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Its not only the beautiful food the philipino people make, it is the time and compassion that goes into their food. There is a very big population of philipino people where i live and when i go to visit them they always make sure i am stuffed with food before i leave. If i am not they will send the food home with me.
I truly enjoy and respect their culture. Truly amazing people.

Thanks
Bradley

im filpino. bakut is really nasty. adobe is very good.patice is really good on rice and sinagan.

Dinaguan or Dinuguan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig’s_organ_soup
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding
enjoy!

ooook… im filipino… but i do not know any food thats called bakut… =P what i do know is balut… and no its not a young chicken egg… its an underdeveloped duck egg…

its BALOT not BAKUT.. BALUT BALOT

Im from Scotland

From my experience of eating filipino food (I’m filipino), I personally like chicken adobo and lumpia although I’ve never tried the other three suggested. Just as the viewer said, lumpia is like an egg roll. Chicken adobo is probably my favorite filipino food. Another food that wasn’t suggested by the viewer is a dessert called halo-halo. It’s shaved ice and milk topped with sweet beans and various fruits. I hope everyone not exposed to filipino will have the opportunity to try one of the foods above.

i think im going to upload a video of me eating balut… its one of my favorite food.

I am also Filipino and love all of these foods. My favorite is adobo made with pork hocks. Lumpia, I can eat like a whole tray of those by myself. (You have probably guessed by now that I am fat. Yes, sir.) Hah. I used to eat dinuguan all the time as a kid…until I found out what it was. Good times I say!

I love those foods.

Fish sauce and mango.. mmmmm

I just had Adobo last night (Filipinos like me just love it)

Great list. I never expected it will be featured here. Had all the food listed all the time but not Balut – this I have to try yet.

Lol, “sea-knee-gahng”

hell ya! im filipino. lol, “sini gang?!” im also chinese. chinese food is better.

BALUT!!! is a duck embrayo. and the beatle don’t like Philippines cause of what happen to them in the country.

I have also switched from being a long time Windows user to using Ubuntu Linux and Apple Leopard. I enjoy Leopard, and the newest Beta of Ubuntu is HOT!!
As much as I enjoy Linux and Apple Leopard, most businesses are not using them so I am forced to keep looking at Microsoft’s offerings for Employment. Using Windows Server 2008, might be the best of both worlds
I just read an interesting article on how to use the new Windows Server 2008 as a work station. Is this too good to be true? HAY, Microsoft are you listening!!

FROM ZD NET http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1218

Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS
Windows Server 2008 is the best OS to be released till date from Microsoft’s stable. And the moment I got hold of the RTM build I could not resist installing it on my workstation. Due to the nature of my work I always prefer running a Server OS on my main workstation… I have been running Windows 2003 disguised as XP (with all the themes and stuff) all these days.
So here is my tale of how I went about setting up Windows Server 2008 to look and fell like its desktop counterpart Windows Vista.
1. Enable Hardware Virtualization
My workstation is a x64 machine with hardware virtualization capabilities. This means I can run Hyper-V on my machine. Even if your machine’s hardware supports virtualization it is most likely not going to be enabled by default. You have to enable it via your BIOS setup.
2. Install the latest Graphics and Audio drivers
Being a server OS Windows 2008 carries with it basic graphics and audio drivers. To utilize the full strength of your hardware ensure you install the latest drivers for both graphics and audio hardware. Only with the proper graphics drivers will you be able to enable the “Aero” experience on Windows 2008.
3. Desktop Experience Feature
The Desktop Experience Feature enables a bunch of stuff that is by default present on a desktop OS. Most importantly it includes Themes, Windows Media player and the Aero related features. You will have to enable it form the Server Manager. The “Turn Windows features on or off” / “Add remove windows components” has all been rolled into the Server Manager now.
Server Manager > Features > Desktop Experience
Installing the Desktop Experience feature does not enable them. You have to manually set them up.
4. Themes
To enable Themes you will basically have to enable the Themes Service. Again being a server OS it is not enabled by default.
Services.MSC > Themes
Set the start up type to Automatic
Enabling the Aero Theme.
For this go to Control Panel > Personalization >Theme and select Windows Aero
5. Search
Search is also disabled by default on Windows 2008. Searching is important for me as I use it a lot to find my emails. To enable search you will have to add the File Services Role via Server Manager.
Server Manager > Roles > File Services > Windows Search
Outlook relies on this search service.
6. Disable Shutdown Event Tracker
Since I am using it as a workstation I do not want to keep a track of all the Shutdowns. The Shutdown Event Tracker is the pop up that you get asking you for a shutdown reason. To disable it
Open mmc.msc
Add the Group Policy snap-in
Under Administrative Templates expand System
Set Display Shutdown Event Tracer to Disabled
7. Audio
For audio you need to enable the Windows Audio service. You do this by setting the startup type to Automatic.
Services.msc > Windows Audio
Ensure you have proper drivers for your audio hardware… for me the default driver was not enabling the headphones … it started working fine after I got the proper driver.
8. SuperFetch
As a workstation, enabling SupertFetch will give you that additional bit of responsiveness. The SuperFetch services is disabled by default and when you try to enable it you will most likely get an error message “The operating system is not presently configured to run this application”
You will have to make two registry changes to enable this service. I basically copied them over from my Vista machine.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters
EnablePrefetcher DWORD 3
EnableSuperfetch DWORD 3
9. Get a codec pack.
For media hungry buffs download a codec pack. This will ensure you can play all media files.
10. Enable Hyper-V
With Hyper-V you can run virtual machines on your workstation. This is useful if you want to run your tests on older OS versions. Enabling Hyper-V is easy
Server Manager > Roles > Hyper-V
Remember you need a Hyper-V enabled Windows 2008 licence and also your hardware has to support virtualization.
Also If you are using an existing VHD it may ask you to re-Activate Windows as it detected hardware changes.
One good thing about Windows Server 2008 is that it no longer asks for the i386 folder like Windows 2003 while you enable features.
Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS … Cont’d

0 February 2008
Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS … Cont’d
This is a continuation of my previous post Using Windows Server 2008 as a SUPER workstation OS
Here are a couple of things I missed in my previous post
11. Processor Scheduling
As pointed out in a comment on my previous post; On Windows Server 2008 background services are given preference over interactive programs. You can change this behavior by
Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Advanced > Processor Scheduling
Setting this to Programs will make foreground programs more responsive.
12. Visual Effects
One thing you will notice on Windows Server 2008 is that by default you will not see Preview Thumbnails in your Documents / Music / Video folders. This has to be enabled explicitly.
Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Performance > Settings > Visual Effects
Based on your preference you can tweak these settings.
13. Power Options
Do your bit for a Green World! The Balanced (default) power plan on Windows Server 2008 does not turn off hard disks by default. On Vista hard disks are turned off after 20 mins. You can change this by
Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > Change plan settings
It does take a bit to kick start the hard disks when you resume work but that’s a sacrifice worth making for a greener world :).
14. IE Enhanced Security
IE Enhanced Security Configuration has been moved from Add Remove Windows Components (on Windows 2003) to the Server Manager on Windows Server 2008.
Server Manager > Security Information > Configure IE ESC
You now have a choice to disable it only for Administrators.
And to end with a couple of clarifications
* Why am I recommending Windows Server 2008 over Windows Vista ?
I am not!
* How to get Sidebar / Media center on Windows Server 2008?
My honest opinion would be to look for alternatives.
* Will hardware problems go away moving to Windows Server 2008?
Not likely. One of the biggest complaints against Vista was hardware issues. Without proper drivers from your hardware vendors your ride on Windows Server 2008 is again going to be bumpy. For me all Vista compatible drivers worked fine with Server 2008 and I believe they should work for you as well.
* Will all software work on Windows Server 2008?
Most will but some setups detect Windows Server 2008 as a server OS and may not install. The compatibility mode does not have a Vista option only XP / Windows 2003 and other legacy OS.

I was lucky to live in the PI for a few years, married a girl. Balut is a duck egg until 18 days of development. Yes I was gutless.

What happened to The Beatles?

Forget about the food, try the beer, Filipino San Miguel, it’s the original and the best!

Filipino foods are the best!!

mmm balut, i remember eating them before, its good with beer, especially when youre drunk. crack the top part of balut, sprinkle salt in it, eat it, and drown it with beer. yummy.

i not gonna lie filipino sucks except my girls moms cookin

i’m a polish fun of filipino food. love their parties. lovely food and lots of fun (karaoke!):)

u do need love but do u get any !!! hahahahaha lol jokin ure fuckin cracker kaunt !!!

While I’ve heard of Halo-Halo many times in the past, I never got the chance to try it until recently–at a Filipino cultural event at my school. I thought it was quite yummy, especially with the ice cream on top and the various sweet beans on the bottom.

it is…^^ i was wondering wats the name of that fruit…now i know…haha. …^^

that’s for you. be carefulw ith your words please.

true.

what are you talking about? are you really a Filipino? the name of the foods you mentioned are wrong… It’s Balut, Patis, and Sinigang! Na, just to correct you.

LOL

im a filipino :)
chris rocks

balut is not chicken egg, it’s a duck egg… balut can make you fat….

kare-kare should be included in ryan’s list

try trepas de leche. Its the intestine in a cows milk udder. BBQ its great like cheese and meat at the same time. So awesome try it man you will be happy… Fuck Bologna.

well i am Scottish and i want to talk about food from the Philippines. I have been to the Pilippines and ate your food all the way down to your ghetto food at 12 peso a portion. This Balut my girlfriend eats with such a delight i cant help but enjoy her eating it, after she cracks it off my head and sucks back all that lovely soup she calls it. This halo halo i honestly didnt like, i didnt know how to eat the stuff, it came with a straw to suck it all up and i honestly didnt know if i was to drink it or use it for something else, it doesnt have a nice taste, its very sickning to be honest. I do like that pork addobo you can find that almost anywhere you go, whether it be a resturaunt or just a burger machien its every where. I was never used to eating rice either but the rice you find in the Philippines is actualy very nice, and because of the heat over there it light and easy to hanndle when eating, (just use your fingers) the food is actualy very good and to be honest the best food i was tasting was that of the ghetto food you would find in a soup kitchen sitting in the corner of some ally way or lane, most restauaunt food i ate i didnt enjoy as it was rushed and you cant beat some home cooking. also ice tea i took a liking to and when having a drinknig session nothing beat some finger foods like shrimp or squid to wash down this lovely San Miguel Pilsens they stock up on in number. So alternatively you cant beat the Philippines for there hospitality and kind caring ways, there cheap transport and there quirky personalitys.