Ajusting to her special meal

[ginapeterb]

A Discussion about the joys of arriving home to that wonderful smell of her special meal.

Perhaps some of you will join me in lamenting on those days when you rush home to your new babae from the far east only to find she has cooked one of her speciality meals.

The smell of her smoked dried fish is enough to send you into suicide, and then when she adds vinegar, and Thai fragrant rice to the meal, oh the smell is even worse.

But how about it when she cooks squid, urrrrrrgh, and have you come back to smell Bagoong, with Datu Puti vinegars....

It has become so bad, that I actually pay my babae to not cook her special meal, or I ask her to cook it 2 hours before I get home, eat it, and then spray our home with air fresheners to eradicate the problem, how do you find this ?

[andypaul]

I just go out and jog or watch football i have got quite fit and watched far more games so im not complaining.

Its the neighbours who im sure notice it more as with out any warning the smell creeps in though the highly advanced air extraction system i had fitted kicks in blasting all the vinegar fumes towards there noses at high speed:D

Also luckily my wife has phill only households she can go cook up a storm in within walking distance.

[joebloggs]

being a veggy, i'm :yikes: at some of the things my wife eats and filipino's, pig on a stick, fish with the head still on, and its eyes starring at you :cwm24:, the horrible drink that near killed me, sorry i cannot remember its name, but it was suppose to be i think cherry and it had black jelly like balls in the bottom ?? i was sick for days :NoNo: and the horrible onion tasting ice cream, i never tasted anything so bad :vomit-smiley-011:, i'm a bit lucky here now, she doesn't go to the pinoy shop anymore :D, so it saves money and yuck food, but rice and meat is all she lives off now.. i can live with that :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[bigtombowski]

i adore filipino food :)
i go to "mabuhay" filiipino restaraunt in town, just to experience it :D

let me sample your wife's vinegary fish!

(ok ... that sounds nasty -- u know wot i mean) lol

[bluegirl]

If western hubby or BF finds that some of our specialty meals smell worse, we also find some food in the west are smelly, too, example some cheese smells worse than bagoong, curries and etc...
I know my fiance did not like the smell of bagoong so what I did I cook my specialty meal when he is at the office. Of course do not forget to switch the exhaust fan, when cooking, then get a basin and filled it with water and few drops of zonrox or bleach then soak the cleaning cloth into it and squeeze then wipe all the kitchen counter and the stove. The bleach is a deodorizer. If still can not get rid off the smell, get a small pot put a glass of water put a few drops of fabric softener and let it boil for few minutes am sure your house will smells lovely, by the way, you can use a mixture of dried herbal leaves such as, thyme, oregano, basil, just a pintch of each.

[bigtombowski]

wow lovely :D

[LadyJ]

Oooh! I just cooked dried fish last night IN MY BACK GARDEN using our portable camping stove as I didn't want our house smell like those stinking yummy dried fish, just hate it when the smell get stuck on my clothes, hair and skin..

Luckily my neighbours didn't throw anything at me while cooking the dried fish.:icon_lol:

[bigtombowski]

i want to come to your house and eat ur barbequed stuff! PLEEEEAAAASSSEEE!

[KeithD]

IN MY BACK GARDEN using our portable camping stove


Strange you should say that......:)

[charlwill]

A Discussion about the joys of arriving home to that wonderful smell of her special meal.

Perhaps some of you will join me in lamenting on those days when you rush home to your new babae from the far east only to find she has cooked one of her speciality meals.

The smell of her smoked dried fish is enough to send you into suicide, and then when she adds vinegar, and Thai fragrant rice to the meal, oh the smell is even worse.

But how about it when she cooks squid, urrrrrrgh, and have you come back to smell Bagoong, with Datu Puti vinegars....

It has become so bad, that I actually pay my babae to not cook her special meal, or I ask her to cook it 2 hours before I get home, eat it, and then spray our home with air fresheners to eradicate the problem, how do you find this ?
I am very lucky when it comes to this, coz the love of my life never bothers what I am cooking for my meal. I am even allowed to eat using my hands while I am eating these kind of stuff.

[bigtombowski]

actually char, i am going to share the habit of mar in eating with hands

i love to eat using my hands

coz i did it for a long time when i lived in pakista oops i mean birmingham

[LadyJ]

Tom, You must be kindda down to earth person otherwise not maarte...

THat's hot! wohooo!

[bigtombowski]

thanks i am glad u think i am not OA!

please tell mar :D lol

jok!

[Bridget]

I never tried to cook dried fish when I was in England, as I know a lot of people do not like the smell, especially if you are the new lady in the village, Im sure nobody wants to be known as " she`s the new lady in the village who cooks smelly dried firsh".
For all the new lady in the village out there,Bridget have another tips; if you really miss the dried fish, you can find Peppered Mackerel in Tesco. Its in the frozen section. It boneless, taste like daing or tinapa (dried fish) but doesnt smell like dreid fish.Just squeeze a lemon on it then put in the oven or grilled it.
And for those fiancee here in the Philippines, I will suggest to bring your fiance to the Buffet Restaurants, so that he will see all our specialties, he can try them and you will have an idea what he wants and what he doesnt. You should not be hesitate to discuss to him about foods, honestly some men are very fussy, western men doesnt want fish with head as they say the eyes is starring at him,and etc.
I think also the best way is to learn to adapt the western food, eat potatoe instead of rice.
Im glad I did nt have a problem with my fiance regarding the food or the foods I serve, except that when I ask him to cook for us , he always says that I will end up in the hospital if he will cook our food. Well, I hope he will learn to cook.

[bigtombowski]

in my case, i will welcome the filipino food into the home of me and mar because ... a) i love it b) it'll make her feel more at home
eating with hands - cool
fish taste and smell - cool
fish including eyes - cool :)

i love it all
but
my asawa will also be very happy ... then so shall i be

and rice for breakfast - that's cool too :D

tom

[Bridget]

oh speaking of rice in the morning, we did that before, fried rice and longganisa or pork sausages and sunny side up eggs, but my fiance gain more weights so I decided to stop it. Otherwise, I won`t stop pushing him to go out for a bikeride or jogging.

[bigtombowski]

hehe!
i can't wait to have this fun filipino habit

especially since balut is now available in belfast :D:D:D:D:D

[LEAHnew]

Oh seems you're so excited Tom, goodluck 'tol (bro.) eating balut:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[bigtombowski]

i really am :)

[jimeve]

I had my first taste of Balut late one Evening in Dumaguete,
when i was pissed. they was selling them outside on the streets.
Tasted like yolk. :vomit-smiley-011:

[Bridget]

I had my first taste of Balut late one Evening in Dumaguete,
when i was pissed. they was selling them outside on the streets.
Tasted like yolk. :vomit-smiley-011:

Guys,
Do you know that eating Balut at night is like taking a doze of ginseng, so make sure the missus is around.:yikes:

[kimmi]

im sure sis when the guys here knows about it they will surely get to eat a dozen of balut...he he he

[joyce]

When my husband was here, We had dinner at the barbeque haus, I was surprised when he used his hands when he ate. I thought he will asked fork and knife. My hubby eats rice, he likes when I cook chicken adobo.. he said all the filipino dishes that i cooked he likes it...

[Bridget]

im sure sis when the guys here knows about it they will surely get to eat a dozen of balut...he he he
Mismo... Correct.
So for those thinking to put up a small business, Sell Balut now. Must have free delivery service...:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[jimeve]

easier to take Viagra. :icon_tonguew:

[kimmi]

but its better and cheaper than the viagra..he he he:)

[Bridget]

[QUOTE=joyce;40284 he likes when I cook chicken adobo..

Chicken Adobo, I think thats should be our national dish. I think thats one of the popular filipino dish. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

My sweetheart, he likes sizzling boneless bangus and pork longanisa, but when I took him around in the public market in Ilocos Sur, he saw the longanisa just hanging everywhere and all the flies everywhere :yikes:, so I do not think he will like to eat lonnganisa again::)

[Bridget]

but its better and cheaper than the viagra..he he he:)

So Kimmi, Do not let your fiance eat Balut otherwise you can not go to sleep.:)
Or do not tell him about balut, otherwise he will ask you to bring balut, but its not allowed:yikes:

[kimmi]

chicken adobo is really very common and easy to prepare..my fiance like it too..;)

[kimmi]

sis thank u for the advise, but i do wanted to have lots of kids eh..he's an only child and all alone..he he he

[Bridget]

Ah Ok then you two have to eat Balut then hehehe...

[kimmi]

and an energizing drink sis..he he he

[ginapeterb]

I see everyone enjoyed this thread, brought a few laughs amongst the lot of you, ok pinoy ako pinoy tayo, ipakita sa mundo what good cooks you can be...with your dried fish and your octupus and squid....you say yummy, we say yikes, and you leave your left overs in the fridge, while we leave our socks on the bathroom floor, you move out all our things from our wardrobe, and you put all your things back in it.

And yes girls we do shower twice a day, its not true that all foreigners smell, we know thats what you thought, cos thats what you were told.


There is give and take on both sides, that is why the 2 cultures work together...we love you really...so dont worry about your smelly fish cooking, we live with it...because we need you here...so dont mind us girls when we reklamo...please just laugh will you...and tell us..

SHUT UP BOBO !

its endearing....we love it.

[KeithD]

in my case, i will welcome the filipino food into the home of me and mar because ... a) i love it b) it'll make her feel more at home
eating with hands - cool
fish taste and smell - cool
fish including eyes - cool :)
i love it all
and rice for breakfast - that's cool too :D

tom

You don't get out much do you? :icon_lol:

[tommyw]

I like all the foods mentioned; the dried fish, vinegar, bagoong (especially barrio fiesta).
We went to Edinburgh last week and visited the Filipino store on Easter Rd.
They have a small cafe so we had the pusit adobo/ginataan. It was beautiful. Great atmosphere in this very friendly place.

[Bridget]

When the first time I bring my fiance to a filipino Restaurant in Hong Kong,he likes all the food thats been serve, we had Krispy Pata, pancit or fried noodles, sinigang na hipon (Prawn with tamarind soup), spring rolls and etc. He ate them all, but it was funny coz he even ate the calamansi or local lemon on top of fried noodles.Imagine he put the whole calamansi into his mouth as he thought it will be eaten like that. Of course its bitter and sour and he asked me what was that, so I told him, its calamansi to squeeze into the noodles and we laugh out loud and that experienced always remembered everytime we go to filipino restaurants.

[Tish]

Balut

My son loves eating balut, in fact I was that amazed that he actually likes eating it that I end up taking a photo of him eating balut and showing all his friends at school here!!!

[bigtombowski]

You don't get out much do you? :icon_lol:

correct

[joebloggs]

Balut

My son loves eating balut, in fact I was that amazed that he actually likes eating it that I end up taking a photo of him eating balut and showing all his friends at school here!!!

:vomit-smiley-011::BlacklistThumbdown0 i'm gonna be sick :cwm24:

just watched survivor series 15 eps 6 the yank version based in china, the teams had to eat little baby turtles :cwm24:, chicken hearts :cwm24: whole eels and my wife went crazy when they had to eat balut :cwm24: and it took one of them ages to eat it and the other just threw up :vomit-smiley-011:

i feel ill :angry: :NoNo:

[Alan]

My breakfast here in the Phils. is extremely adventurous................

Cornflakes!

Al.:)

[bornatbirth]

alan thats like me first thing in the morning my stomach takes a while to wake up,i like to keep it simple.Facing a hot meal first thing really turns my stomach but rice for breakfast that i will never understand.
the other thing what really get me is a portion of rice with every take away,burger and rice,pizza and rice?

i really like filipino food but i havent faced anything really smelly yet,i liked my gfs moms cooking!

is balut the mashed up raw fish?
im not sure the thought of eating it put me off or because it was out in the midday sun?

[Tish]

is balut the mashed up raw fish?
im not sure the thought of eating it put me off or because it was out in the midday sun?

I've got a really good pic of balut, but it might offend a lot people here so I'm not sure to post it :omg:

[KeithD]

Rice is natural for breakfast...cereal isn't, only been around a few decades.....rice for centuries....now whose the strange one? :)

[joebloggs]

potatoe is local and natural, your the strange one scouser keith if you have chips or mashed potatoe for breakfast :Cuckoo:

[cinmickey28]

I really don’t know why we Filipino really find dried fish “masarap”. My Darling, would even almost fall passing at the dried fish section at the grocery telling me “quick!quick!go!go!fast!fast! We are crossing that “stinks stuff again!. So, I just never bothered to cook when he is here. Just don’t want to give him headache. He really does when he smells.

Sea foods and squid appeals to me too but it doesn’t appeal to him eating a “rubber” he said. But he was not able to escape with a squid one time we ordered a “chopsuey”. He likes the looks of the vegetables, he likes the taste. But upon seeing the squids just set it aside on his plate and continue eating. But I was the one who enjoyed eating the squid most.