Weekend Dinner Chronicle #3 Arosep, Adobong Pusit, Fried Galunggong Fish, Chopsuey & Misua Patola

What's for dinner?

How do you eat the aroseps? For us, washed it thoroughly with running water and drain. Arosep or sea-grapes is a type of sea weeds, color green and looks more like a mini-grapes, ready to eat as is or to some they made it into a salad by adding tomatoes, onions, garlic & bagoong [anchovies]. Also known as "lato' in Tagalog and green caviar. Rich in iodine and minerals, best eaten with fish, pork or chicken meat. Aroseps are abundant in northern part of Luzon or I believe in certain parts of the country where fishing are mostly seen. A 1/4 kilo [.25 grams] cost about PhP 30-35 [$.80 cents] from the wet market. 

We ate the aroceps fresh as is without the garnishing, my 4-year old kid can finish a platter of this. =) We started to gave her some when she was 2 years old, told her it's a different kind of grapes, from then on she got used to eating it. Adobong pusit [squid] was cooked the Filipino adobo way, but this time tomatoes were added. Chopsuey, a Filipino vegetable dish adopted from Chinese culture. Every Filipino household can create they own version of mix & match vegetable Chopsuey. Fried Galunggong Fish, a very popular fish in the Philippine waters and market. Galunggong has several regional names in Philippine archipelago: correct me if I'm wrong... Budburon [Cebu], Marot [Negros], Budloy [Butuan]In english: Hard-tail mackerel [galunggong babae, round scad [galunggong lalaki] & muro-aji in Japan. 

Galunggong even symbolizes our economy's gross annual growth. Cost of galunggong per kilo is said to gauge if the poorest of the poor would able to afford to serve it to each homes. Considering the cost per kilo sometimes only average Filipino family can established. Galunggong is often served pan-fried.

This time, the patola with misua, had a little twist. Aside from the pork strips, we add chicken liver and gizzard, thus making the stew so tasty! =) 

No we are not misua addicts, it's just that on weekend we prefer more vege food. =)

From a local wet market find.