Lasang Pinoy 17:EGG'S A DEAL! is ON

After a short hiatus Lasang Pinoy is  back.

To celebrate its "resurrection", we decided to relaunch  within the week after Easter Sunday. After a series of false starts and consultations with the Lasang Pinoy peeps ,it was decided that the  secret ingredient for the 17th edition is... ta..ra... ra ...... The EGG.

The egg in various cultures symbolizes fertility and rebirth.From a Philippine context, the egg is very much part of culture and history. First thing that comes to mind is The Balut . It  is something we always claim as our own.It specifies us from other cultures ,though not exclusively. Vietnam has it similar delicacy called Vit Lon. More than that ,the fertilized duck's egg is also an eaten object of bravado, virility and Pinoy machismo. Because it takes a certain amount of guts to eat, we love to taunt our foreign friends' comfort zones by challenging them to feast on boiled "aborted" duck's embryo. Balut is often eaten after dark with beer. The Pinoy "barako" who consumes it is said  to acquire certain powers when doing a most pleasurable ritual, legit or not, in a darkened four-cornered room. This,even if  the V pill came with the same claims.

In the country side, unwary of  a Salmonella  contamination, mothers would stir in fresh free range chicken eggs in a glass of newly harvested tuba(coconut toddy). The mixture is left overnight outdoors to be exposed to the elements.It is offered to the children in the morning for good health. The tonic is  also believed to make children grow faster and taller.

For the Roman Catholic faithful, eggs are offerings often channeled through Sta.Clara or the Carmelite nuns in return for specific divine interventions.Incidentally, chicken egg whites were used to bind the limestones that were used to build the massive and beautiful churches and cathedrals--monuments of colonization and conversion-- dotting the  tropical archipelago.Because of the amazing volume of egg whites used in these grandiose ecclesiastical projects,there was always an oversupply of egg yolks. Not to worry. The yolks were put to good use in the kitchen by the industrious women of the house. Thus, the sinful leche flan was born together with more indigenized and original culinary creations. In Iloilo, the Panaderia de Molo , situated a stone's throw away from the Molo Church , has created an array of egg-based pastries with Spanish names and some local ones such as Kinamunsil- a biscuit that looks like the kamunsil fruit shaped like a ring.Obviously, the bakery was a beneficiary of  a lot of egg yolks coming form the church's contruction site.

Surely there are many more of these  traditional egg recipes that are spread  across the regions.We want to know and discover  them through you ,dear foodie. Yes, even the ones that have evolved into contemporary gourmet treats.Fusion cuisine you may want to call them.Whatever they are called, we are excited to learn about them.

Now is your chance to share it in  LASANG PINOY 17: EGGS A DEAL !

Sigue na!

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The LASANG PINOY 17: EGGS A DEAL !  event is open to everyone who has either a traditional,original, contemporary egg recipe or article to share hinged on Philippine history and culture.

You can submit your entries by:

    1.Sending it to [email protected] or [email protected] with your name, email address,your blog's name and the permalink  of your entry.

    2.Posting your entry in the comment section of this post with the same specifications found in No. 1.Label it as Lasang Pinoy 17 Entry for quick identification

Please submit your entries on or before May 6,2007 which incidentally is International No- Diet Day.Now, that is symbolic isn't it?

For those who doesn't have a blog but wants to join, we are happy to share a space for your recipe(s) and/or article(s) . Just email your photos and entries with the corresponding specification located in No.1.

Entries will  be rounded-up and published in  Eat Matters.

Feel free to steal the Lasang Pinoy17 icon by clicking on it.

Comments

[ajay]

Yay! LP is back..I like eggs..will try to make something. regards:)

[angelo]

Ajay,

Looking forward to reading your entry on EGG'S A DEAL! I know you're busy but go for it.

[iska]

I miss the excitement... the "what to cook" part before LP events. Yey! LP is back!

[angelo]

yey iska, LP is back. Thanks to your and mike's "EGG's A DEAL logo design.

i agree. the fun and challenging part is the "brainstorming" sessions by your lonesome.
The next one of course are the shopping and cooking activities.

The worst part is the kitchen cleanup......but.... my wife just adores me. Lucky me. hehe

[joey]

Hooray! LP is back again! :) And I love egg too...hmmm, wonder what I can make...

[Mita]

I have a question. I was thinking of a family recipe but am not sure if it's Pinoy in origin. We have names kasi for certain things that only the family uses so I can't say for sure if it's Pinoy in origin. Puede ba yon?

[angelo]

joey,

whatever egg concoction you're gonna make deserves to be posted on Lasang Pinoy 17. Looking forward to read your EGG story.

[angelo]

mita,

it's OK.No problem. Go ahead and post your family Egg Recipe in Lasang Pinoy 17. I bet that is something interesting. Go for it.

[toni]

And it's back! Now to look for some egg-citing ideas. Hehehe.

[toni]

Hope you don't mind! I posted the announcement on my blog. :) The Lasang Pinoy site's not updated pa!

[angelo]

Hi Toni,

Thanks for posting the "announce" on your site.
Know what I have no idea that there is a LP blog site pala. hehe. i'll ask stef about it.

Looking forward to read your EGGS-citing entry.

[dexie]

i'm going to try to enter two foodblogs. my personal one and my pro blog one: http://forks.ca

i'm so happy LP is back. Thanks.

[dexie]

BTW, is it ok if I submit like may 8th or so? see May 5th is my wedding anniversary and a week before that my in-laws are here so things are a litlte hectic during the deadline. i'd really appreciate it if could submit 2 days later. please please :)

[angelo]

no problemo dexie.better late than never.we understand.
so is it going to be an all EGG menu on the 5th of May?
Advanced Happy Anniversary!

[dexie]

thanks angelo. oh i hope not..lol. i'd probably make the dishes before that day. i just wouldn't have time to get online, log and submit right away :). but i will 2-3 days later..:).

[Mel Wood]

Please count me in!

[AYEZA]

I love eggs!!! Its my and my family's comfort foods. Looking forward for the EGGciting recipes here soon!

[Stef]

My post is here, Angelo:

http://www.noodlesandrice.com/lasang-pinoy-17-eggs-a-deal-itlog-na-maalat/

Thanks so much for hosting!

[angelo]

stef,

Thanks too for letting me host Lasang Pinoy 17. After some false starts it is finally back, which is the goal for now.Hopefully we can iron out the kinks and have bigger, better LP sorties.

[Nini]

Oh no, I can't believe I missed it... again :(

[peterb]

i missed it too...EGG would've been a nice ingredient...

[mike]

Thanks for hosting this round, Angelo! My late entry is here -
http://lafang.mikemina.com/index.php/2007/05/14/lasang-pinoy-17-eggs-a-deal-tortang-itlog-at-patatas/

[Nini]

Hey, Thanks for accepting my late entry :)

[peasmom]

I just came across Lasang Pinoy in one of my food surfing sprees. It's a very good concept I should say. I went to the past archives to dig all the past lasang pinoy blog entries. I noticed that it's not consistent with the way each host presents the roundups. Sometimes I cannot even find the roundups (like here in LP17). Is it possible to have the links to the roundups in the LP home page itself that will bring us to the host's page? I'm lost :-).

[nataly]

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