Kitchen Experiments

Spanky and I recently attended a wedding reception, which served yummy ham and cheese croquettes. So one day, Spanky decided to make a ouido recipe that involved tuna and cheese.

It was difficult shaping the mixture into croquettes so instead, we formed it into patties...

And topped it with parmesan. It was gooood.

Next, Spanky roasted some marshmallows in the oven.


Until they were burnt and puffy.


Blended them in cream, milk and vanilla ice cream.


And voila! Roasted marshmallow shake!


(Taste Tidbit: We found out later that marshmallows were tastier when roasted in fire, instead of in the oven.)

Pundaquit Weekend

It was one of 'em long weekends and Spanky was free so decided to join my family for yet another trip to our default beach--Pundaquit, Zambales.

The van was cramped with my mom, 2 brothers, 4 pamangkins, and 2 yayas. Spanky and I stayed at the very last row. When we got to Pundaks, the normally ankle-deep river was overflowing so we had to ride bancas.



And when we got to the house, midmorning merienda was served--the usual kakanin plus two sweet surprises: ginataang bilo-bilo and binatog, the snack which I had dreamt about 2 days before.




Lunch was bought from the shore when one of the fishermen came in from the sea. We didn't have a proper stove; all our meals were cooked barrio-style.

And the rest of the weekend was just filled with whatever caught our fancy.


At sunrise, Spanks, dad and I walked 6 kms. to town just to buy freshly baked pan de sal.


Beach basics.



The twin islands yonder.



The boat ride that never happened.



We'll be back, Pundaks.