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Mechado

Filipeanut — Wed, 24 May 2023 02:04:49 +0000

Mechado is typically a beef tomato stew, seasoned with soy sauce and calamansi. Some cooks use some or all of the popular Filipino tomato stew ingredients: bell pepper, carrot, potato, and tomato sauce and/or tomatoes. Traditionally however, Mechado was more than beef cuts. Mechado’s name comes from the Spanish word for “wick”, which is mecha.…

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Menudo

Filipeanut — Tue, 23 May 2023 00:42:26 +0000

Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band which had hit songs in the country, including “I’m going back to the Philippines.” They share a name with a hit dish, Menudo, which is made with pork liver cut into small pieces, and cuts of pork meat in tomato sauce. The name Menudo might have come from…

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Mango graham or Mango float

Filipeanut — Mon, 22 May 2023 23:25:41 +0000

Layers of sweet, creamy, crumbly, deliciousness await you in the refrigerator. Though it has many names depending on which home you visit, Mango Graham, Mango Float, Ref Cake… is quite simple to make. Crushed graham crackers (pronounced gra-ham in Filipino, or “gram” in other countries), ripe mangoes, creme, condensed milk and a refrigerator are all…

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