"The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure"- Tibetan Proverbs
Everybody loves to eat especially with family and friends. The foods would keep us bonded more while having chitchat together. Eating while having stories and laughing together would give an additional savory to the foods.
What is Boodle Fight?
Boodle Fight is a known term for bear hand-eating and this refers to the act of grabbing and eating the food as much as you want.
What is in Boodle Fight?
The foods were served on the top of the banana leaves. The rice is placed in the middle portion of the leaves and the dishes and viands were placed at the sides of the rice.
Usually, the foods that were prepared for this kind of eating were those dry viands like grilled fish, hotdogs, dried fish, lumpia, eggs, etc.
What we prepared that day?
Halang-halang( soupy spicy chicken sliced into smaller pieces)
One of the main ingredients is chicken sliced into smaller pieces with additional water. This viand was mixed with spices and an extra amount of hot pepper that makes it extra spicy!
Adobong Pusit ( Fried Squid)
The squids were our main ingredients for this menu. The squid ink was yummy as it mixed in meat.
Grilled Fish
The grilled fish is known for the boodle fight. At this moment, we grilled one of my favorite fish at an affordable price, it ranges from 40 to 50 PHP per kilo. It might be inexpensive but the yummy it brings is superb!
Kinilaw na Isda ( fish eaten in raw)
The fish we use for this kinilaw is the same as the grilled fish. It is fresh and the process for this is not easy. You need to remove the head and the bones of the fish, only the fish fillet is used for kinilaw and then mixed with tomatoes, ginger, onions, spring onions, and hot pepper.
Grape Seeds
This grape seed is also eaten raw and it will be delicious when you dip this in lemon juice.
Scallops
Sea shells were known and popular for their unusual taste especially when it is fresh.
Taraa!!! Let's Eat!
The meal started with a prayer, we give thanks to blessings received by one of our colleagues. Mrs. Yordan received blessings from the department and she shared it with us. She treated us to a sumptuous meal.
The boodle fight started
We use transparent plastics for our hands. The boodle foods were simple but so interesting. Have you observed? Most of the food is prepared to have a hot pepper.
I enjoyed watching my colleagues while eating they were wiping their tears and sweat because of the spicy foods but most of all we enjoyed it a lot. The laugh and the stories while eating make it more interesting.
There were times that we were busy but when we gathered together like this, with food around and the laughter we shared and applied. It will be nice to spend sometime coz it could recharge one's strength and energy. It feels like we belong to one family. Happy Together!
That's all for now my friends. Thank you for reading this until here. Have a great day ahead and always remember to God be the Glory.