Do Filipinos enjoy eating chicken feet, heart, liver, kidney, etc. cooked with vinegar and onions? If so, what is the reason for their preference for these offal parts?

 

Ghemma Marie

 

Philippines

Is it only the Filipinos? Almost our neighboring Asians eat animal parts that are considered by other nations as discard.

I think it's not about preference. It is about survival that makes people eat something that is considered taboo to other nationalities. The Filipinos in the past had experienced extreme hunger because of war, famine, natural calamities and mostly survived on fruits, root crops, grains than can be easily found in the sorroundings. It is unlikely that meat is a common part of the diet as during those days people live like a nomadic lifestyle (fleeing from place to place). Before the introduction of raising animals for food consumption, they hunt wild animals and fish as a source of protein, and from there, they consider every part of the carcass as edible because, come on, it's rare and it is a part of a tasty meal as well.

In regards to the mentioned “vinegar and onion" with the addition of ginger, and black pepper, salt to taste and also birds eye chillies. Literally it is not common to only add vinegar and onion to cook Filipino dishes. There are dishes or appetizers as we called, that uses native vinegar and onion, with the addition of other ingredients of course, like fish ceviché jumping salad, and paksiw dishes.

A jumping salad is pouring a mixture of vinegar, salt, onion, chili, ginger into a bowl of fresh (moving) small shrimps making the animals to jump while they're eaten alive.

Back to the main topic, yes, almost every part of the slaughtered animal are eaten. Balls, brain, eyes, nose, ears, tonque, heart, gizzard, kidneys, intestines, trotter, knuckles, blood, snout. These are meat discards but Filipinos, along with other Asian countries have a unique way of preparing it and transforming it into an exotic and tasty dish.

Let's take a look;

1. India's Rakti or blood fry.

2. Singapore's pig organ soup.

3. Japan's Horumon Yaki

4. Taiwan's Milkfish deep fried and soup intestines.

5. China's stewed lung and intestines.

6. Indonesia goat liver Satay and fried pig tongue Padang

7. Philippines’s meat and pig brain dinakdakan

Chicken intestine isaw

Blood stew dinuguan

Goat/ cow meat and intestine pinapaitan. (Using bile as a one of the flavourings to attain that slightly bitter taste, the name came from the root word “pait” means bitter.

Chicken gizzard and liver adobo.

Bopis, a spicy dish of minced pork, heart, kidney and lungs.

Braised chicken feet

6. Arab’s Pacha (grilled sheep's eyeballs).

Now, have you heard of placenta? Just kidding.

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Is Low Saxon considered a dialect of High German?

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To explain things further, dialects spoken in Germany can be classified into two main languages: Low Saxon (aka Low German), and High German.

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An interesting fun fact is that Low German actually has a more recent ancestor with English than it does High German. Low and High German being lumped together as part of a unified “German” has more to do with history and politics.

EDIT: Gunārs Miezis pointed out that the map above doesn’t show all of the Low German dialects for some reason, so here’s a more accurate one for that:

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By Manila Bulletin and The Associated Press

Published Jun 24, 2025 01:26 pm

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Despite continuing operations, the Gokongwei-led airline stated that Cebu Pacific is actively monitoring the situation.

“We understand that some travelers may still have concerns,” Cebu Pacific said in an advisory. “We continue to actively monitor the situation and will share further updates as necessary.”

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Passengers are encouraged to regularly check their flight status on the official Cebu Pacific website, and to update their contact details via the Manage Booking portal to ensure they receive timely flight notifications regarding any changes or advisories.

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By Neil Ramos

Published Jun 24, 2025 06:22 pm

Ivana Alawi has yet to directly address rumors of a supposed affair with producer-politician and Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez but in her latest YouTube vlog posted Monday, June 23, the actress offered a pointed denial—via a lie detector test.

Hooked up to a real polygraph machine and questioned by her sister Mona, Ivana was asked, “Ikaw ba ay nanira ng pamilya?” Without missing a beat, she answered, “No.”

The machine operator gave a thumbs-up, signaling a truthful response.

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