Philippine Food quiz

More questions about Philippine Food

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1. 1 Easy

   Which traditional Philippine dessert is made with the highest density of young coconut?

   Answer: Buko pie

   Why: Buko pie was born in Los Baños, Laguna, in 1965: the Pahud sisters knew American apple pie, but coconut was what Laguna actually grew.

2. 2 Medium

   What was the sizzling pork dish Sisig originally used to treat?

   Answer: Hangovers and nausea

   Why: Sisig was a sour green fruit salad in a 1732 Kapampangan dictionary; the sizzling pork plate arrived only in 1974, from Aling Lucing in Angeles City.

3. 3 Hard

   Which festival features the largest, most elaborate culinary celebration in Lucban?

   Answer: Pahiyas Festival

   Why: The Pahiyas Festival features whole house facades decorated with colorful, edible rice-paste wafers called kiping.

4. 4 Easy

   Which vinegar-braised meat dish is often called the unofficial national food?

   Answer: Adobo

   Why: A 2021 government plan to standardize adobo caused such an outcry that officials said the recipe was only meant to promote the dish abroad.

5. 5 Medium

   Why are taro leaves dried before cooking them into laing?

   Answer: To prevent tongue itchiness

   Why: Sun drying only cuts taro's oxalate by about a fifth; cooking roughly halves it, so laing still needs a long simmer to tame the needle crystals.

6. 6 Hard

   Which regional soup combines beef shank, lemongrass, and sour batuan fruit?

   Answer: Kansi

   Why: Kansi is a beloved Western Visayas specialty that tastes like a delicious hybrid of sinigang and bulalo.