Chicken Teriyaki

Teryaki always reminds me back home. I love eating this food so much. I wish one day I can get the real taste of the restaurant cooking. I've tried it one time but not yummy as they make it. Somebody please give me an idea how to do it perfectly and yummy? Thanks in advance.

What's Teriyaki?

Teriyaki (kanji: 照り焼き; hiragana: てりやき) is a cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade (tare in Japanese). Teriyaki is served in most modern Japanese cuisines.
Fish – yellowtail, marlin, skipjack tuna, salmon, trout, and mackerel – is mainly used in Japan, while meat – chicken, pork, lamb and beef – is more often used in the West. Other ingredients sometimes used in Japan include konjac and squid.

The word teriyaki derives from the noun teri (照り, teri?), which refers to a shine or luster given by the sugar content in the tare, and yaki (焼き, yaki?), which refers to the cooking method of grilling or broiling. Traditionally the meat is dipped in or brushed with sauce several times before and during cooking.

The tare is traditionally made by mixing and heating soy sauce, sake or mirin, and sugar or honey. The sauce is boiled and reduced to the desired thickness, then used to marinate meat which is then grilled or broiled. Sometimes ginger is added, and the final dish may be garnished with green onions.

Teriyaki can also be served cold, as it often is in bento menus.

Edible Frog

Most girls are afraid of frog. Honestly I'm afraid of all cold blooded animals. Frog is one of them. But I overcome my fear when my uncle and me went to rice field and catch frogs for food. There are frog species that are edible, one of them is called "palakang bukid" (rice field frogs), the one with slippery-smooth skin and large legs. At first I'm don't want to touch those frogs but he told me not be "maarte" so I help him catch them. We went to the rice field at night and bring light with us to attract them. It is better to go catch at night to be sure they are out on the field.

In the morning we clean them. We use ash so we can hold them then kill them by cutting their head first then peel the skin then cut their feet. The way we clean those frogs actually brutal. After cleaning them we just fry them and it taste like chicken. Yummy!!! Frog meat is considered a delicacy in other Asian countries too like Japan and China.

My experiences in catching and killing frogs actually help me in our Biology class. We disect them and know all the parts inside and clean them to submit a skeletal parts. Got a nice grade and our instructor kept my project. I'm so thankful I'm an Ilokano. I was trained not to be afraid with frogs.

Cup Cake

Happy to see these perfectly shape cup cakes. This is actually my first time to do this and I'm just so proud I estimated each one just right. Actually I burned my wrist when I made these cup cakes. Anyway it's worth I guess... I made this for my parents-in-law when they visit us. It's yummy and if you want to try make like this, just be confident and have fun doing it. By the way that's not from scratch. We both the ready to mix one. To make it easy for me and not to much trouble.

Is RICE important?

Rice is the main source of energy for Filipinos. It's always part of our meals. Without rice we can't say it's a meal, but it's just snack.

At first I make sure that my husband will eat rice, I'm lucky he eats meals with it. But I guess it's just psychological that I must eat rice because we are really use to eat meal with it so it's on our mind that we must.

My hubby tries to convince me its ok without rice because it's just carbohydrates. There are a lot of food with carbohydrates. So we try eating potatoes since it's not expensive like rice. Bread n cereal in the morning, burgers, nachios, burritos, quesadia, tacos at lunch then spaghetti, corn chowder, macaroni with cheese, pizza and all food without rice for dinner. I tried not eating rice in three days, made me weak. Not really that weak but I felt like I need it. Rice is important for me so I asked my hubby to buy sack of rice.

Dungeon Crab for Dinner

Last night we went to our friends' house. They invited us for dinner. That was a great dinner because they prepared dungeon crab thai recipe.

First he killed the live crab then steam them. Chopped Ginger,Onion Strings and Onion. Saute' all ingredients with chilli oil them add the steamed crab then add oyster sauce. Simple mixing and it was so yummy. We ate for almost one hour. I can't just stop eating eventhough it was so spicy.

Our friend packed some of the crab for us to bring home. That was so kind! I'm so happy to have the same meal for today. I love crabs.