Category Archives: Food

Food, Government, Social Media

Make Way For Nutribun 2.0: New And Improved!

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Davao City Bureau) – Nutribun is a baked product developed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). This soy-fortified bread flour improved the nutritive value of cereal-based food

USAID tapped the government of President Ferdinand E. Marcos to introduce the product in the Philippines in 1970 to help combat child malnutrition and serve as emergency food during disasters.

Now, nutribun is coming back, under the administration of Marcos’ son, President Bongbong Marcos and Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte.

It is being described as Nutribun 2.0, and is an “enhanced” version of the original product, complete with different nutritious flavors.

If history repeats itself, so does nutribun, albeit new and improved!

Culture, Food

Balut: Filipinizing An Easter Tradition

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It’s Easter and it’s time for an age-old tradition of the Easter egg hunt, an activity loved by children and adults alike.

Making Easter eggs has been problematic this year in the Philippines because of the shortage and exorbitant prices of chicken eggs.

But leave it to Filipino ingenuity to and resolve to deal with crises.

This year, some 80% of Easter eggs that will be used for the egg hunt will be made from balut.

Balut is a fertilized bird egg (usually a duck) which is incubated for a period of 14 to 21 days, and then steamed. The contents are eaten directly from the shell. Balut that is incubated for longer periods have a well-developed embryo and the features of the duckling are recognizable.

So this Easter week, don’t expect mamang magbabalut (balut vendor) to roam the streets selling the popular delicacy.

Food, Gender

Jollibee’s Gender Now In Question

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – We all know that KFC is represented by Colonel Sanders and McDonald’s by Ronald McDonalds— both males. But who represents Jollibee?

Well, Jollibee has always been referred to (even by McDonald’s) as the fat stupid happy bee. But what is its gender?

Problem is, no one knows Jollibee’s gender. It could be anything — from male, female, LGBT, or even asexual (which is closest to Jollibee’s public personality.

What do you think?