one filipino dish a week

A trip to the farmer’s market always yields some amazing stuff. Case in point… milk! I’ve heard great things about Ronny Brook Farms milk but I’ve actually never had it. It comes in old school bottles. The cows roam free and eat grass! It’s funny how that’s pseudo-revolutionary. I have to say that this milk is leagues above any milk you can get at the grocery store. The taste is pure, creamy, and silky smooth. It has that wow effect when you drink it. So definitely seek out your small dairy farms close by you and get some grass feed, hormone free milk. Next stop I’ll have to seek out some raw milk. This however was a major upgrade to the milk that I’ve been buying and I will try to get Ronny Brook Farms milk whenever I can.

To spice up the normal Sunday breakfast, I bought some wild turkey eggs from the farmer’s market. Once I saw it there was no way I was going to leave there without buying some. The eggs are bigger than the chicken eggs (quite understandably) and the shells almost look like marble or some kind of stone.  I forgot to make note of the farm which these came from but I’ll update the next time I see them.

Continuing with the farmer’s market theme. The Girl and I passed the stall that had a sign that said ‘Seriously Good Bacon.’ Well, if the sign said so I had to try it. Who doesn’t love bacon? There are some baco-vegetarians out there (vegetarians who have exceptions for bacon). Now that’s serious bacon eating. This bacon is from Violet Hill Farms in upstate NY.

Of course being Filipino a meal isn’t complete without rice. So I made some garlic fried rice (sinangag). I know I should’ve probably made tapsilog (tapa (filipino beef jerky) +  sinangag (garlic fried rice) + itlog (egg)). Wow that looked like a math equation of a full stomach! har har har! As for now…the verdict: This was one amazing Sunday breakfast! The eggs were great although I didn’t taste much of a difference from chicken eggs. The bacon was simply yummy. I would get that bacon again and again. Tasted nothing like store bought bacon at least 10x better.

To finish one big asian pear chilled and sliced. What a wonderful start to a Sunday.

Eat Filipino Food!