Food photography #3: We had snacks this morning.
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
April 30, 2017 5:19am CST
We always do this after participating in the Holy sacrifice of the mass: going to a food store and have our snacks. Sometimes too, it is our brunch.
Why snacks when we are going home after mass? It is because I have my breakfast with a cup of hot coffee and cheese sandwich, and so my stomach rumbles even while the mass is going on. The vermicelli is already good to fill up my stomach, until we can have our lunch at home.
The 3 of us had noodles of different preparation, but with the common noodles as vermicelli. Each plate cost PhP50.00. My sister had cellophane noodles (sotanghon), my son had round rice noodles with thick shrimp sauce (palabok), while I had Chinese rice noodles (bihon-and the picture is my snack). I and my sister had water while my son had an 8 ounce bottle of orange.
Do you have your heavy snacks before your lunch?
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21 responses
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
it's so colorful! you're so patient in preparing everything from scratch. you have to use a machine to shape them, right?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@LadyDuck great idea! sometimes i find using scissors faster when cutting or slicing something than a knife.
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@LadyDuck (471456)
• Switzerland
30 Apr 17
@hereandthere I use the machine to flatten the dough, but most of the time I cut them manually. When the dough is almost dry, you roll it and you cut, very easy.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
30 Apr 17
That looks really delicious....not well today but neighbour sent over food so that was good.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
sorry, and take care. if you don't mind, kindly reiterate why your good neighbor sends you food?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
1 May 17
@ridingbet I was not feeling well yesterday, they knew and so they sent over fish and lentils.
I am fine today and I sent them my cooking.
Its a common practice here.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
i like sotanghon, and i even cook this with salmon or sardines.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
oh, you mean my 'bihon', kabsat? yes it was yummy, and we had our lunch at 2Pm because we were full after the snacks.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
my breakfast is usually bread and coffee, too.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
@cacay1 if i eat rice for breakfast, i actually get hungry again.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
30 Apr 17
@hereandthere me rice , fish, coffee and fruit so not hungry during snack stomach full
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
but don't you make a sandwich for breakfast, for yourself?
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
so, no sandwich and tea or coffee for snacks, but just junk food?
@Courtlynn (67083)
• United States
30 Apr 17
@cacay1 i snack on chips or candy, i just dont eat heavy for snacks
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
1 May 17
That pancit looks good!
Sometimes, I do get a light snack before lunch but most of the time, I have an early lunch so I can do away with the snack.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
yes it is. when i am in the hospital, i usually ask my learners if they took their breakfast, because if not, we can have our early lunch at 10:45AM, or brunch.
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@cacay1 (83505)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
1 May 17
@ridingbet hahaha I eat only ice cream rocky road is my fav.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
ice cream for me is already a dessert. an i also eat ice cream with biscuits.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 May 17
@cacay1 well, i eat any flavor my friend, but i like chocolates more, next is cheese, then any other flavors follow.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
1 May 17
@ridingbet I can skip lunch if I'm shopping, but love lunch after it and especially out with my hubby or friends.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
yes, maybe because you get hungry while window-shopping or with your friends?
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
30 Apr 17
No. I never take heavy snacks before my lunch.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Apr 17
That looks more like a meal to me
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@samistark (39)
• Trinidad And Tobago
1 May 17
That would amount to a meal for me. I have had that exact dish as a meal ^_^.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
yes it actually was, my friend, but since there was no rice, i still assumed it was a snack.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
@samistark they serve these dishes from a Chinese restaurant especially the steamed buns.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
an afternoon snacks in the form of tea?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
that is a healthy snack of a fruit, my friend.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
1 May 17
your meal looks yummy. I like chinese rice noodles. In fact When I was recovering from Chemo and radiation.. I would get this meal from the Chinese restaurant every day and it was like the only meal I could eat that didn't go through me. I think it is a very healthy meal.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
1 May 17
@ridingbet yes, it looks delicious. I get the Chicken Chow Mei Fun. it has some crunchy veggies, and rice noodles and chicken. the only thing I don't like in it much is the mushrooms they put in it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
yes my friend. i think this noodles dish is a one-dish meal because it already has protein, carbohydrates, fats, oil, and water.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
@minx267 so you don't like the taste of the button mushrooms? surprisingly, i like these mushrooms.
when it thunders, my late mother said mushrooms grow in the back yard, especially when the ground is covered with banana leaves. the mushrooms of this kind are cooked with green leafy vegetables and the broth is so good.
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
2 May 17
@ridingbet this reminds me of something when I was still a student. I had to go to tuitions early in the morning and will usually have a quick breskfast. However most of the times by 9 am my stomach was rumbling very loudly and I am sure others were hearing it too. So uncomfortablr it was
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
hahaha! like me, my friend. since i took a sandwich, my tummy rumbled.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 May 17
@Nawsheen yes that is so true. stomach rumbling in hunger.
but don't you think that is better, so far better, than a loud fart, with an odorous smell? hahaha!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
hahaha! my dear, why not make an order from Mang Inasal to be delivered in your house?
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
30 Apr 17
That looks really good and would do just fine as a meal for me.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 May 17
well, if that should be a meal for me, i would prefer to eat it with rice. carbo + carbo = weight increase.
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
4 May 17
That's one of the only times I don't really feel like eating. Those noodles look fantastic!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 May 17
thank you. noodles, though carbohydrates, is still considered a dish for us, and we sometimes eat this with rice.
