Atty. Lemneo Reyes

It is with sadness that I am informing you all of the passing of Atty. Lemneo Reyes. His mortal remains will be brought to Loyola Guadalupe.

Agpalaran....

T his longganisa thing in me just will not go away. Jim & I will "agpalaran" and venture out into longganisa Alaminos making this weekend.

I chanced upon this recipe of the famous longganisa Alaminos from the www.alaminoscity.gov.ph website. I would consider this as a very reliable source - no mabalin la kuma nga saludsuden kenni Aling Charing, dayti suki ni Mama idiay palengke.
Awan met itti pork casings nga makita idiay Walmart so I ordered collagen casings ( salamat uli Ramil )at Amazon.com for pork casings substitute.

Longganisa Alaminos Recipe

Basic ingredients:
¾ k ground lean pork, ¼ k pork fat, 4 tbsp. sugar, 2tbsp. coarse salt, 2 tsp. ground black pepper, 2 tbsp. vinegar, ¼ tsp. salitre, ½ tbsp. soy sauce, 2 tsp. garlic (chopped), 1 tbsp. rum, atsuete or food coloring Pork casings

1. Mix all ingredients and refrigerate for 5 days.
2. Stuff mixture in pork casings. Tie with strings to desired length.
3. Hang to dry.

We will follow this recipe down to the last tuldok. I will update in five days no ag-angot longganisa Alaminos sen.

Agpalaran ..baka mabalin nga kastoy itti pagbanagan na....

Travelogue: Pangasinan(3)

I am posting some more entries before we leave for Columbia to see AJ. He is not feeling very well & is needing some TLC ( translate: somebody to cook for him, do his laundry & tidy up the house - Super Nanay to the rescue).


We are now entering the town f Agno, Pangasinan. The picture showed the new bridge that connects the main town to the other towns across the big river. Some of the towns would be Sabangan & Bunga. Narakrak nga intiro dayti old Sison Bridge and in its place now stands the new bridge. Saan ko kinita no sinno itti pinanaganan da.

We passed the old homes & some of the newer homes. Remember this is post Ondoy. Addo pay met itti saan pay nga naurnos nga balay. Ngem addo metten itti natarimaannen. Again I was not too quick to take the pictures since mayat met itti agbuya ken ag-reminisce.

We passed the Presidencia and the Plaza. Na-akepan metten dayti Plaza. Good - ta uray agtudo no piyesta mabalin da pay latta itti ag-bayle. I remember those lazy summer days I spent in Agno. The plaza was the social venue for halo-halo eatings.



We stopped b y the old church. Naakepan metten itti yero dayti bubong na. I am sure napakainit sa loob during summer. Next post - I might have some pictures of the interior of the church.



In the meantime, I was able to take tnis picture in all of its clarity. I enjoy looking at it from time to time since talaga met nga naimas nga kitaen - naimimas pay nga kanen. This is one of the gigantic Chow King poster that really caters to your subconscious mind - that part of the brain that controls the desire for food ( sa akin, that would be the biggest part of my brain , hehe). Do appreciate the vividness of the ice cream, lech flan, saba, pinipig, the different gelatin, ube, sweet beans and langka. NAPAKASARAP!!!!