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barako finger     - ( ba-rá-ko fing-geyr; Tagalog delicacy) [ n. ] green finger chili roll \dynamite chili.  a.k.a. dynamite chili , or dynamite chili stick in Tagalog and Cebuano The siling labuyo (green finger chili) is cut lengthwise with the stalk remained intact, seeds removed, washed clean, then filled with cheese stick. Another version is filled with sautéed ground meat in chili sauce instead of cheese stick. The filled chili is then wrapped in lumpia wrapper (wanton wrapper). The stem or stalk of the finger chili juts out like a wicker of a dynamite. Thus, it is also called dynamite chili because of its dynamite-like appearan ce. Packs of fresh and uncooked barako fingers sold in food stalls in Caticlan Airport in Malay, Aklan . Barako finge r is deep fried and served as appetizer. It makes good partner with your ice-cold beer. Barako finger is not t oo hot than one may think because siling haba (gre en finger chili) is mildly hot and that its seeds re...

taklong – ( ták-long; Capizeño snail) [ n. ]  forest snail.   a.k.a. takrong in Capizeño A species of big-sized snail found in the woods or forested areas in Capiz and nearby provinces, mostly in moist places such as near a river or water falls. It lives on trees as this snail would eat the leaves of trees and other plants.  It is seen crawling under the foliage and branches of trees and leaves of other plants, carrying on its back a dark brown coiling shell.  It looks like kurakol (plant snail) or big-sized kuhol ( escargot). As food, the taklong is collected and boiled in water to make it easy in pulling out its meat from its coiling shell. When boiled, the meat in the shell is pried out with a fork or pin. Then the meat is cooked further into barbekyung taklong (forest snail barbecue) by marinading it in barbecue sauce then skewered on stick and grilled, or made into guinataang taklong (forest snail in coconut milk), guinisang taklong (sautéed forest snail)...