Continued from Tony Perez's Electronic Diary (October 19, 2018 - March 12, 2019) http://tonyperezphilippinescyberspacebook41.blogspot.com/

Photo by JR Dalisay / April 21, 2017

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Let Us All Please Rice

palay = harvested rice with husks on

bayo = pounding rice with a wooden mortar and pestle to shed the husks off the rice  

ipa = shed rice husks

tahip = winnowing rice to release the 4rice husks in the wind

bigas = rice ready for cooking

kamalig = rice storage, ranging in size from a box to an entire storehouse 

kaban = a measure of rice

palabigasan = Tagalog idiom meaning a sugar daddy or any person one is financially dependent on

pili = in olden times, casting rice in a flat basket before washing, to pick out dirt and small stones

pinaghugasan = water saved from washing rice, typically used to fertilize and nourish plants 

saing =cook rice

inin = cooked rice

am = liquid from boiled rice, has alleged medicinal value 

tostado = liquid derived from toasted rice, also known as "Mormons' coffee"

hilaw = rice retrieved before it is adequately cooked

malagihay = watery, cooked rice

malata = half-cooked rice

malagkit = sticky rice, usually a staple ingredient in local delicacies 

buhaghag = dry, cooked rice

sunog = overcooked rice

tutong = burnt rice, usually at the bottom and inner sides of the pot 

panis = rice turned bad

lugaw = rice broth

arroz caldo = fancy rice broth, usually with ginger, shredded chicken meat,a nd boiled egg

lumang kanin = rice carried over from lunch to dinner

sinangag = fried rice; has many presentation varieties but the most basic of which is lumang kanin twice-cooked with oil, salt, garlic--and nothing else

buro = curdled rice usually produced by mixing vinegar, a Pampanga delicacy; also has many presentation varieties.

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