SOME FILIPINO FOODS. 385 
The native name for the young is lukton (Tagalog) and for the 
adults, balang (Tagalog). 
The order Hymenoptera includes: Megapis (Apis) zonata 
Smith, Megapis (Apis) dorsata Fabr., pukyutan (Tagalog), 
and Apis indica Fabr., leyuan. (Tagalog), all being bees, the 
honey and also the comb containing larvz of which are eaten. 
At the time of the beginning of the enforcement of the Food 
and Drugs law, Act No. 1655 of the Philippine Commission, 
May 18, 1907, a study of native food and drinks was commenced. 
We have been handicapped in this work owing to the difficulties 
encountered in obtaining reliable information from the various 
parts of the Islands without personal exploration, the value 
of which, in many cases, is not commensurate with the labor 
and expense. The manufacture of food products in the provinces 
is at a minimum, and is in almost all cases, except the alcohol 
and sugar industries, only for local consumption. In Manila 
the manufacture of a few foods is carried on in a small way. 
BAGOONG. 
Bagoong is a mixture of small fish and salt which has under- 
gone a process of fermentation. Artificial coloring is sometimes 
added. This food product is known throughout the Philippine 
Islands under different names according to the dialects spoken, 
and probably there are no markets without a place where bagoons 
of different kinds is sold on a small scale. Most of the products 
which are put on the markets in Manila come from the provinces 
where they are made in large quantities. In many towns, if 
not all, especially in the north, bagoons is one of the principal 
foods of the people. In fact, most families of the poorer class 
can live very comfortably on bagoong and boiled rice alone. Its 
manufacture is carried on entirely by the natives, and the 
process requires only a bolo® to cut the larger fishes into small 
pieces. 
*The investigations so far as published include: Editorial: Food and 
drug inspection. This Journal, Sec. A (1908), 3, 44; On the detection 
and determination of coconut oil, ibid., 371; Editorial: Proprietary medi- 
cines in the Orient, ibid., 411; The alcohol industry of the Philippine 
Islands, Part I. A study of some palms of commercial importance with 
special reference to the saps and their uses, ibid. (1911), 6, 99 to 206; 
Part II. Distilled beverages, their consumption and manufacture, ibid. 
(1912), 7, 19; Part III. Fermented beverages which are not distilled, 
ibid., 97; Soja-bean curd, an important oriental food product, ibid., 47. 
Several other articles on food products are in preparation. 
"A heavy, long-bladed knife used by the natives. 
