Family Ingredients

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Host

We then got in the car and went to the market. They don't call it mercado, which is a Spanish term, they actually call it, market. So here you are you're seeing the American influence. Going to the marketplace was a moment that I was waiting for coming to the Philippines and I tell you what it delivered. It hit you on all senses. (electronic music) (crowd murmuring) The strawberries are grown here? Yes chef. Wow I don't see-- -

Man

Seems like it's in season right now. -

Host

Yeah it's going off. (shouting) -

Host

How come they put the gills over here you think? In the fish booth there's this guy that was fileting fish like I had never seen. Rather than go in from the bottom, he went in from the back, he had a fish that was totally fileted out, a pile of bones, a pile of fish guts, and a pile of like this one little muscle. -

Man

One, two, three. Wish all my cooks could be this efficient. (electronic music) -

Host

We went there specifically with the reason to gather ingredients to cook dinner for a bunch of folks that are getting together tonight. Maybe a citrus salad huh? We didn't have anything in mind. This style of cooking I love, you just go and see what's there and then decide what you're gonna make. Oh my god, look at this and beans. -

Man

Mongo, hejed peas, black eyed. -

Host

Look at this. -

Man

This with pig feet, oh man. They have two pressure cookers - Oh yeah. Two big pressure cookers up there. We can do that. Just make a bean stew with tomatoes. -

Man

We can probably find some Chicharrn or something or some pork fat, right? Yeah, something. Saute it off. I got grains, grains, grains, grains, grains, grains I do adore. -

Man

You smell the difference. -

Man

That jasmine kind of smell. (speaking foreign language) -

Host

Obviously driving up through the rice paddies I think really take their rice seriously. They had dozens of different sorts of rice, some were long grained, scented rices. They had short rice, they had purple, black, brown, red rice. Cut this up and sell it on the streets. Right there, back home. (grunting) Yessir, here we go.