A Filipino Food I Don’t Like
December 16, 2008
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Posted by dmihalia
Many of the posts on this blog concern filipino food and how good it tastes. I’m always recommending things that people should try and I explain to the best of my knowledge what these foods are. If I know anything about preparation of the foods I try to share that with readers also. So after the big build up I’m afraid that I will not be sharing one of my favorite foods this time but possibly my least favored filipino food. The food I’m going to talk about is bagoong.
Since I’m not interested in eating bagoong again I have to tell you I haven’t researched it as much as the foods I like. Most of my knowledge of bagoong will be from recent research on the internet. One thing I can tell you I would prefer to never eat it again. I would probably prefer to have a tooth extracted rather than taste bagoong again. I would rather eat 10 balut and six warm San Miguel beers in one sitting than taste bagoong.
So for the uninformed my research found the following information. Bagoong (pronounced bah-goh-ong) is a fish sauce used a a condiment in the Philippines. It is made with anchovies or other varieties of small fish that are cleaned, salt cured, and fermented for as long as several weeks or even months.My wife swears the longer it is fermented the better it tastes which I find that hard to believe. You can also make bagoong with shrimp which is known as bagoon alamang. I would like to end this post with a line I found while researching bagoong that I totally agree with. The quote is “ The smell of bagoong is extremely pungent and some consider it offensive, on par with that of rotten fish. ”
Heres a video about bagoong
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I have never tried Bagoong and know that I never will. That’s just me! I’m not much for any type of isda (Fish). This is a little off topic off the Philippines. How about Veggiemite? Ha-ha now there’s a truly pungent and offensive product from down under… But, I have to admit I love the stuff.
Hi Mike
I have tried Bagoong and trust me it is a taste you have to aquire. I would like to try veggiemite someday only because I remember the song by Men At Work
hehe. I remember my Austrian uncle screaming wildly to my Aunt when she cooked bagoong in our house. he seriously threw up just by the smell of it!
Hi Badong
I can’t say I remember the smell of cooking bagoong because my only experience has been with store bought. Thank goodness.
I will not eat that and another not to try is ginamos. it is also made from fish and smells and tastes like it was left out to decay in the heat for a few months before bottlingTo me it looks like gray matter. It is salty and tastes gross.
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Hi Dan! Happy New Year!
I love bagoong! My dad shares the same opinion as you all though. As it turns out, his folks used to make bagoong and it really is a nasty thing because fermenting is just another process under the category of decomposition. Nevertheless, I like it and so does my mom.
For Bruce, and to all that might be interested, ginamos is actually the Ilonggo term for bagoong. Don’t you just love the Filipino dialects?
Cheers and Happy New Year again!
Hi rchrd
I’m sure there are things that I like that other people don’t. Thanks for the info on ginamos I was wondering what it was.
Oh i love bagoong! though it doesn’t smell like chicken and does not even tastes like chicken..i still could live with bagoong and rice. And oh, it is best eaten with green mangoes. damn, i’m salivating already. :p
yep, it’s “ginamos” in Hiligaynon (dialect in iloilo). And it is shrimp paste in english.
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Hey, I remember the disgusting fishy smell of ‘dried fish’, that my wife used to fry when we lived in Angeles, Pampanga. I banned it from the house eventually. Luckily she can’t buy the terrible stuff now we’ve moved to England.