It’s been months since Carmina last posted on her Google Maps. I started doing it just for fun, exploring new places to dine and travel, and sharing those spots with others. Back in 2017, I wasn’t even blogging yet. Over the years, I received numerous email updates about changes, but in September, the removal of followers on Google Maps felt particularly strange. There’s no point in complaining about it. I decided not to close my account, as it wasn’t an option, but I did delete all the photos I had contributed over the years. I have fond memories of seeing which photos were popular and had hoped to share them with you. It was surprising to see how many views my pictures had accumulated. While deleting them, I noticed that many restaurants and bakeries no longer exist, with some marked as unknown on the map. Most of my photos were from the pandemic period, a time when I could fully express myself and write about the food I enjoyed. Let's take a trip down memory lane with Carmina th...
One day my mom and I went to the grocery store in California where I grew up, she had shopped at Magat an Asian Grocery Store in Union City and my mom decided to buy the ingredients of the dinuguan.
My mom began cooking the dinuguan in the kitchen as I was watching her cook the dish, I saw my mom pour something that look like blood. I questioned my mom what was that she was pouring, and she said it was pork blood.
Ever since I saw the pork blood, she had poured into the dish I had told my mom you are a vampire and ever since that moment I never went back to eat it until I grew older.
During the time I had celebrated my birthday, and I had friends come over at my house my mom would cook dinuguan as one of the main dishes and during that time we had called it chocolate meat. My friend loves my mom's cooking and ask me what it was made of, and I lied it was made of chocolate.
Later my friend asked again for the recipe and wanted their mom to also make it for them that is when I had to inform my friends it was made of pork blood.
Dinuguan is often eaten with puto (steam rice cake) or rice.
Dinuguan Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 Kilo - Pork Belly or Pork Shoulder (cubed)
- 1 1/2 Cup - Pork Blood
- 2 - Knorr Pork Cube
- 2 - Pieces Long Green Pepper
- 2 - Onion (chopped)
- 6 - Cloves Garlic (chopped)
- 1 Tbsp - Ginger
- 1 Tbsp - Patis (fish sauce)
- 1 Tbsp - Brown Sugar
- 1 Cup - Water
- 1 Cup - Vinegar
- 4 Pieces - Dried Bay Leaves
- Cooking Oil
- Salt to taste
- Black Pepper to taste
Cooking Instructions:
- In a pot pour small amount of cooking oil when hot add garlic, onion and ginger to sauté add pork, patis, water until it boils add bay leaves and vinegar cook for 5 minutes.
- Add pork cubes and brown sugar stir until it gets dissolved add water if needed once water gets low from the heat while cooking adds long green pepper and add pour pork blood stir cook for 20 minutes cover with a lid in low heat.
- Season with salt and black pepper to your taste and let it cook for 10 minutes until sauce begins to thicken.
- It is ready to serve in a serving bowl when hot.
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