Sunday, August 15, 2010

Roots and Recipes Brainstorm

A Filipino dish called chicharon is the food I will be describing.  It  is like roast pork but the difference is that roast pork is roasted where as chicharon is deep fried with really hot oil.  Also that the pork skin in the chicharon is fluffy and crispy like pork grinds where as roast pork the skin is not fluffy and crispy.  I eat the chicharon with a sauce that can be store bought but I prefer it homemade with onions, tomatoes and fish sauce.  With that for dinner I eat it until I am full.  You can hear the pork sizzling in the frying pan and the smell of the sauce with onions and tomatoes, it makes my mouth water.  Then when you eat it fresh it is the best.  I chose this dish is because I remember when I was young around 8 years old and I hated it my dad made me try it and I immediately spit it out but now I love it and eat it all the time which is kinda wierd since I didn't like it before.  I chose this dish also because my tata and mama aka grandma and grandpa always bring the chicharon to parties and special occasions like christmas and halloween and I would eat it  up like there is no tomorrow.  For this essay and project I will be interviewing my dad since he is Filipino and he knows how to make chicharon and the sauce. 

1 comment:

  1. Wow Mikayla, this sounds like a really tasty dish! I like the way you compared and contrasted it to roast pork to help describe it.
    You have some good specific detail, the ingredients and how the pork is "fluffy and crispy" and "sizzling" in the hot oil. When you write the final essay, be sure to include a bit more about the family occasions where you have eaten this special dish :)

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    mrs s

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