Glossary F

When the Spaniards came to the Philippines in 1521, the Filipinos were already trading with China, Japan, Siam, India, Cambodia, Borneo and the Moluccas. The Spanish government continued trade relations with these countries, and the Manila became the center of commerce in the East. The Spaniards closed the ports of Manila to all countries except Mexico. Thus, the "Galleon Trade" was born. The Galleon Trade was a government monopoly. Only two galleons were used: One sailed from Acapulco to Manila with some 500,000 pesos worth of goods, spending 120 days at sea; the other sailed from Manila to Acapulco with some 250,000 pesos worth of goods spending 90 days at sea. This might explain why Filipino food was fluenced by these countries. Pancit from the Chinese, Mechado and Morcon from Spain, Estofado from Mexico, etc.

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Iranian Kababs are usually sprinkled with Somaq or Sumac and are accompanied by raw onion and a bowl of yoghurt (Mast) and grilled tomato.

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Game such as antelope, ostrich or zebra cooked on a Braai (barbecue ) is a speciality of Namibia. They are also made into German-inspired sausages, like Rauchfleish (smoked-meat) and Boerewors (sausage) and Biltong, an air-dried meat. Namibia is a very meat-orientated society, and many of their foods or meat dishes are made from one animal or another.

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Peppers are used extensively in all three areas of Spain, namely, Navarra, La Rioja and Aragon, A la Riojana which usually indicates the addition of peppers to any given dish , is almost identical to the Chilindrones preparation in Navarra and Aragon

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Contrary to popular belief, cows do not have 4 stomachs; they have 4 digestive compartments: * The rumen holds up to 50 gallons of partially digested food. This is where cud comes from. Good bacteria in the rumen helps digest the cows food and provides protein for the cow. * The reticulum is called the hardware stomach because if cows accidentally eat hardware (like a piece of fencing scrap), it will often lodge here causing no further damage. * The omasum is sort of like a filter. * The abomasum which is like our stomach. 1. The Rumen - this is the largest part and holds up to 50 gallons of partially digested food. This is where the 'cud' comes from. Good bacteria in the Rumen helps soften and digest the cows food and provides protein for the cow. 2. The Recticulum - this part of the stomach is called the "hardware" stomach. This is because if the cow eats something it should not have like a peice of fencing, it lodges here in the Recticulum. However, the contractions of the reticulum can force the object into the peritoneal cavity where it initiates inflammation. Nails and screws can even peroferate the heart. The grass that has been eaten is also softened further in this stomach section and is formed into small wads of cud. Each cud returns to the cows mouth and is chewed 40 - 60 times and then swallowed properly. 3. The Omasum - this part of the stomach is a "filter". It filters through all the food the cow eats. The cud is also pressed and broken down further. 4. The Abomasum - this part of the stomach is like a humans stomach and is connected to the intestines. Here, the food is finally digested by the cows stomach juices and essential nutrients that the cow needs are passed through the bloodstream. The rest is passed through to the intestines. A little poem about the cows stomach! Brown Cow No wander you're always eating, On the plains and on the hill, Brown cow, no doubt you're hungry, You have four stomachs to fill!

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The traditional drink in Mali is the Malian Tea which should be drunk in three (3) stages: the first is very strong (as bitter as death); the second is slightly sweetened (just like life); and the third is well sugared (as sweet as love). Visitors to Mali may be invited to partake in this tea ritual. Mali is a landlocked republic in the African continent which shares borders with Mauritania, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger and Senegal.

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Rules For This Diet

1. If you eat something, and no one else sees you eat it, it has no calories.

2. When drinking a diet soda while eating a candy bar, the calories in the candy bar are canceled by the diet soda.

3. When you eat with someone else, calories don't count as long as you don't eat more than they do.

4. Foods used for medicinal purposes never count. Example: hot chocolate, brandy, toast and Sara Lee cheesecake.

5. If you fatten up everyone else around you, then you look thinner.

6. Movie-related foods do not have calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one's personal fuel.

Example: Milk Duds, buttered popcorn, Junior Mints and Tootsie Rolls.

7. Cookie pieces contain no calories, because of the process of breaking the cookie causes calorie leakage.

8. If you are in the process of preparing something, foods licked off knives and spoons have no calories.

9. Foods of the same color have the same number of calories. Examples: green salad and Key Lime pie, mushrooms and white chocolate.

10. If you eat the food off someone else's plate, it doesn't count.

11. If you eat standing up the calories all go to your feet and get walked off.

12. Food eaten at Christmas parties has no calories, courtesy of Santa.

- Food Joke: Kitchen Wisdom (?) :

KITCHEN WISDOM?

* A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen, and this kitchen is delirious!

* No husband has ever been shot while doing dishes.

* A husband is someone who takes out the trash and gives the impression he just cleaned the whole house.

* If we are what we eat, then I'm easy, fast, and cheap.

* Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.

* Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.

* Help keep the kitchen clean-eat out!

* Housework done properly, can kill you.

* Countless numbers of people have eaten in this kitchen and gone on to lead normal lives.

* My next house will have no kitchen---just vending machines

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RULES FOR EATING CHOCOLATE

* If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly.

* Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices & strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want.

* The problem: How to get 2 pounds of chocolate home from the store in a hot car.

The solution: Eat it in the parking lot.

* Diet tip: Eat a chocolate bar before each meal. It'll take the edge off your appetite and you'll eat less.

* If calories are an issue, store your chocolate on top of the fridge.

* Calories are afraid of heights, and they will jump out of the chocolate to protect themselves.

* If I eat equal amounts of dark chocolate and white chocolate, is that a balanced diet?

Don't they actually counteract each other?

* Money talks. Chocolate sings.

* Chocolate has many preservatives. Preservatives make you look younger.

* Put "eat chocolate" at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done.

* A nice box of chocolates can provide your total daily intake of calories in one place. Isn't that handy?

* If you can't eat all your chocolate, it will keep in the freezer. But if you can't eat all your chocolate, what's wrong with you?

Starting today, I will not just be adding new words to the Glossary, but I will be adding pictures of my journeys and all pictures I made relating to food . In 2012, I was so blessed enough to visit the United States (Houston, Sugarland and San Antonio, Texas), Copenhagen, Denmark; Malmö, Sweden and Amsterdam, The Netherlands and in 2013, I was able to visit 2 states of southern India, Tamil Nadu (Chennai) and Kerala (Allepey, etc) and spent almost 5 months in my home country, the Philippines. During those trips, I tried my best to make as many photos as I can of all things related to food and food pictures and I want to just add them to our website. Some of the pictures are not clear enough, but I will try as much as I can to describe what the picture shows.

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