Kakanin Quotes

FOOD Adobo (uh-doh-boh)---Considered the Philippines's national dish, it's any food cooked with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black peppercorns (though there are many regional and personal variations) Almondigas (ahl-mohn-dee-gahs)---Filipino soup with meatballs and thin rice noodles Baon (bah-ohn)---Food, snacks and other provisions brought on to work, school, or on a trip; food brought from home; money or allowance brought to school or work; lunch money (definition from Tagalog.com) Embutido (ehm-puh-tee-doh)---Filipino meatloaf Ginataang (gih-nih-tahng)---Any dish cooked with coconut milk, sweet or savory Kakanin (kah-kah-nin)---Sweet sticky cakes made from glutinous rice or root crops like cassava (There's a huge variety, many of them regional) Kesong puti (keh-sohng poo-tih)---A kind of salty cheese Lengua de gato (lehng-gwah deh gah-toh)---Filipino butter cookies Lumpia (loom-pyah)---Filipino spring rolls (many variations) Lumpiang sariwa (loom-pyahng sah-ree-wah)---Fresh Filipino spring rolls (not fried) Mamón (mah-MOHN)---Filipino sponge/chiffon cake Matamis na bao (mah-tah-mees nah bah-oh)---Coconut jam Meryenda (mehr-yehn-dah)---Snack/snack time Pandesal (pahn deh sahl)---Lightly sweetened Filipino rolls topped with breadcrumbs (also written pan de sal) Patis (pah-tees)---Fish sauce Salabat (sah-lah-baht)---Filipino ginger tea Suman (soo-mahn)---Glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed (though there are regional variations) Ube (oo-beh)---Purple yam

Aralin sa Ekonomyang Pampulitika Nang matuklasan ng isang Aleman Ang labis na halaga, Ay nakalkula na rin Ang lahat-lahat na. Halaga ng tao Halaga ng lupa Halaga ng tula Halaga ng digma Kung sa loob pa lamang Ng tatlong minutong trabaho Ay nalilikha na ng manggagawa Ang buong araw niyang suweldo, Ang tantos ng pagsasamantala Ay ilang porsyento? Ay, ang labis na halaga — O pagpapahalaga — Sa superganansya’t supertubo! Binibilang ko ang mga bagay Na mahalaga sa akin: Bubong, saplot, araw-araw na kakanin. Binibilang ko ang araw At ako’y napapailing: Bawat minuto, Kinikita ng mga kumpanya ng langis Ang katumbas ng walong oras kong pawis. Bakit ba napakahalaga Ng paghahangad ng labis, Kung ang labis-labis, Ang katumbas ay krisis? Tinatantya ko kung kailan: 1. mapipigtas sa tanikala ng monopolyo ang pinakamahina nitong kawing 2. aawitin ng kapitalismo ang punebre sa sarili niyang libing. Pansamantala lamang ba ang pagsasamantala? Anu-ano ang mga pagkakataong Dapat nating samantalahin? Natuklasan din ng Aleman Na ang manggagawa ay walang bansa, At kanilang pakikibaka Ay walang baybayin. Kaya’t kinakalkula ko muna, Samantala, kung ano ang mahalaga Para sa araw-araw nating gawain. At kung gaano kahalaga, Mga kasama, ang pagkakaisa sa atin.

Aba. She liked the kakanin heiress even more. The girl was spirited. Batangueña talaga.

My lola had made a few jars of her specialty, matamis na bao, or coconut jam, to spread on our pandesal and kakanin. The fragrant smell of coconut cream, caramelized sugar, and pandan leaves wafted through the room, the intoxicating aroma of the dark, sticky jam making my mouth water. I scanned the contents of the fridge, waiting for inspiration to strike. Whatever I made had to be small and snack-y, so as to complement but not draw attention from my grandmother's sweet, sticky rice cakes. Maybe some kind of cookie to go with our after-dinner tea and coffee? Coco jam sandwiched between shortbread would be great, but sandwich cookies were a little heavier and more fiddly than what I was looking for. Maybe if they were open-faced? As I thought of a way to make that work, my eyes fell on the pandan extract in the cabinet and everything clicked into place. Pandan thumbprint cookies with a dollop of coconut jam! Pandan and coconut were commonly used together, plus the buttery and lightly floral flavor of the cookies would balance well against the rich, intense sweetness of the jam.