sprinkled with calamansi lime juice. Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta (particularly in the Tagalog region) is not complete without kare-kare. In some Filipino-American versions of the dish, oxtail is exclusively used as the meat.
di ko pa na open...am pondering if I can still catch the last few cans in the store I bought it from...or bring the ones I have back to Manila *sheepish grin*
ReplyDeletesiguro half-allergic ako :-)
ReplyDeleteI can remember eating bags of salted peanuts being sold outside my high school from those vendors who fry them and then put them into little brown paper bags with salt and a clove of fried garlic..heaven ang smell!
now...am not just envious of John's cheeses, but also of the bread and now...*gasp* even sake...waaah!
ReplyDeleteThat particular Sake was a present from my friend Rie san. I do have others here plus some Choshu purchased in Japan and Thailand.
ReplyDeletehahaha! sometimes I do...or .....hold to your seat..even water!
ReplyDeletethe picture below is of Rosquillos - and I don't know how it happened but he does dip it in water and I follow suit sometimes when the brand I buy is too sweet...
*includes in checklist of things to do -
ReplyDelete- raid John's wine cellar or stash of alcoholic drinks etc.
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I've seen old folk do it but it is a very bad habbit used often by English people, it is considered very low class bad manners to do it.
ReplyDeletelol
I see, well first you have to get to it.
ReplyDeletelol.
I just found out a particular brand here has turned 100 already :-)
ReplyDeleteAcc to the packaging - Titay’s Liloan rosquillos are made with flour, eggs, shortening, sugar and baking powder. That’s it. No preservatives, no artificial flavorings, color, etc. The delicacy was invented by Margarita “Titay” Frasco in 1907, and it continues to be manufactured by her descendants in the town of Liloan, Cebu. I think its still being done the old-fashioned way of home-made style cookies...
Just don't do it in public/ Dipping biscuits is not a bad habit, some people are just a smite finicky about certain things, but I say, if it pleases you to do it and you do it in the privacy of your own home, DO IT!. There's fine dining and there's home dining. But I know, the British have a way of institutionalizing everything. Manners, especially. Don't get me wrong, I'm a certified Anglophile.
ReplyDeleteCat, afternoon tea consist of light sandwiches and cakes, scones and crumpets. The heavier one is High Tea which for the British is almost like dinner where you eat heavier stuff. That's why I called the tea in the store High Tea because we had dishes like the quiche and the chicken pie as well as the pancit palabok with the cake and scones.
ReplyDeleteI beg to disagree but since you obviously are male you wouldn't know much about these things. The English muffin is different from the American sweet muffin since it is not well, sweet. It is made with flour and a leavening agent like yeast or baking powder. Housewives all over Britain will raise in protest if you say the recipe is protected and can only be made "professionally'.
ReplyDeleteThey seldom taste good now because the muffins you buy from supermarkets are factory made. The really good ones are the ones baked at home.
Cucumber sandwiches do not go soggy if done right. First you salt the slices and salt them to drain the liquid. These are then pressed between sheets of paper before being added to mayonnaise and the rest. The bread has to be buttered first so it will not absorb any liquid. Forgive me for going into this long monologue, but I feel obligated to correct wrong impressions. The mother in me makes me want to correct wrong ideas and the writer in me protests any inconsistency. All in the name of good food! Cheers!
well, it all boils down to the culture developed by a people :-)
ReplyDeletemy dad and I refrain from doing it outside of the house (where we usually kick back and let loose and probably get crumbs all over our fronts)
for me its like burping over a hot bowl of soup or noodles...
in some cultures, its frowned upon to do so and one must be refined while eating..
in others the host would take it as a compliment to him if you do it after partaking of the dish he has served to you...
See my latest reply to Stormlizard.
ReplyDeletelet's sniff it out...
ReplyDeleteCat, you can also read PD James and Ngaio Marsh as an alternative to Agatha Christie if she's a tad to dated for you.
ReplyDeleteHors d' ouvres are any small finger food you can think of. Yes, I have even tasted deviled eggs with sardine stuffing! Cheese bits with fruits, shrimps skewered with pineapple slices . . .
A lot of Tea shops all over England serve Devon Cream Teas. Devon cream is the most famous place to get clotted cream. Remember the home made clotted cream I made for our High Tea? It's perfect with scones really. The last time I had it was in the Orangery of Kensington Palace in London. Oh, I had it in Raffles Hotel a year ago, diay!
ReplyDeleteAmen Mommy Loy :-)
ReplyDelete*dips brojas in water while inside my room's cabinet hehehe*
seriously though I don't dip much - probably because I don't have on hand rosquillos or broas back in Manila..
yes po...High Tea na rin yata yon kc apart from the heavier foods, the hours I think would fit into the definition..
ReplyDeleteI googled it actually before I went to the tea party you had given for fear I might make a faux pas :-)
acc to wiki -
High tea (also known as meat tea) is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5pm and 6pm. It would substitute for both afternoon tea and the evening meal. It is now largely replaced by a later evening meal.
High tea would usually consist of cold meats, eggs or fish, cakes and sandwiches. In a family, it tends to be less formal and is an informal snack (featuring sandwiches, biscuits, pastry, fruit and the like) or else it is the main evening meal.
You can disagree if you so wish.
ReplyDeleteBeing Male does not influence in a negative direction any chance of understanding cooking nor culture. Cooking has always been one of my greater interests, an interest fostered during my childhood, cultural history too. I've seen how the quality of foods have deteriorated since WW II specifically in the UK where the supermarkets took over more or less everything from the small local tradesmen. The same has happened to some extent here in Denmark during the past 44 years. Bakers however did not go down so we are able to purchase really good bread, prepacked sliced bread does not sell here.
No matter what you do Cucumber sandwiches do go soggy as do tomatoe and any other juicy vegetable/fruit sandwiches. The recipe for Crumpets was made free many years ago so true, they can be backed at home, but in the past as I stated, they were protected by law regarding commercial production. Historically Crumpets were first mentioned in the early 16th century.The Sunday wanderings of the "Muffin men" ceased in England, well the London area at least, in the late 40's, they had begun to become rare already in the later years of the war. We really missed those cosy Sunday afternoons toasting Crumpets in front of the open fire on the then popular long handled toasting forks common in most homes.
Read your history before you shout out loud.
Have a nice day.
I used to do that too before any exams I took when I was in college. Not really sure if it worked. Maybe it did because I passed:-)
ReplyDeleteAnong Apir?
ReplyDeleteUhmmm.... I will try that with pan de sal next time.
ReplyDeleteI do dip Oreo cookies in milk. Love it.
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to do that with old pan de sal when we were kids. I should do that to old pan de sal. I remember how good they were.
ReplyDeleteThink you mentioned this before when we discussed Mabuti sardines in one of your posts. Goota try that when I go home next time. Pwede rin, padalhan mo ako if somebody comes over here:-)
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the one in the square tin can with green color design? I remember it was a premium kind of crackers my grand parents used to eat.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Cat. Done! Can't wait to see you here.
ReplyDeletePakyawin mo na Cat. Mura yun for P130 per can. Dito it is around $4.00 na. Price went up Myra said.
ReplyDeleteI used to buy that too outside of UST. Now, I do that here. Masyado lang mabusisi.
ReplyDeletecge, tell me...I will send you a couple of jars para matikman mo...maybe we have better luck this time :-)
ReplyDeleteOld Filipino folks dip their pan de sal in their coffee and it is not considered low class. I still do that sometimes whenever I feel like.
ReplyDeletethanks Mommy Loy...you and John have been very good sources of information for me :-)
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of stuff in my arsenal now when somebody asks me about tea, crumpets, scones, muffins....and I didn't even have to google much...but just read the info here...hahaha!
oh don't worry Mommy Loy, I've passed through a couple of Agatha Christies myself way back in high school...the only book left though in my cabinet is the "Crooked House"...or at least it used to be there before they cleaned my room :-)
ReplyDeleteI devoured Arthur Conan Doyle, Shakepeare and Agatha Christie (to name a few) back in my high school days of reading...so you can say am quite hip *wink*
The funny thing is I haven't read PD James and Naiao Marsh at all...am not that updated with the younger writers yata...
am getting hungry just reading about hors d' ouvres ...and I've just eaten merienda!
That reminds me....I forgot to say earlier...
ReplyDelete... let me just thank the people who regularly reply to my posts about food and such here - the varied information and reactions make me happy I've stuck it out with Multiply...
I am sure there is no deliberate offense/insult/flattery intended (hmm...maybe I should rethink that flattery part) by folks who want to share their perceptions and opinions even if sometimes due to culture and upbringing readers may interpret it in another way.
as I sang aloud earlier...its culture, culture :-)
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thanks Joey about sharing about your pan de sal dip ...hehehe...
even if you admit that you dip it in vinegar, melted cheese and durian jam concoction while sunbathing in the middle of Greenland in nothing but a Hawaiian tshirt and shorts....I would still say - that Joey...he's such an epicurean fella *wink*
ok, am selling it to you for Php 175...mwahaha!
ReplyDeleteour car is in the casa now so am stuck home with my work...I hope nobody else who visits that store where I get it from knows about its value
*hahaha...am so selfish about the sardines*
honestly, the first reaction of my taste buds was - basta muffin and its good to eat! que english, african, american or filipino muffin...ok na! LOL!
ReplyDeletesince I googled about what John/Stormlizard posted earlier...referring to muffin man...I think what he meant was that in the olden times it was like that Mommy Loy...but of course nobody could really stop housewives from doing their baking if they set their mind to it...
here's a somewhat amusing (for me) picture of the Muffin Man as John has mentioned -
From previous posts of John, I have noticed that he does opine factory made stuff (like the muffins and probably cheese) are of course way lower in the taste and quality scale when placed beside the home-made ones...we had chatted about cheeses and bread in Denmark before so I can understand John's feelings on the matter *cheesy grin*
I'm envious again and banging my head on the table as to my missing the chance...
ReplyDeleteand to think I went to the Toy Museum in Singapore..which is actually just across Raffles....waaaah!
Next time I go there (hahaha...as if I could just afford to stroll casually anytime I wanted), I will include this a must-see and must-do!
eh Joey, the problem is that with peanuts you also get pimples....for most of us normal folks ha!
ReplyDeleteCat, I brought home about a dozen jars of sardines (wondered why it was in jar bottles instead of can) from my last trip. I did not pay attention to the brand name but it was really good. The best so far we've tasted that is made in Pinas. I will ask Myra if she remembers the brand.
ReplyDeletePero, sige, padalhan mo pa rin ako....:-)
its what we say here when we are of the same minds...and its accompanied by the slapping of our palms against each other...
ReplyDeleteeach other's palms ha...not each other's faces...mwehehe!
I wonder if Cookie Monster did it also with his cookies...I loved that monster in Sesame Street...
ReplyDeleteCat, yung Montano Sardines, are they made from baby bangus?
ReplyDeleteLong time ago, around 1975, when I used to work for Kanlaon Broadcasting System, we were guests of Gov. Leviste of Batangas because we did a documentary of Batangas. They served us home made sardines made from baby bangus. It was pressure cooked. Ang saraaaap! I'll never forget that.
apir again! delish for merienda!
ReplyDeleteOK, got it. Glad we're on the same page.
ReplyDeleteUhmm. me too. Maybe he did!
ReplyDeleteI feel old....hahaha!
ReplyDeletehere, I found a picture...
and tons and tons of Macadamia Hershey kisses...!
ReplyDeletediosme...parang I won't be dragged from the table yata...
ah you mean you cook it coz its not available outside...tsk-tsk...
ReplyDeletehere, the ubiquitous stalls of fried peanuts, fishballs and tempura abound (though I haven't seen fishballs much these days...I can still remember the 25 cent worth and 25 cent-sized ones)
Hey, you talking about me?....Of course, I love food. And I am willing to try anything.
ReplyDeletecge, tell me if may pupunta from Pinas to you there...padalhan na lang kita ng picture ...mwaahaha!
ReplyDeletekidding aside...eto sya..maybe you have tasted this...
I heard that Dipolog was labeled as the bottled sardines capital of the Phils.
I don't think so...but there is another product here yata in which bangus (milkfish?) is used...
ReplyDeleteI've never tasted it though...I prefer daing na bangus for breakfast with fried rice and tomatoes and itlog na maalat...not as sardines-style...
would be interesting to know though and taste this..
Cat, thanks for sending the photos of Montano sardines. Mukha ngang kahawig nung kinain namin. I will double check tomorrow with Myra then I'll let you know.
ReplyDeleteNOTHING like it! Still my preference too. It is 1:05 AM and now I am longing for this kind of breakfast.:-)
ReplyDeletesure Joey, always a pleasure swapping sardine stuff with you *wink*
ReplyDeletego to sleep and dream Pinoy breakfast dreams...*grin*
ReplyDeleteIn my case John ...cucumber sandwiches will never get soggy with my group of hungry friends because the sandwiches won't last 2 seconds on the plate/server when my group and I surround the table :-)
ReplyDeletecome to think of it...why would my guy friends be having tea and cucumber sandwiches? its sad to note its not really the "in" thing to do here..esp for the younger folks or guys...
the amazing thing is that in one of the companies I used to work for before...during pizza time or snack time...when they congregate in the kitchen area of the office...and then leave after 1 minute, the whole table is food-free already..its like a school of piranha passed by LOL but then these are very young men and women (say early 20s) so they do have bottomless stomachs..
Thanks for the photos Cat. No, this is not the one I am thinking about. I've never tried them. Are they any good? Better than Skyflakes?
ReplyDeleteThe one I am thinking about comes in a rectangular tin can and the crackers are bigger in size. And I think it is imported.
if my taste buds remember it correctly...Lion's soda crackers are matabang/blander than Skyflakes...
ReplyDeleteso if you like less salty crackers, pwede Lion Soda...
hmm...I have a vague idea of what you may be referring to..but I also honestly can't think of the brand now...
about you and other folks in my network who love and live food :-)
ReplyDeleteok, and talk about food too..
That would be perfect pairing for cheeses.
ReplyDeleteSo you know what I am talking about, those big crackers. They are also bland.
Food will always be a great topic for conversation.
ReplyDeleteSounds like MATSAKAW to me. When I lived in Project 8, there was a bakery on the road to where Joey lived and they sold matsakaw (old, retoasted bread of different kinds) for only 5 centavos a bag. Eaten with coffee or tea, busog ka na.
ReplyDeleteApir pala, parang "high 5" sa Pinoy.
ReplyDeleteQuite frankly, I don't see anything wrong with dipping cookies in coffee or tea. I don't do it but I don't think it's a bad habit either. It's more of a cultural thing - many Filipinos do it, even the very rich and well educated.
ReplyDeleteI remember that one and I remember the bakery. Doon din ako bumibili ng pan de lemon na may kasamang sarsi for 15 centavos, ayos na ang buto buto. Ah, those were the days.
ReplyDeleteHonga. Parang sinabi mo na "Up here" as in "Apir" then slaps hands like a high 5...:-)
ReplyDeletehehe..we do make our rules...
ReplyDeletemay high ten din yata..tapos sasayaw diretso...
ReplyDeleteAnd bumps hips together..:-)
ReplyDeletePinoy rules aka Maskipaps aka maksi papaano:-)
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