Dear Diary: The Food That I Crave For Today

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We call this food here in my country/place as "Binatog", it just a simple food made out of boiled corn which is topped with shredded mature coconut meat and is eaten with sugar or salt whichever you prefer to eat it with.

In the video we can use a Hominy type of corn from the can but usually it is made out of any corn other than yellow. The corn is boiled for a few minutes and then a slaked lime or Calcium Hydroxide is added. Then it will have to be simmered for a few minutes and then left to cool and after 24 hours and such the skin of the corn kernels are dissolved enough to be washed.

But it is not done that way so the vendors will just boil the white corn until it is tender and that is it. It is ready to be sold as a ready-made food which is delicious with grated mature coconut meat as it gives it a nutty milky taste which is perfect for a midday snack that is filling and light tin the pockets because of its cheap price.

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The only thing is that it is pulpy because both of the mature coconut meat and the base of the corn kernels which is not really digestible so if you are quite picky you spit it out from time to time but you can just eat the whole thing and it doesn't matter.

The purpose of the Calcium hydroxide is to just make the corn skin a little dissolved so that it doesn't get too pulpy when you eat it. It also serves as a god way to absorb some of the B-vitamins from the corn so eating a "Binatog" is also a way to have a good nutrition entering your body.

There is an ambulant vendor in wheels that is selling it, I am just waiting for it right now, maybe it will pass-by today, if not maybe tomorrow God-willing.