I don’t eat a lot of stuff. Even though I love dining out, my idea of food excludes a lot of things on a menu.Close friends already know that when I say yummy, it doesn’t include chicken. And sure it always prompts people to ask “why, do you have buni?” or something like that. Puulleeezzzz!!! I got none of those. I just don’t. For whatever absurd reason, I grew up not eating this feathered cackler. And now that I’ve grown older (and hopefully wiser, hehehe)… I never dared break what already turned into an unconscious crusade to spare the chicken from it’s barbaric slaughter.
Actually I tried eating chicken several times already. I can swallow it, no problem. But as soon as it hits the bottom of my intestines, it starts acting like the stirred lava of Pinatubo. My tummy rumbles, incessantly, until the intruder is thrown out, discharged through it’s original entry point.
I know it’s just psychological…. but hey, can’t help it. That’s why I can’t find joy in your Chicken Joy!
But it’s not only chicken that’s a no-no for me. A lot of other meat too. To sum it up, I only recognize beef and pork – that’s it. And oh, it’s limited to the meat please, not the internals! Maybe with the exception of Sisig (I’m not quite sure what it’s made of) specially if it’s Gerry’s, I don’t go for the organs – kidney, heart, liver, intestines, tongue, ears, eyes and all other gory parts. Eeewww! says my friend Jun!
In fish, I only eat common salt-water species. Bangus is the only fresh-water specie I can take. Which means I’m missing out on those tilapia, dalag and hito barrio folks normally enjoy. No-no too to ‘kilawin’ (raw fish and, i think, even some type of meat, marinated in vinegar sauce) or anything that is not fully cooked. That’s why even if I love steak, I can only take it if it’s well done, not medium, never rare. Blood oozing from the meat is disgusting for me. Which brings me to ‘dinuguan’, something that I also find unpalatable. Not that I’m a member of another religion.
And the discrimination doesn’t stop there. Coz even in veggies, I’ve got quite a few wars. I don’t like okra, sayote and other slimy varieties.
Weird huh. Well, at least I’m not so choosy when it comes to ice cream and chocolates!
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The other slimy veggie you must be referring to is the lowly “saluyot” which I have learned to appreciate just 4 years ago. Sinigang na hipon with saluyot. I’ve learned from someone that the “fix” to take away all the sliminess of any saluyot dish is a squeeze of lemon. That does the trick, otherwise you can’t force it down my throat either.
The okra I’ve learned to eat sans discrimination when I started working in Saudi. I’ve discovered the smaller variety is much less slimy than its bigger version.
Hito and dalag are not for me as well, my stomach turns just thinking about these slimy creatures. Bangus is tops for me when it comes to fish, I personally even think it’s better than the media-hyped pink salmon or the pricey lapu-lapu. Sige nga, i-relleno nyo ang salmon & lapu-lapu, tingnan ko lang kung ano kalabasan?. Francis Ebrada, I miss those rellenos! Siguro there could be a separate blog dedicated only to the bangus.
Gone were the days na ang ulam nyo is friend chicken, and someone would ask “sinong may birthday?” or “may bisita ba tayo”, probably thanks (or no thanks) to Jolibee who made chicken the filipino’s staple food (probably 2nd only to hotdogs). Unlike you Dante, I could eat chicken but not as often as I used to and beef, much less because of the “anggo” ng baka. I try to reinforce avoiding the meat stuff by going back to the youtube links that graphically depicts the sufferings of these animals before ending up on our dinner table. It works for me.
Sorry na lang sa squid and cuttle fish, walang posting sa youtube, dahil I consume them with more frequently & with gusto.
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