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Tired of the new rules, Carmina closed her Google Maps account — what pushed her over the edge?

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...
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Have you ever experience being an alien from another country you’ve traveled?

Being an alien where ever you travel the reason I say this when you travel and you look different from someone else from the way you look, talk and dress people identify as you being different from them. No matter if you don't mean well to attract people from both gender it just happens because to you look different from them no matter what nationality they may be who lives in that country to them you are a new face a person that make you who you are from being different to them. No matter if you don't try these people become magnets from you from the appearance that they don't see normally becomes new to you what happens when you are in a public area and whomever you have a relationship develops insecurities from people checking out your friends or partner. Other people get affected by their relationship strangers who you don't know sorry I don't mean it being so different from you and they way I look you cannot not compare ourselves because everyone has their own ...
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The Story of Dinuguan Dish and Its Recipe

Ever since I found out what dinuguan was made of I never ate it again when I was a child it use to be my favorite dish when I was a little kid. 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 m...
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Homemade French Toast with Fruit Topping

You have leftover bread that is about to expire why not make it into homemade French toast this way you're not wasting any food. You have an option to add fruits for your topping for example Carmina used ripe banana on her French Toast. Some people use honey rather using maple syrup which ever works for you is fine. Homemade French Toast Recipe Ingredients: 4 - Eggs 1 Tsp - Vanilla Extract 1 Tbsp - Maple Flavored Syrup 1/4 Cup - Milk Butter Cinnamon Powder  Preparing Homemade French Toast In a bowl you will combine beaten egg with milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon mix well and place slices of bread until it is well coated. Cooking Instructions: In a frying pan small amount of butter place slices of French toast cook both sides ready to serve by adding any type of fruits for your topping and maple syrup on how much you would like to add. NOTE: Carmina is not selling or advertising ingredients to make French Toast in your home. Subscribe & follow @ Carmina Lifestyle  a...
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Cassava Dessert Recipe

Cassava Dessert Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 Package - Cassava 1/4 Cup - Sugar 1 - Condensed Milk 1 - Evaporated Milk 1 - Coconut Milk 1/4 Stick - Butter (melted) 1 Tsp - Lemon Extract 4 - Eggs Preheat Oven 350 Preparating Cassava Combine cassava, sugar, condensed milk, evaporated milk. coconut milk, melted butter, egg and lemon extract mix together. Bake Pour in flat casserole dish bake for at 350 for 50 to 1 hour.
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Almond Jello with Lychees Dessert Recipe

When I was a kid my mom had always made this dessert when she love having friends over to eat at our home. My mom loved to cook and I remember she had girl friends come over and they would eat and run as my dad would come home from work.  You can say our house was like a restaurant only difference there is no tip other than food given by her friends that came over and washed their own dishes as they leave our home. Almond Jello with Lychees Dessert Recipe Ingredients: 4 Packs - Knox Gelatin 2 - Cups Milk 2 Tsp - Almond Extract 1 - Cup - Lychees (peel, remove seed and slice) 3 - Cups - Sugar 1/2 Cup - Water Optional: You can use canned lychees just drain the syrup found in the Asian Grocery Store. Cooking Instructions: In a pot with boil water add Knox gelatin and melt it add milk, almond extract and sugar mix together add lychee place on flat casserole. Place in the refrigerator until harden ready to serve with shaved ice. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channe...
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Crab and Corn Soup with Quail Egg Recipe

Just like any household we also make soup that is also instant, but we add something different to make our soup look and taste different by adding quail egg added to our soup. Crab and Corn Soup with Quail Egg Recipe Ingredients: 1 - Crab and Corn Soup Packet 6 - Pieces Quail Egg  1 - Egg (beaten) Prepare Quail Egg: In a pot add water let the water boil add quail egg cook for 2 minutes remove quail egg place under cold water to remove the skin off on the quail egg set aside. Cooking Instructions: In a pot pour 4 cups of water and pour crab and corn soup let it dissolve inside and mix well place on stove top let it boil and continue to mix it until it is smooth add the beaten egg and quail egg cook for 5 minutes. NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.
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Fresh Lychees in Season

Lychee is in season in the Philippines it can be eaten by itself or make into a juice or dessert from this fruit and the most common it is made as well into a smoothie or milk tea either way how you want to eat it is my favorite fruit. It comes with a branch when you buy it tied up together and when you open it the inside looks like this shown in the picture. Lychee is a sweet fruit and it is juicy as you open it with your hands but it doesn't last long because later the skin becomes hard, rough and start to turn slightly brown as you can see in this picture compare to the first one when it is red. My tip is you can open each one and place it in the fridge by removing its seeds you can also place in the freezer for long life when you plan to make a smoothie out of it in a Tupperware or Ziploc. Lychee is in season from the month of June and July.
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Easy Tomato with Onion Salad Recipe

The employee in the house love eating tomato with onion salad with their fried fish that is cooked by Manang V this way they can eat it with their rice to fill up their stomach. Easy Tomato Salad Recipe Ingredients: 2 Ripe Tomato (sliced quartered) 1 - Onion (chopped) 1 - Piece Calamansi (squeeze juice and remove seeds) 1/4 Cup - Soy Sauce Optional: Rather using soy sauce you can use bagoong to add to the salad of your choice. Upgrade Version: 1 - Salted Egg (sliced) 1 - Mango (cubes) NOT SPONSORED. Subscribe @ Carmina Lifestyle YouTube Channel  a place to look, discover and share. Thank you for your support.
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Fried Eggplant Recipe

Fried eggplant is easy to make and it is healthy way of living when you can eat this with fried fish and soak it with vinegar or other people dip this in alamang kamais, bagoong or soy sauce and eat it with rice. Everyone always find a way to eat this simple dish by adding it with what they have in their home when you crave for eggplant it can be cooked in so many ways. Fried Eggplant Recipe Ingredient: 3 Pieces Eggplant (remove top portion, slice in the center length wise and cut 2 inches) Cooking Oil Cooking Instructions: In a frying pan pour small amount of cooking oil when hot place eggplant cook both sides strain eggplant when fully cooked to remove excess oil or pat with paper towel on plate transfer to a new serving plate. Ready to eat with your fried fish and dipping sauce of your choice.
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