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orange egg barbecue - ( o-rens eg bar-bek-kyu ; Ilocano [Cauayan City, Isabela] and Ibanag delicacy) [ n. ] hard boiled orange-colored eggs in barbecue stick (a.k.a. egg barbecue in Ilocano [Cauayan City, Isabela]) I found this  orange egg barbecue  on display and ready for grilling on a roadside food stall in Cauayan, Isabela while on food hunting one evening last March 2013 . The chicken eggs or duck eggs are hard-boiled, shelled, and then soaked and boiled briefly in achuete water. If achuete water is not available, what is used is water tinted with yellow-orange food coloring. When I passed by the public market of Alicia, Isabela I found these bags of bugok na itlog itik (rotten duck eggs). The eggs are already shelled, colored orange, hard boiled, and all ready for skewering into egg barbecue and grilling. Grilling the orange egg barbecue on a roadside food stall in Cauayan, Isabela while food hunting one evening last March 2013 The tinted eggs are then skewered in...