I've never been so I was planning a quick trip, mainly to meet up with
Easterangel ... but now that I've seen the composition of some local
dishes, I am having doubts ....

Calf's Pata?

Banana Herat?

Achuete?

What to do?

Hi there! 

If ever you meet with me here in the Philippines I would be glad to
serve you the dishes I just enjoyed last night. Anyway here are things
you might have missed out on the recipes.

Calf pata - calf's leg

Achuete or Achiote -annatto seeds used to give food a reddish color.
Seeds are soaked in water to extract the color. Usually available in
bottles in most supermarkets or Hispanic food stores.

Banana herat was a typographical error. It should have been a "banana
heart". A picture is available here.

http://www.gerizarate.com/g_images/04T-HWI_10maui.jpg

These are delicious recipes you might want to try out. :)

Thanks!

Easterangel-ga

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 25 Dec 2003 02:30 PST

Instead of calf's leg, we actually used calf's tail so it was more tasty. :)

Hi, Easterangel

Many thanks for your invite ... and your explanations ...

I'm on my way!

Incidentally, some years ago I travelled on the same plane from
Amsterdam to New York as Mme Marcos and her entourage. And what an
entourage!

Funny, I didn't get a Xmas card from Ismelda this year. Hope she's OK.

If you see her, please say 'Hi' (I am a tall, good-looking Englishman.) 

Bryan

:)

Don't worry I will! 

Thank you for sharing your Christmas with me through this question.

Bryan,

Merry Christmas to you. You could also try these other dishes:

Pork or Chicken Adobo - Pork or chicken sauteed and cooked in soy
sauce, vinegar, black pepper and a bit of sugar.

Tinola - Basically a different kind of chicken soup, it is sauteed
chicken with papaya.

Achuete, by the way, is used to add that tasty reddish color in some
dishes. Enjoy. :)

-Feilong

Many thanks, Feilong.

You have a GREAT TIME, too.

Bryan