Comments on: Lasang Pinoy 14 – A La Espanyola: Callos

By: stef

stef — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:53:01 +0000

Hi Lollo, thanks for dropping by. How did the callos work out for you?

Happy new year!

By: Lollo

Lollo — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:56:29 +0000

If you want to find labuyo, look for Thai chilies at the oriental market, if you’re in CA. This is the first time I read your blog and thanks for sharing your callos recipe. I will be making it for X’mas.

By: stef

stef — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:38:46 +0000

argh, that’s my biggest dilemma with all this. there are so many recipes i want to test and research, and dito so few cooks to ask questions from, or mga na-convert na to modernities and shortcuts. tapos kailangan pa ng biktima for the cookies and cakes, etc. hay naku! ang mga meat naman, sinabi mo. we’re trying to eat healthier, pag parating recipe-testing ang gagawin ko mamamatay kami agad hahaha!!!

as for the labuyo — isa pa ‘yan na nasa notepad files. is labuyo the same as the chilis used for making Tabasco? i’ve read conflicting info kasi. matanong si dave dewitt.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:59:01 +0000

Yes Stef, I don’t remember a tabasco-spicy callos but one with labuyo, I do! Does that worsen the situation? LOL

I’ve never made this dish myself either. With food blogging, I’m constantly trying to document old ways of cooking. It’s like a race against time because people don’t do it the way they used to what with prepared meats in supermarkets (which sometimes don’t do a good job). Although I don’t really eat that much meat, I suspect I’ll be eating a lot soon just so I can practice a few recipes I haven’t touched since my early teens. Sus talaga!

By: stef

stef — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:28:29 +0000

Hi Ces, sana nga ma-try mo, perfect ‘to for Christmas.

Hi Malice, thanks for dropping by. LOL about the callos. We actually have the same word in Filipino — kalyo — referring to that problem on the feet you talk about. Yes, the Tabasco isn’t very Spanish, and to be honest I don’t think it’s very Filipino either — I rarely chance upon spicy callos at Filipino tables, but I’ve had some guests that like to add it in.

By: Malice

Malice — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:56:26 +0000

Hi,

If you want to translate callos you should be carefully because callos is a dish but also a problem on the feet and also a rude name. I don’t like them a lot because I don’t like intestines, brains, pork hand and face and so on very typical Spanish.
I don’t think tabasco was very Spanish either, maybe we use it but it’s more for mexican influence.

Nice blog!

see you
M.

By: ces

ces — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 03:37:09 +0000

oh now i miss my mom’s callos! i’ve been lurking on the idea of making this myself..never gotten around to doing it up until now! prbbly for christmas!:)

By: stef

stef — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:19:09 +0000

Manang, I can so relate. Some of the things I’ve cooked here I never even tried back home. Like I’ve never had kwek-kwek in my life and long to taste it, but only remember people talking about it condescendingly when i was back home. I can’t decide if that’s funny or sad.

Thanks, Charles! Where’s your entry?

Iska, Mike and Lani, no worries. Once the meats are pre-cooked it’s no more difficult than making pancit or apritada. Madami ding hiwa-hiwa, but it’s worth it:D

Thanks for the info, arikasikis. Will be sure to visit sometime soon!

By: arikasikis

arikasikis — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:47:25 +0000

Perhaps you want to visit the Pangasinan wikipedia. I will also be grateful if you can inform your Pangasinan friends about this wikipedia. Thanks. http://pag.wikipedia.org

By: lani

lani — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:52:57 +0000

Me, too, never tried cooking callos yet. But I will definitely try one of these days siguro sa bday ni mama ko.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:09:30 +0000

i love callos but just like iska, i’ve never tried cooking callos dahil mukhang medyo mahirap hehehe . . . i really should try one of these days, too!

By: iska

iska — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:41:21 +0000

ive never tried cooking callos… hmmmm maybe one of these days with this recipe.

By: iska

iska — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:39:41 +0000

i donâ€™t remember our dining table with the usual festive Spanish dishes even during Christmastime. my folks were never huge fansâ€¦ hanggang ngayon. and like you, i also prepare dishes just because that I had a hard time thinking of what to cook for special occasions.

By: charles ravndal

charles ravndal — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:04:45 +0000

My god! It looks quite lovely!

By: Manang

Manang — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 01:11:05 +0000

You are so right that we really long for those dishes which we never gave a second glance (or taste) when we were still in PI once we have spent years in a foreign land…
In my effort to re-create the familiar Filipino scenario, I have been cooking and baking Filipino foods even if it meant that only my sons and I would actually enjoy them, but I feel lucky that I do get some time to share other more exotic Filipino dishes (like chicken feet) that my children would not eat with my Filipino friends here.
I hope my in-laws would remember to call me for instructions to the butcher about what parts of the beef to save for me come late October…will try your callos recipe. Sounds authentically Spanish tasting!