Blogspot - Purple Magz

A serving of chicharon buchi with a dipping of sukang Iloko from a participating food stall during the launching of Mercato Centrale's Mezza Norte in Trinoma, Quezon City last May 3, 2013. chicharon buchi  – ( tsi-tsa-rón but-tsé; Tagalog delicacy; dw Span. buche [crop] )   [ n. ] crisp fried chicken crop . a lso spelled as tsitsaron butse in Tagalog  a .k.a. butse, butse chicharon, butseron or buch i ron in Tagalog Buchi is the Tagalog word for the chicken crop or craw of fowls and other birds. It is the small pouch-like gullet of fowls and birds, a part of the esophagus where freshly swallowed food are temporarily stored for later digestion in the gizzard or for regurgitation as when feeding the nestlings. It is also in the butse that swallowed food is lightly fermented or softened by gland secretions before it passes through the gizzard for grinding.  Pinoys would collect butse , clean it thoroughly then deep fry to become chicharon also known in Tagalog b...