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18 Oct 2022, 11:01 am

Congratulations on the move and I assume retirement.

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20 Oct 2022, 3:32 pm

Glad you're ok!

We must all send him a PM if he disappears for a further two weeks.

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28 Oct 2022, 4:09 am

It has been raining almost every day since we got here.

One of the cats had kittens, and now there are nearly a dozen black-furred kitties to feed.

We finally got a fiber line run out to the farmhouse -- full Internet service with phone and streaming.

I gotta teach the people here the "right" way to prepare cheeseburgers, pizza, and spaghetti.

I REALLY gotta teach the people here to play Dungeons & Dragons.

Mabuhay!

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28 Oct 2022, 5:08 am

i am VERY curious about THEIR way of preparing pizza, cheeseburgers and the like, can you talk more about that?

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31 Oct 2022, 1:27 am

auntblabby wrote:

i am VERY curious about THEIR way of preparing pizza, cheeseburgers and the like, can you talk more about that?

Apologies for the delay ... kinda hectic here lately.

Pizza: Only at their equivalent of Costco have I had consistently 'real' pizza -- thick, chewy, yeasty crust topped with an abundance layer of meats and veggies and real cheese! "Ketchup on Cardboard" best describes pizzas I have had at most restaurants in Makati and Tagaytay. A skimpy layer of semi-recognizable toppings finishes off this dismal example of someone's best guess at what a pizza should taste like.

Spaghetti: Same sauce (?) as for pizza, plus sliced hot-dogs ( :eew:

) instead of meatballs.

Burgers: In one place, the cooks do not know the difference between "Well Done" and "Raw" meat. In other places, the meat itself has been rinsed to remove the blood, and then ground liver added to restore some semblance of flavor. On the whole, if I want a decent burger in the Philippines, I have to prepare it myself.

Hungry yet?

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31 Oct 2022, 1:37 am

that native food sounds sad. i think this represents an opportunity for an entrepreneur to make 'em some real food for no more expense than what the locals charge.

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31 Oct 2022, 1:42 am

auntblabby wrote:

that native food sounds sad. i think this represents an opportunity for an entrepreneur to make 'em some real food for no more expense than what the locals charge.

Looking into the possibility, but to make the real food, one must first have the real ingredients -- no cutting corners -- and be very, very watchful over inventory "shrinkage".

Sadly, by using real ingredients, the retail prices become comparable to those in America.

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31 Oct 2022, 2:47 am

in the major cities they might be able to make that work.

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31 Oct 2022, 8:19 am

I'll just barge in this thread because I'm bored. :lol:

By suddenly answering and commentating what I know and thought randomly.

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Pizza: Only at their equivalent of Costco have I had consistently 'real' pizza -- thick, chewy, yeasty crust topped with an abundance layer of meats and veggies and real cheese! "Ketchup on Cardboard" best describes pizzas I have had at most restaurants in Makati and Tagaytay. A skimpy layer of semi-recognizable toppings finishes off this dismal example of someone's best guess at what a pizza should taste like.

Spaghetti: Same sauce (?) as for pizza, plus sliced hot-dogs ( :eew:

) instead of meatballs.

Ketchup on cardboard is a widespread thing on a cheaper side of things. I prefer pizzas with just cheese for a reason.

Many of which (usually are local/lesser known brands) are just premade stuff including the toppings itself stored from a fridge, and reheated later before giving it to the customer who ordered it.

Few actually makes pizzas by hand -- as in involving kneading doughs, using fresher ingredients and actually baking instead of reheating.

Those stuff are usually in the malls or somewhere more exclusive than in local food trip sections (I don't know the word for it).

The spaghetti here is different here according to a lot of accounts. It's comparably sweeter they say.
And yet for the same reason why I don't eat pizza -- it's the sauce. I never liked it.

Meat balls are either used differently and for something else, depending where and the practice. Couldn't judge about meat balls when I don't eat them.

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Burgers: In one place, the cooks do not know the difference between "Well Done" and "Raw" meat. In other places, the meat itself has been rinsed to remove the blood, and then ground liver added to restore some semblance of flavor. On the whole, if I want a decent burger in the Philippines, I have to prepare it myself.

This is actually true overall.
This is not a common knowledge. It is not a widespread practice.
Only except for a very few and likely very fancy places (which I hadn't been into like, ever).

I never knew what an actual American burger tastes like or how it is made.
I imagine myself not enjoying meat that is rare or anything "less throughly cooked" than well done.
To many, it'll deemed as 'still uncooked/incompletely cooked' -- when cutting any meat open and there's still some visibly still red blood. Deemed unsafe even.

And of course it's hectic and raining almost everyday.
There's another storm passing by as usual. It's at least a third one this month in central Luzon. It'll end or at least dwindle around December.

And that many today are having an extended weekend, and people are preparing for tomorrow's yearly cemetery picnics. :lol:

There will be a lot of flower shops and candle selling.

Good luck. :lol:

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31 Oct 2022, 6:43 pm

Salamat, Edna!

Yes, it seems to be the smaller, street-side restaurants that serve the “cardboard” food, so I should not criticize them because those people are doing what they can with what is available to provide income for themselves and their families.

Most of the people here are mostly nice most of the time. This is why I “fell in love” with the Philippines on my first visit, so my complaining is not against the people.

I meet a lot of families in which the older generations are sacrificing their health and comfort (and sometimes their safety) to put the the younger generation through school and college. Most families seem to have at least one child attending engineering or medical school. The sight of students in uniforms going to and from school makes me smile.

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31 Oct 2022, 8:46 pm

Do they celebrate Halloween in the Philippians? If not, I'd like to move in with you.

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01 Nov 2022, 2:36 am

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/why-is-undas- ... 08707.html

recently, they have slowly taken on something of the american-style halloween but instead of trick-or-treating, they just have parties.

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01 Nov 2022, 7:05 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

Do they celebrate Halloween in the Philippians? If not, I'd like to move in with you.

Small private parties, occassional local costume contests and having Halloween as a theme? Yes, usually at urbanized areas.

Publicly, like involving the whole neighborhood with trick or treating? No.
We go to the cemetery yearly and have picnics or mini reunions there instead. And like any other, no one should be forcing it to attend.

auntblabby wrote:

https://ph.news.yahoo.com/why-is-undas-the-filipino-halloween-044308707.html

recently, they have slowly taken on something of the american-style halloween but instead of trick-or-treating, they just have parties.

Not that recent or new. :lol:

At least in more urbanized places where people could at least seen what trick or treating does in TV.

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