Lasang Pinoy - Drinks

For this week's theme, Drinks, I decided to post: Black Gulaman (sweet grass jelly drink).

I would normally use caramelized brown sugar, and canned grass jelly. It can also be mixed with soy milk to produce a milky white liquid with black strands in it.

Grass jelly is considered a tonic. Grass jelly is made by boiling the aged and slightly fermented stalks and leaves of Mesona chinensis (member of the mint family) with potassium carbonate for several hours with a little starch and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency. This jelly can be cut into cubes or other forms, and then mixed with syrup to produce a drink or dessert thought to have cooling properties, which makes it typically consumed during hot weather. The jelly itself has a slight bitter taste, a light iodine lavender flavor, and is a translucent black. (source)

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Lasang Pinoy - Grilled

Grilled Salmon Teriyaki, my first entry for La.Pi.S =)





Needed:


Sugar
Sesame oil
Garlic, minced
Ginger, crushed
Soy Sauce
Vinegar
Salmon Steaks

In a shallow dish, combine the first 6 ingredients. Marinate the steaks into the mixture at minimum 1.5 hours. Grill over charcoal (or any griller you have), brush with the marinade, turning once after 9-12 minutes then cook the other side for another 10 minutes...serve!

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Food Friday - Udon

Japanese Udon with surimi, seaweed flakes, and a lot more spices!

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Food for Which My City/Town is Known For Listing

Its July and so as promised, here is the listing:

Beer - Ashburn, Virginia (Oggi)

Sacher Torte - Vienna, Austria (Mirage2g)

Wiener Schnitzel - Vienna, Austria (Mirage2g)

Thats it! lol. Unfortunately everyone seems so busy that only Oggi and I did this. Anyway, I will leave the listing open and everyone can freely submit theirs everytime...=)

Hope to see your city on the list soon!

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