Filipino Recipes – Tinolang Manok

by on June 2, 2010

Ingredients:

* 1 kilo whole chicken (cut into parts or choice cuts of breast, thighs of wings). * 2 1/2 cups young papaya or sayote * 1/2 cup dahon ng sili * 5 cups water * 2 tablespoons ginger (roughly chopped) * 1/2 head garlic (minced) * 1 medium onion (diced) * 3 tablespoons oil * 2 tablespoons patis * pinch of salt and pepper

Recipe Properties:

1. In a casserole, heat oil and saute’ garlic, onion and ginger. 2. Add the chicken and water. 3. Bring to a boil and lower fire, let simmer until chicken is cooked. 4. Pour in patis, salt and pepper to taste. 5. Add in papaya, allow to cook. 6. When ready to serve, put in dahon ng sili. 7. Serve hot.

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The Purpose of Food

by on June 1, 2010

The purposes of food are to promote growth, to supply force and heat, and to furnish material to repair the waste which is constantly taking place in the body. Every breath, every thought, every motion, wears out some portion of the delicate and wonderful house in which we live. Various vital processes remove these worn and useless particles; and to keep the body in health, their loss must be made good by constantly renewed supplies of material properly adapted to replenish the worn and impaired tissues. This renovating material must be supplied through the medium of food and drink, and the best food is that by which the desired end may be most readily and perfectly attained. The great diversity in character of the several tissues of the body, makes it necessary that food should contain a variety of elements, in order that each part may be properly nourished and replenished.

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