This is something that grows on a tree
It is a fruit that is green or red
It’s said gravity was discovered
When one of these fell on Newton’s head
Apple
Bulalo
This Filipino dish is known as the unofficial national dish of the Philippines. Although the Spanish version is popular for marination, Filipinos emphasize the cooking process of garlic, vinegar, bay leaves, black peppercorn, and soy sauce.
Adobo
This hunk of purple yam goodness can be found in many Filipino treats such as cakes, ice cream, and halo-halo.
Ube
I'm red and have seeds, and I am also round. Sliced up in salads, is where I can be found.
Tomato
I am a fruit that’s curved
Although I am not round
Don’t slip up on my skin
If it’s dropped on the ground
Banana
Ingredients:
Caldereta
The presence of this dish during birthday parties is often common. As it represents the wishing of a prolonged and healthy life.
Pansit
A steamed rice cake derived from Indian culture which is usually topped with coconut, butter, or cheese.
Puto
This is normally grown in fields, Its a grain from what I hear. It can be eaten piece by piece, or straight from a long ear.
Corn
This is a type of fruit
Whose outside’s brown and hairy
It’s white on the inside
And it comes from a palm tree
Coconut
Ingredients
Afritada
Anthony Bourdain, an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian, claims that Cebu, Philippines is the best place to get this dish.
Lechon
A chocolate porridge brought to the Philippines by the Spanish from Mexico. Throughout the years Filipinos were able to make it their own by the addition of rice. *HINT! --Ate Cora says it tastes better with at LEAST a can of condensed milk.
Champorado
The bigger the seed is the more it feeds, this orange squash, has lots of seeds.
Pumpkin
I can be red or green
I get grown on a vine
I’m dried to make raisins
Or squeezed to help make wine
Grapes
Ingredients
Mechado
This Filipino soup dish is known for its sour (maasim) and savory taste. It consists of pork or fish and mostly green/leafy vegetables.
Sinigang
It is a Filipino cold dessert which includes crushed ice, evaporated milk, and other ingredients such as ube, sweetened beans, banana, jackfruit, etc.
It is also the opposite of "goodbye-goodbye."
Halo-Halo
I am very small and green. I grow on trees and I love everything.
Olive
I am a type of citrus fruit
Although I am not an orange
I am not a melon either
But ‘melon’ you should rearrange
Lemon
Ingredients
Bistek
This seafood dish originates from the northern indigenous regions of the Philippines. It is a dish with mixed vegetables steamed with "Patis" or fish sauce or fermented fish or shrimp paste called "Bagoong."
Pinakbet
Rice cake traditionally eaten during Christmas Season cooked in clay pots lined with leaves.
Bibingka
I come in many colors, including red, green and yellow. Be careful, sometimes I can be a spicy fellow.
Pepper