Glossary I
English: Fish / Deutsch: Fisch / Español: Pescado / Português: Peixe / Français: Poisson / Italiano: Pesce /
Isda is the Filipino generic word for Fish. Among the Isda/Fishes found in the Philippine markets are:
Dilis (Anchovy); Hito (Catfish); Dalag (Mudfish), Lapu-Lapu (Grouper); Tangigi (Mackerel); Sardinas (Sardines), Tilapia ( Tilapia); Pla-Pla; Tulingan (Tuna); Labahita (Surgeon Fish); Sap Sap (Pony Fish); Maya Maya (Snapper); Pating (Shark); Talakitok (Trevally/Cavalla); Samaral (Rabbitfish); Matang-Baka (Scad Fish/Big-Eyed Scad Fish) and lastly Bangus (Milkfish) which is the national fish of the Philippines.
- Inihaw na Saba / Inihaw na Saging na Saba:
Inihaw na Saging na Saba (grilled plantain or cooking banana called Saba in the Philippines) refers to a Filipino snack made of Saba, a cooking banana variety, peeled and skewered and cooked over charcoal. It is made of half ripe banana, when the banana is still a bit unripe and still a bit tough and not so yellow and overipe.
It is called in different dialect in the Philippines as Hawob in Davao and Ginanggang/Guinanggang in the Visayas, in Cebu particularly, which means grilled, which is Inihaw in Tagalog.
Inihaw na Saging na Saba is often found in the Tagalog- speaking region of the Philippines, like Laguna and Marinduque. They are sold as street foods.
Some said that this is a boring snack compared to other Filipino banana snack, like Turon at Minatamis na Saging with milk and shaved ice, but I learned to like it, with just enough ripeness and sweetness, I think this is a healthy snack option. Maybe I enjoy eating Inihaw na Saba because it reminds me all the time of my summer vacations in the home province of my mother where my grandfather lived until he died. It was my grandfather who bought the first Inihaw na Saging na Saba which I ever tasted while walking along the beach in Torrijos, Marinduque.
In San Pablo City, Laguna where I kept a home, there are lots of vendors selling "inihaw na saging”. I have not eaten Inihaw na Saba for a long time now, I have not found Saba in Germany, only cooked and packed boiled Saba imported from Vietnam in my favorite Asian store in my city, but there is nothing quite like our Inihaw na Saba. Soon I am home, I hope to be able to find time to travel around my country and enjoy once again its great culture.
Deutsch: Eiscreme / Español: Helado / Português: Sorvete / Français: Glace / Italiano: Gelato /
Ice Cream refers to a frozen dessert containing medium to high milkfat and milk-solids-non-fat, with or without small amounts of egg products, with or without visible particles of flavoring materials. Ice Cream refers to a soft frozen food made with sweetened and flavored milk or cream and butterfat.
Moreover, Ice Cream is a frozen product made from cream, often combined with milk, combined plus flavorings and sweeteners. It has a high percentage of milk fat (butterfat), and the minimum percentages are regulated by law.
To put it simply, Ice Cream refers to the combination of milk, sweeteners and other flavors blended and frozen until semi-solid. Served cold, Ice Cream is one of the world's favorite dessert.
Ice Cream Disher refers to a kitchen tool intended chiefly for use in serving ice cream. Ice Cream Disher is used to scoop or get neat, uniform, individual portions of Ice Cream from a bulk container. It is sometimes known as a "Scoop" or "Ice Cream Scooper" as is the ball-like portion it serves.
There are usually two (2) types of Ice Cream Disher or Scoop in general use: (1) Scoop which has moving parts. This type consists of a metal hemisphere set at the end of a handle. Inside the hemisphere is a thin blade, curved to conform to the bowl. The device is pressed or dragged through the bulk ice cream, gatheriing a ball in the bowl. When a lever set on the handle is pressed, the blade passes over the interior of the hemisphere, cutting or scraping the Ice Cream ball loose; and (2) Scoop with a much simpler appearance and use. It is a deep-bowled spoon set on a sturdy handle. When it is dragged over the ice cream, a ball is formed in the bowl, and, the sides of the bowl not being as high as in the other type of disher, the Ice Cream ball is easily removed from the device.