Adobo Nation (Draft

Every Filipino I know loves to eat. We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and other occasions. We cook all kinds of our favorite dishes, and always invite our close friends and relatives. We eat three meals a day. While eating breakfast, we are already thinking what's going to be for lunch and dinner. Chicken and pork adobo are one of our best dishes back in the Philippines.

Chicken and pork Adobo are well known Filipino food. We consider them as our national dish, for they are easy to prepare and do not need a lot of ingredients. As long as I have soy sauce, vinegar, salt, and pepper, I can cook my Adobo. Most people I know love adobo except my husband. It does not surprise me because he is no fan of Filipino food. A friend of mine teaches me how to cook her version of Adobo. I must admit, her recipe tastes better than mine. Maybe the saying that food tastes better when you eat at your friend’s house is true.

Adobo is well known among Filipinos. In fact, there is a running program thru Filipino Channel here in United States, they call it Adobo Nation. There are several varieties of cooking adobo. Some people like to sauté it in onion and garlic. Some prefers by mixing all the ingredients, marinating for a couple of hours and simmering for an hour.

I remembered one time, I was eating Adobo and rice (we eat rice three times a day) my husband asked me a funny question. He asked me "Why don’t you eat regular foods." I answered "Hey, I am Asian and this is our regular dish." We eat using our own bare hands, no chopstick, no spoon, and fork, for it enhances the taste of the food. We just wash our hands carefully before eating bare hands.

So when my kids come home, they do not bother me asking what’s for the dinner because they can already tell the delicious and wonderful smell of the Chicken and pork adobo that I have cooked. After eating the Chicken and pork adobo, my children often tell me that it was so tantalizing and very satisfying piece of dish.