Inihaw na Adobo

Ingredients

• ½ kilo chicken legs or thighs ( or liempo or squid)
• 1/3 cup vinegar*
• ¼ cup soy sauce*
• 3 cloves crushed garlic
• 1 bayleaf
• salt & pepper
• ½ cup water
• bamboo sticks

Pinoys are known for their entrepreneurial spirit. What with sari-sari stores and "carinderia" nearly every other street corner. More interestingly is the business names they concoct to showcase their specialties, not only does it reflect on their creativity & resourcefulness, it says a lot about their sense of humor, culture. and broad appreciation of the English language & literature:

• Goldirocks ___ gravel & sand yard
• Curl up & Dye ___ a beauty salon
• Your Best Vet __ veterinary clinic
• TapSi TurBi__.eatery offering tapa, sinagag, turon, & bibingka!
• Goto Heaven ___ a "goto" (congee) place strategically located across a memorial park!
• Maid to Order ___ maid placement agency
• Talk Dirty to Me ____ janitorial services

• Farmacia with Love__ drug store
• Dear Hunter __ mail order brides
• Sylvestre's Salon ___ another salon
• Scissors Palace__ barber shop
• James Tailoring

• Funeraria Mabuhay
• Babalik Karinderia
• Juice Co! ___ juice stand
• Cooking ng Ina Mo ___ a side street eatery competing with another one just around the corner___ the other one is called Cooking ng Ina Mo Rin.

Dear Pinoy Secrets Team:

I HAVE TO SHARE THIS DELICIOUS PORK POZZOLE I LEARNED FROM MY MEXICAN CO WORKERS:

Dorle

Thank you Dorle for contributing a little bit of Mexican cooking to the Pinoy diet. Since we all love garlicky and spicy foods, we are sure to enjoy your Pork Pozzole! To view contributor Dorle Gatchalian's recipe , click here:Link

Back in Pinas, its summertime again! School's out! Kids pack up their school bags and start packing their swimwear to head for the beach. Many Filipino families, however, opt to bring the whole family to visit relatives abroad, and more often than not, they land in the vicinity of that magical place called Disneyland. So for Fil Ams in the vicinity of this area, prepare for a deluge of Pinoy visitors and just to make the most out of this visit, prepare a list of your favorite pasalubong requests.

Based on time-honored tradition developed through over 30 years of pasalubong-giving, here are the top items you can ask friends and relatives to bring for you when they visit you this summer:

Food

1. Sweets: Chocnut, Dried mango, White Rabbit
2. Chips: Jack & Jill Potato Chips or Cheese Curls, . Chicharon Lapids or Porky's Best, Banana Chips
3. Canned/ Preserved foods: Sardines, Corned beef, Lucky Me La Paz Batchoy
4. Seasonings & Pre-mixed seasonings: adobo, kaldereta, sinigang, Knorr cubes, Aji-nomoto
5. Local Delicacies: Ube Jam, Peanut or Cashew Brittle & Choco Covered Corn Flakes from Baguio, Mangoes or Mango Juice Concentrate from Cebu, Barako Coffee, Batangas Coffee, or Mountain Province coffee, Eng Bee Tin Monggo or Ube Hopia

1. Entertainment Magazines ( Yes! Artista, MOD, etc)
2. OPM Audio CD's ( the latest or compilation of classics like Apo Hiking Society, Martin, Hotdogs, Basil)
3. OPM movies in DVD or VCD ( the latest or the classics like Oro Plata Mata, Sister Stella L, Muro Ami, Filipinas, Mano Po 1, etc)
4. Stella L, Muro Ami, Filipinas, Mano Po 1, etc)
5. Papaya Soap or other skin whitening products, Tawas
6. Native Accessories: Woven Handbag, Accessories made with beads & Crystals, handmade (or even personalized ) cross-stitch items like framed artwork, bags, tablecloth, napkins, linens.

1. Guitar
2. Bagoong & Tuyo
3. Jewelry: all kinds of gold & silver jewelry and pearls!

White Corn:

A guy clangs a hallow tin simulating a bell, he rides his bicycle leisurely, a plastic or aluminum pail hanging behind his seat. He is peddling soft white corn that has been torn from its cob, he places it on fragrant banana leaf, adds salt and freshly grated coconut shreds. Nowhere in the world can you find anything similar to this!

Taho:

The typical "Manong" ( elderly man) straddles across both his shoulders a long stick of what seems to be split bamboo. Both ends of the stick are tied to aluminum buckets, one bigger than the other. He hollers "Taho!" as he stoops down from the weight of his ware. He peddles the healthiest "merienda"(midmorning or mid afternoon snack) in town, soya with syrup/molasses & tapioca

Balot

In the middle of the night, what sounds like a yodel can be heard to be coming from the corner of the street. "Penoy Baloooot!," the yodeler says. He carries in his arms a basketful of warm duck eggs all covered up in newspaper.. and plastic bags full of chicharon hanging out from the basket handle. He peddles the Pinoy delicacy that placed Philippines in the limelight not so long ago through the show called Fear Factor: duck egg complete with warm duck fetus

Household Tips

Cleaning Window Panes: Use vertical strokes when washing windows outside and horizontal for inside windows. This way you can tell which side has the streaks. Straight vinegar will get outside windows really clean. Don't wash windows on sunny day. They will dry too quickly and will probably streak.

Cleaning steel window frames or steel alloy frames/casements: Dust or wipe with a damp rag, then brush lightly some lacquer thinner. After each application, wipe it immediately with a dry cloth so that the paint will not melt. This provides up to 3 years of protection.

Dirty Wooden Frames: Instead of lacquer thinner, use paint thinner to clean varnished wood windows. Just make sure it is wiped dry immediately after each application. Similarly, when using damp cloth to clean windows, let it dry quickly afterwards.

Doors' Jammed Locks: Clean and lubricate moving parts with machine oil. Since oil locks every six months, do not expect this to be a permanent solution.

Doors' Locks & Hinges: Generally, 5 years after installation, screws may loosen, locks may become defective, or hinges may become rusty. Apply automotive fluid to remove rust before applying machine oil, then tighten or replace screws when necessary.

Icy Doorsteps: Get warm water and put Dawn dish washing liquid in it. Pour it all over the steps. They won't refreeze.

Based on leading bookstores and music stores in the Philippines , the following are this month's bestsellers:

1. Da Vince Code -Dan Brown
2. The Five People you meet in heaven -Mitch Albom
3. STATE OF FEAR -Michael Crichton.
4. THE WEDDING -Nicholas Sparks
5. HOUR GAME -David Baldacci

Based on leading bookstores and music stores in the Philippines , the following are this month's bestsellers:

1. I'TS ME -Michael Buble
2. GREEN DAY -American Idiot
3. VERSIONS -MYMP
4. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - Various Artists
5. POT REMASTERED -POT