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A bowl of boiled (half-cooked) ebun a barag presented during the sneak preview of MarQuee Mall's " Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival" in Angeles City last week ebun a barag - ( e-bun a ba-rág; Capampangan exotic food) [ n. ] monitor lizard’s egg . The egg of bayawak. itlog ng bayawak in Tagalo g itlog sa halo in Cebuano   itlog sa hawo or itlog sa haw in Boholano   illuk alivo in Itawis The pliant shell of the egg would shrunk after it is boiled (half-cooked) causing the surface to dent  The taste of ebun a barag is agreeable.  It reminisces the taste of masabaw na balut penoy . A friend, Kenny Ngo of  Life is Kulayful gestures with approval after trying ebun a barag   Another friend, Az Coladilla of Azrael's Merryland Blog , seems to be fascinated also by the  ebun a barag . A rare exotic delicacy of Pampanga. Its egg yolk is cream-colored and the egg-white is transparent.  The yolk is creamy-white and does not hold any shape. When s...

I got this freshly fried betute tugac during the sneak preview of MarQuee Mall's 'Big Bite' The Northern Food Festival in Angeles City, Pampanga in October 2013. etute tugac - ( ba-tú-tè tu-gák; Capampangan exotic dish) [n.] fried stuffed edible frog . a.k.a. batute or batute tugak in Capampangan   also spelled as betute tugak in Capampangan I found this skinned ricefield frog sold in the public market of  Cabanatuan City January last year. There are ingenious Capampangans and Novo Ecijanos who would tan the skin into leather and made into taxodermy-like coin purse with keychain holder A fried relleno -like skinned farm frog stuffed with minced frog meat or ground pork and finely chopped fresh herbs and spices. It is an exotic dish made of whole tugac (farm frog) caught from the river or rice paddies in Pampanga. When I came back to Cabanatuan City last June 2012, I brought home and cooked these skinned frogs. The frog is skinned and all its entrails are removed, fee...