The Fiesta
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
September 1, 2016 4:08am CST
Fiesta is the thanksgiving day in honor of the patron saint of a place here in the Philippines , usually in the provinces .
A mass concelebrated by many priests is done in the morning of the fiesta . And of course the highlight is each house has prepared foods for their guests .
I have written about the day before our fiesta earlier , which was August 29 . The fiesta was the next day 30th .
At home , the foods prepared were all done out of love of my 3 sisters , brother-in-law and a nephew , of course with the help of helpers we hired for the occasion and by the caretakers of our lots .
Each of them made their specialties . The result , lots of foods .
Though , this year no "lechon" , because since father's leg was amputated , last year , he vowed not to buy it anymore for special occasions . But sometimes , my nephews would buy one , if it is their occasion we are celebrating like when their kid was christened .
However even without lechon , as you can see there were lots of foods prepared .
Take your pick guys !
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
Here , Filipinos would have foods for every occasion they would like to celebrate like a promotion , a raise in salary or whatever .
Yes, you should move here and go to places where there are fiestas because the foods are a plenty and free for everyone who would like to greet the owner , a Happy Fiesta .
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
1 Sep 16
I can see the calderetta and lumpia ( spring rolls) wow my favorite. Fiesta is fast approaching our place but we do not celebrate it cause we are not catholic so I just celebrate it on other people's houses
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
Yes, the calderetta was delicious And of course the spring roll . But iprefer it as fresh lumpia , but this time mysister didn't make them .
You mean you don't celebrate it just because you are of different religiOn?
But at least you get to partake of the foods prepared by your relatives. and friends .
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Sep 16
@louievill That's good because you still attend those fiesta celebrations even if you aren't a Catholic anymore .
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
@SIMPLYD Christians do not celebrate it in our houses and we do not go to mass either, only church service, but I know these things, because I studied in Catholic schools and partly raised by my aunts who were catholic.
Yes we go to houses of people who invite us or who tell is to drop by during casual conversations a few months, weeks or days advance amd quite a lot ask us to drop by
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 Sep 16
wow, how many pigs did you kill? how many fishes did not swim and landed on your table? that is lots and lots of food, my lady.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
5 Sep 16
@SIMPLYD oh, if i went there in your house, i would just dig in to the fish and the fruit vegetables my lady. and cut down on meats.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16750)
• China
2 Sep 16
What a hearty meal with a great variety of dishes!You have obviously gone to lots of trouble over it.It is sad that your father's leg was amputated.
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@PurnaSharma (2562)
• Guwahati, India
5 Sep 16
I missed lechon,in india you find very rare and it is expensive too.I haven't seen anybody cooked here at home
My mouth gets watering,,, may i get some
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Sep 16
Really , you also have lechon or roasted pig in India . Indeed it is expensive , because it's a whole pig that is roasted .
But , it is indeed so delicious specially if the skin is so crispy .
@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
2 Sep 16
Oh all those foods! .. We got invited to a christening 2 weeks ago and it was like Fiesta also .. We enjoyed eating some of the Filipino foods we seldom get to eat here at home ..
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
3 Sep 16
@epiffanie Oh , those are some of the best tasting dishes .
Have you tasted lechon already?
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
3 Sep 16
@SIMPLYD I enjoyed the kare-kare and caldereta and also the relyenong bangus
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
3 Sep 16
I love it whenever there are occasions that bring family and relatives together. Having good food is a great bonus too of course!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Sep 16
@cahaya1983 Well, in a fiesta , people do come for the free food!
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
4 Sep 16
@SIMPLYD Same here. Some people only come for the free food
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
2 Sep 16
wow! that's quite the spread ya got laid out there :) all looks mighty temptin'! what a wonderful way to share the bounty.
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@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
I was looking for lechon in the photo. Good thing you explain it well. Hahaha. You know, for me the celebration would not be completed without lechon. Anyway, I love the food.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
I have the same thinking too. but then, it did well even without the lechon this time .
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
It's good you still observed the tradition of the family with the help of hired hands cooking the food themselves for the fiesta. It's a labor of love. In our place, the practice is shifting to have a food caterer do the preparation and even the serving. The excitement is almost gone. I remember my childhood when relatives of my aunts would come over from another town to help in the cooking the day before the fiesta.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
That is true . My sisters would still like to cook . Maybe they want to hear the praises of the guests that they are delicious .
Our relativeas. don't come because before the fiesta to help because they also have their fiesta . It's the caretakers that always come .
So., on the bisperas night ,we have "dinuguan" and chicharon bulaklak for dinner . Yummy!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
@sunrisefan I think you don't eat dinuguan and chicharon bulaklak ? he he he
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Sep 16
That's not a sausage . That's what we call. morcon . That's pig casing stuffed with cooked ground pork, sausages , egg, raisin and a lot more . Yummy!
Actually , i have pictures of the desserts and the ther angle. But we can only post one here . ha ha ha
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
1 Sep 16
Happy fiesta! Hope you all have fun.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
1 Sep 16
Oh yes , we really had so much fun eating those foods . We even have "bring home " foods we ate for dinner at home .
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
4 Sep 16
Mother accidentally overlycut a toenail of my father and resulted to a wound that became gangrenous. So it has to be amputated. He isa diabetic that's why.
Hey , nice to see you here? Busy taking care ofthe baby ?
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
5 Sep 16
@BenRyanLee No wonder , it's just now that i have seen you again . Enjoy being a dad then , my friend .