SOME FILIPINO FOODS. 
By H. D. Gipps* and F. AGCAOILI. 
(From the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Bureau of 
Science, Manila, P. I.) 
With the codperation of 
G. R. SHILLING.’ 
(From the Bureau of Health, Manila, P. I.) 
CONTENTS. 
BAGOONG. ‘ BIHON, MISUA, AND MIQUE. 
DRIED FISH. TOYO SAUCE. i 
BALUT. CHOCOLATE. 
Locusts. © 
INTRODUCTION. 
The people of almost every country of the world are accustomed 
to certain foods which are ignored or ridiculed by the people 
of other nations. Many of these foods, which are considered 
delicacies by some, are regarded with disgust by others. We 
have collected some data on this subject in the Philippine Islands, 
and present the results in this paper. 
Dampier, who visited the Batan Islands, now Batanes Prov- 
ince, in 1687, describes? some peculiar dishes of which the 
natives were very fond. 
I did never see them kill any of their Goats or Hogs for themselves, 
yet they would beg the Paunches of the Goats that they themselves did 
sell to us; And if any of our surly Seamen did heave them into the 
Sea, they would take them up again and the Skins of the Goats also. 
They would not meddle with Hogs-guts, if our Men threw away any 
besides what they made Chitterlings and Sausages of. The Goat-skins these 
People would carry ashore, and making a Fire they would singe off all 
the Hair, and afterwards let the Skin lie and parch on the Coals, till 
* Associate professor of chemistry, University of the Philippines. 
?Food and drug inspector, Bureau of Health. 
*Dampier’s Voyages. London (1906), 1, 423. 
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