A Viand for All Meals of the Day.
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27562)
Philippines
August 9, 2021 3:23am CST
It's chicken tocino and sunny side up with steamy hot rice this morning. With achara of course, a pickled papaya that serves as appetizer.
My daughter came down two hours past noon and asked, 'What will you eat for lunch, Ma?'
'Tocino,' I answered without getting up the bed. I made an effort to finish up all mylot notifications and that lulled me to sleep.
Apologizing to everyone if I, in some way, failed to respond properly. The never click without checking was superseded by the desire to clear the backlog.
Anyway, finally rose up in dire need of caffeine. I stirred one and prepared my late lunch. It's actually known as 'tocilog' in Filipino carinderia lingo - toci for the tocino and log for the itlog (egg).
Mangan tayon! (Let's eat)
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12 responses
@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
9 Aug 21
You also call achara , achara, In India we also call pickle as Achara
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
History tells us your people had come to our islands centuries ago. They were called "Bombay." Very good merchant traders. They were the original motorbike riders of the 60's and the 70's.
I do not know the origin of achara but it could likely be from your country.
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@Butterfingers (66585)
• India
11 Aug 21
@eileenleyva yes we call it Achara and could be right but I'm yet to research about India and Philippines cross connections
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
Tasty and satisfying. Am sure you will like it. Very palatable to any tongue. Except for the Polish, I suppose.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
@florelway Yay! That is good.
My turn to mouth water, I haven't had tapa in ages!
Nourish the body till you get to full recovery. Strength is essential.
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@florelway (23158)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Aug 21
@eileenleyva what I had for dinner was a cousin of yours lol, Had beef tapa, steamed rice and very sweet fresh pineapple slices. My appetite is back and I had more than 2 cups rice.
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@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
13 Aug 21
@eileenleyva Yeah me too.... Any breakfast will do for as long as it can provide me the energy needs for the day.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
13 Aug 21
@rsa101 Yup. A big breakfast kind of person. That's the correct eating habit.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
12 Aug 21
Am a bread eater also. But not choosy about what particular type of food to eat on a particular meal.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
It's grated green papaya with grated carrots in brine. Strips of onions could be added, some raisins, and ginger.
Fresh and crunchy green papaya pickles in a garlicky, sweet brine—this atchara recipe is a fast and easy pickling process that anyone can make at home. I wouldn’t eat any Filipino bbq (or any boodle fight for that matter) without this atchara as a side.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Aug 21
@msdivkar Hope you could prepare some also. Not just an appetizer but good for the body also.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
9 Aug 21
We have a similar appetizer too, usually made of mango or papaya, it's a sweet-sour-spicy combination. I'm drooling already! 
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
An old lady told me that the green mango relish was her secret to longevity.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
10 Aug 21
@eileenleyva That is interesting to know!
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
It was a free pack from Mag--lia every time you buy more chicken, according to my daughter who did the grocery.
You are right, the freezer must always have packs of chicken tocino and longganisa.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
10 Aug 21
@rakski Yup. the preservatives are not good for people with ailments. That is why we opt for chicken tocino and cook with water first, throw, and fry with olive oil.
Drink lots of water hours after.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
10 Aug 21
@eileenleyva I stopped eating tocino for since March 2020. That is because of my husband's surgeon. lol
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
14 Aug 21
It's really tasty with a sweetness and saltiness of the umami.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
9 Aug 21
Wow that's looking so appetizing I just now finished dinner and feeling hungry again...
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
That humble meal usually produces a 'hungry again' reaction.
Come on, let's eat again.
@Letranknight2015 (51536)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
That reminds me about buying a tocilog some where. Now I'm hungry, we ran out of atsara unfortunately.
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
Got a free pack at Mag--lia for every 3 kilos of chicken, I think.
Do you make your own achara?
@aureategloom (8344)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
9 Aug 21
enjoy your meal! i thought that achara was noodles and i'm like: why did she put only this much noodles?
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@eileenleyva (27562)
• Philippines
9 Aug 21
Yup. Satisfies the taste and gratifies the stomach.
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