Rainy Day Comfort
Thunderstorm warnings, showers and dreary skies are what dominate the prairie landscape these past few days. This kind of weather promises not to let up until the weekend. Somehow it reminds me of the monsoon season in the archipelago where raging tropical depressions, brownouts, flash floods are the norms. When this happens, everyone cuddles around the transistor radio to hear the latest changes,inaccurate they may be, from PAGASA.Quite oddly, there is something comforting in the male announcer's voice as he dissects the anatomy bad weather.
As dinner time comes, the kitchen is lit with the glow of a solitary candle as this simple but comforting dish is prepared.
It's nothing but a can or two of Ligo Sardines in Tomato sauce sauteed in lots of garlic, and white onions, miswa noodles simmered in a well seasoned broth laden with chopped green sibuyas. Now isn't that enough to take away the rainy day blues? Not if you forget to eat it with freshly boiled rice.
Since those cheap miswa noodles are not available this side of the global village, I have to make do with vermicelli noodles. It does have some slight difference in texture and taste but who cares. When you're eating it with eyes closed you think you're home.
By the way, Is it true that miswa (meez wah) is the French word for noodle?
Don't ask me. Meantime, I'm dreaming of La Paz Batchwa.
umuulan din d2 sa beijing for 3 consecutive days... tamang tama yang sardinas mo :)
Posted by:iska | May 27, 2006 at 08:34 AM
It's been raining here too. I remember having this in Phils... so deliciously comforting. Stunning photo! Sardinas never looked so good. This photo should be on the advert or even the can of Ligo sardines!
Posted by:mae | May 27, 2006 at 04:38 PM
whadda! rainy days are gone..well for now...it's such a nice 80-ish couple of days but that sardinas would still be good any day! and with mis-wa, i miss that!
Posted by:ces | May 27, 2006 at 08:58 PM