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Meats play a veiy seeoiidary part in llic local dietary as in nthcr parts 

 of the Philippines. Apparently the only local sii])))ly that is al ail con- 

 stant is of fresh pork; pigs, hoth large and small, licing almiidant in 

 the town and always offered for sale on market days, (ioats <\vv utilized 

 for food to a limited extent. Beef is ap])ar('ntly never, or at least very 

 rarely, offered for sale in the local market ; a meat elosely resend)ling 

 it — that is, the meat of the water hutfalo or carabao — is probably sold at 

 times here as in other Philipjiine towns, but the supply must be very 

 limited and inconstant as these animals aie far too valuable for other 

 purposes to be used for food under ordinary conditions, so they are prob- 

 ably rarely slaughtered for food except when inca])aeitated for further 

 work. Here, as elsewhere in the Archipelago, animals such as horses and 

 carabaos that have died a natural death from any cause are doubtless 

 utilized as food, although no direct evidence is at hand bearing on the 

 local case. 



Fowls, especially chickens and ducks, are found abundantly locally 

 and are considerably utilized for food, especially among the natives of 

 the well-to-do classes, while eggs, both fresh and "balut" (incubated) 

 are somewhat used, 'i'he comparatively high jirit-c of all meats, poultry 

 and eggs, place these products beyond the means of the average native 

 of the laboring class for regular articles of diet. 



A'arious pre})ared foods are sold in the market and in the tieiidas, sut-h 

 as fiuriian, made of tapioca, rice and sugar, wrapped in banana leaves and 

 l)oiled : })ofo, made of l)oiled rice Hour and sugar; poto src(j. the same 

 thing, but dried after cooking; hlhinhi hg vialagj,-it. pi'cpared from a 

 glutinous variety of rice vvitli grated coconut meat and sugai', and doubt- 

 less some other similar forms of food. V'ai'ious prepared foods <if Chinese 

 origin are also sold, such as gulaman, made from a seaweed ; hilnni. made 

 of rice flour, corres])onding roughl}^ to our spaghetti ; and iiii/>-l somewhat 

 similar but made of rice flour and mongo beans (Phascohis iiiiniijn). 

 Cakes made from wheat flour, either baked locally oi' imjiorted from I'asig 

 or Manila, are sold in small quantities. Wheat bicad i< used scarcely at 

 all, so that wheat can not be considered to have any \A-m-v in the dietary of 

 the average native. 



Dairy products such as milk, buttei- and cheese ha\c no place in the 

 dietary of the natives, except the foinier. wliieh is obtained fiom the 

 water bulfalo and is tised to a limiteil extent. 



In s|)ite of the proximity of 'I'aytav to Manila with its relatixely \cv\ 

 rich markets, its food sup])ly seems to be almost enliridy local as noted 

 above. Imported preserved meats, (ish, fruits, vegetables, milk, buttei', 

 cheese, etc., are not to hv found in the local markets or tienda.s, and are 

 ]ti-ol»ably not at all utilized b\ the iidiabitants of tlie town or else to a 

 \ery limjted extent and among a \er\ limited elas.~ of inhabitants. Fresh 

 potatoes, onions, etc., although always to lie found in the Manila mai'ket. 

 ai-e rarely obtainable locally, and then oiil\ in \ery limited (piantities. 



