{"id":169,"date":"2022-07-04T04:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T04:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/freeman2022-jtran1\/?p=169"},"modified":"2022-07-05T04:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T04:09:35","slug":"week-4-food-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/freeman2022-jtran1\/2022\/07\/04\/week-4-food-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Week: Food Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello there!  This week\u2019s blog is dedicated to food!  When I first think of Filipino food I think of two words either sour or SWEET.  This is because most Filipino foods have vinegar in them which makes them have a rather sour taste.  On the other hand, the food here is very nice and sweet.   As a person who loves nearly all things sweet, my taste buds are definitely living their best life here.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-\u201cmatamis\u201d, sweet in Tagalog- <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snacks <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday (the 29th), Sarah and I went with my supervisor Sir Alex and Miss Lea to Bulacan for site visits.  We visited three Nutribun adopters: one was a large production facility, one was a national high school, and the other was a bread shop.  Before the work excursion, I did not know how widely distributed Nutribun is.  Miss Lea informed me that site visits to adopters (people who are licensed to produce and distribute Nutribun) are done annually and that there have even been some site visits that required plane travel.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first site visit, Sir Alex gave me a brief history of how Nutribun came to be.  Nutribun was created by the United States in the 70s-80s, Americans created it to help with providing nutrition to those who are malnourished in the Philippines.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That afternoon, we were served lunch at the large facility, where I tried pancit for the first time and Don Benito\u2019s Cassava Cake (the dessert in the picture below in a square box).  Cassava Cake is honestly probably my new favorite dessert I\u2019ve had here in the Philippines (which just slightly surpasses an ube shake with boba).  Unlike the awkwardness I\u2019ve felt in the states while eating with people I don’t quite know, here I feel so welcomed and seen by people I\u2019ve met only an hour before a meal.  This once again shows the hospitable and kind nature of the people here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n