Popular Filipino Dishes ~Blog Post #3~ April 19,2015 By: Joseph Busse

Rice is served in every single meal. In the Philippines, three crops a year are harvested to provide enough rice for the whole population, and just in case, surpluses are stored by the government for times of drought. Fish and shellfish are eaten daily, along with chicken and pork. Garlic is also a famous ingredient because it is considered to be healthful. Filipino food is big on not having spicy.

Merienda is eaten in the morning and in the afternoon. Filipinos like sweet foods, along with coffee, milk, and soda. In the Philippines, lunch is usually a very light meal with rice and either fish or meat. Fatty pork is a favorite.

Fruits are abundant all year including bananas, mangoes, and a bunch of red and green varieties. Vegetables, like green beans and potatoes, are included in meals usually in soup or stew. Ube which is a purple potato, is used as a coloring to cake and ice cream. Halo-halo is also a favorite dessert that consists corn kernels, ice cream, gelatin, and ice.

Lechon, one of my favorite foods, is a very large pig that is roasted. The outside part of the pig is roasted until is crusty while the inside is very fatty. Usually the more lechon that is cooked up is determined by the importance of the host and the occasion. Although I think this is very sad, Dog meat is eaten throughout the country, but now it is illegal to sell dog meat at markets because people have had cases of rabies when the brains were eaten.

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