Saturday, April 25, 2009

Pancit bihon recipe


(photos by me)

step one - cut up some pork into small cubes

step two - brown the pork, preferably in a wok
step three - remove from the stove

step four - chop some mushrooms, onions and green peppers (or carrots if you have them); stir-fry them first......

step five - then add garlic, soy sauce and chicken broth (see below)

step six - simmer.......

step seven - add rice noodles and stir....

step eight - garnish with lemon and serve!

(adapted from FilipinoFoodRecipes.net)

New blog and updates

This is my new blog and central information hub, compiling posts from blogs I have maintained since 2002. I should be posting more info here very soon, stay tuned for updates!

LIST OF BLOGS I IMPORTED HERE:

Island Life (saipanrick.blogspot.com)(2008)
Friends Cebu (friendscebu.blogspot.com)(2006-07)
Shenyangist (shenyangist.blogspot.com)(2005-07)
Aaugh! News (aaughnews.blogspot.com)(2002-05)

Thursday, April 23, 2009

MSNBC reports on the Marianas Trench Monument

MSNBC reports on the Marianas Trench Monument

Some favorite recipes

Eneksa Agaga (Red Rice)
from chamorro.com

* Achiote Seeds (4 ounce package)
* 2 cup water
* 2 cups medium grain enriched rice
* 2 slices bacon
* 1/2 onion

Soak achiote seeds in water until liquid is a dark rich red.
Drain seeds, reserving the liquid. Fry bacon until soft but
thoroughly cooked. Chop bacon and onion. Put rice, bacon,
onion in a pan and add the achiote liquid. Allow pot of rice
to "boil down" until the liquid is almost completely gone.
Cover and reduce heat to low for 15 minutes. Makes 4 servings.

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Finadeni
from chamorro.com

No island feast would be complete without finadeni. This terrific
sauce is used to flavor rice, soups, and is excellent for marinating
chicken, beef and pork. Make a lot at once and store the extra
in a salad dressing carafe for easy use later.

* 1/4 cup soy sauce
* 1/4 cup lemon juice
* 1/4 cup chopped green onions
* 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper, or 3 small red peppers,
roasted and chopped

Combine ingredients, stir.

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Saipan-style SPAM Fried Rice
...my own personal recipe

* cooked rice
* 3 eggs
* 1/2 can SPAM, diced (you can use Turkey SPAM if you like, it's lower in fat &
salt and has zero cholesterol)
* 2 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. patis (fish sauce)
* 1 or 2 green onions, chopped

In a frying pan, make egg omelet and transfer to plate.
Chop into strips. Add cubes of Spam to pan and cook until
they begin to brown. Add rice to frying pan, stir then add
sesame oil. Add green onion if desired. Right before serving,
add fish sauce. It's also good with Tabasco!

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Korean Fried Rice
... another personal recipe

* cooked rice
* 3 eggs
* 1/3 jar of kimchee
* 2 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. fish sauce
* 4 strips of bacon, cooked

In a frying pan, make egg omelet and transfer to plate.
Chop into strips. Add bacon and rice to frying pan, stir then add
sesame oil. Add Kimchee and mix. Right before serving,
add fish sauce.

Some favorite recipes

Eneksa Agaga (Red Rice)
from chamorro.com

* Achiote Seeds (4 ounce package)
* 2 cup water
* 2 cups medium grain enriched rice
* 2 slices bacon
* 1/2 onion

Soak achiote seeds in water until liquid is a dark rich red.
Drain seeds, reserving the liquid. Fry bacon until soft but
thoroughly cooked. Chop bacon and onion. Put rice, bacon,
onion in a pan and add the achiote liquid. Allow pot of rice
to "boil down" until the liquid is almost completely gone.
Cover and reduce heat to low for 15 minutes. Makes 4 servings.

=================================================

Finadeni
from chamorro.com

No island feast would be complete without finadeni. This terrific
sauce used to flavor rice, soups and is excellent for marinating
chicken, beef and pork. Make a lot at once and store the extra
in a salad dressing carafe for easy use later.

* 1/4 cup soy sauce
* 1/4 cup lemon juice
* 1/4 cup chopped green onions
* 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper, or 3 small red peppers,
roasted and chopped

Combine ingredients, stir.

==================================================

Saipan-style SPAM Fried Rice
...my own personal recipe

* cooked rice
* 3 eggs
* 1/2 can SPAM, diced (you can use Turkey SPAM if you like, it's lower in fat &
salt and has zero cholesterol)
* 2 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. patis (fish sauce)
* 1 or 2 green onions, chopped

In a frying pan, make egg omelet and transfer to plate.
Chop into strips. Add cubes of Spam to pan and cook until
they begin to brown. Add rice to frying pan, stir then add
sesame oil. Add green onion if desired. Right before serving,
add fish sauce. It's also good with Tabasco!

==================================================

Korean Fried Rice
... another personal recipe

* cooked rice
* 3 eggs
* 1/3 jar of kimchee
* 2 tbsp. sesame oil
* 1 tsp. fish sauce
* 4 strips of bacon, cooked

In a frying pan, make egg omelet and transfer to plate.
Chop into strips. Add bacon and rice to frying pan, stir then add
sesame oil. Add Kimchee and mix. Right before serving,
add fish sauce.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Nice way of inviting people to visit the island, jerk!

Honolulu Federal Court judge Leslie Kobayashi yesterday sentenced a 28-year-old man from Saipan to 21 days in prison for assaulting a fellow passenger on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

QuantcastJerome Kenneth Kingzio had pleaded guilty.

The incident took place on March 21.

U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo said court documents show the victim, a 66-year-old woman, was watching the in-flight movie when Kingzio stood next to her and began urinating on her.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution was handled by Assistant United States Attorney Marshall H. Silverberg.

Nice way of inviting people to visit the island, jerk!

Honolulu Federal Court judge Leslie Kobayashi yesterday sentenced a 28-year-old man from Saipan to 21 days in prison for assaulting a fellow passenger on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu.

QuantcastJerome Kenneth Kingzio had pleaded guilty.

The incident took place on March 21.

U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo said court documents show the victim, a 66-year-old woman, was watching the in-flight movie when Kingzio stood next to her and began urinating on her.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution was handled by Assistant United States Attorney Marshall H. Silverberg.