Cabatuan at its Best

 All About the "Tinuom"

Tinuom is a popular delicacy in Cabatuan. In fact, the Tinuom festival was created because of the popularity of the dish. The dish is composed of native chicken bits, tomatoes, tanglad and chopped onions. The dish is cooked by wrapping it in banana leaves and heated in a clay pot. The tinuom tastes a bit like tinola but less salty and the banana leaves gives the dish its own distinctive taste.
If you happen to drop by Cabatuan, be sure to try the dish at Leah’s Tinuom. It is a quaint and cozy carinderia right beside Cabatuan public market. A bowl of tinuom costs 50 pesos and comes with a cup of rice. Aside from its original Tinuom dish, there’s grilled squid and other turo-turo dishes.

Tinuom Recipe

Tinuom Closer View

Tinuom in a Clay Pot

Tinuom Ingredients

• Bumbay/Sibuyas (Onion)
• Kamatis (Tomato)
• Tanglad (Lemon Grass)
• Vetsin (MSG-monosodium glutamate)
• Asin (Salt)
• Tubig (water)
• Native Chicken – must be 7-14 months old.
• Banana Leaves
• Bamboo string or any string for tying up the tinu-om
• 2 bowls for preparation

There are 5 easy steps:

The Tinuom souped in a banana leaf

1. In one bowl, place the chicken and season it with onion, tomato, vetsin and the salt and then add some water. The 7-14 month old chickens will have to boil for about 30 minutes for it to be ready for serving. Older chickens will take almost an hour. One order of tinu-om would have 3-4 pieces.
2. In another bowl prepare the banana leaves to be used for the wrap. Use Saba banana leaves rather than other kinds of banana leaf. It affects the flavor, aroma and outcome of the Tinu-om.
3. Eventually, pour the marinated chicken into the bowl lined with banana leaf, gather the edges and tie it with a bamboo string or any piece of string. Make sure that it won’t leak.
4. After tying it up, place it in a casserole full of water and then place it on fire. You may steam it but you can place it within the water casserole for a better result when it comes to taste. Then wait.

A Tinuom Stall in Cabatuan

 The San Nicolas de Tolentino Church (Cabatuan, Iloilo)

The Cabatuan Church, also known as Iglesia de San Nicolas de Tolentino is the first and largest red brick church in the Visayas. Two grand belfries stood on each side of the church. The grand neo classical church was given the monicker “Iglesia Primera El Centro de Iloilo. It was also considered as “model of temples”.

Cabatuan Church History

Fr. Ramon Alquezar, the parish priest of Cabatuan was responsible for the construction of the church in early 1800. Due to shortage of materials, he had to use bricks to build the church. Thus, the brick manufacturing was introduced in town of Cabatuan.

The intricate decorations of the church’s interior was then spearheaded by Fr. Manuel Guttierez. The church was completed in 1866 under the supervision of Fr. Manuel Ruiz. After the church’s completion, it was the celebrated church in the Central Iloilo.

Sources:  http://ilonggos.net/iloilo/iloilo-tourist-place/cabatuan-church-iglesia-de-san-nicolas-de-tolentino

http://ilonggos.net/iloilo/iloilo-delicacies/tinuom-cabatuan-iloilo-delicacy

Christmas Trivias!!

Who delivers gifts to children in Italy?

Answer: La Befana

According to tradition before the birth of Jesus the three wise men reached the village where La Befana lived. She put them up for the night because she kept a neat house. The wise men asked her to go with them to find the baby Jesus but she declined because she was busy cleaning the house. She later regretted her decision not to go and set out by herself to find the baby but unfortunately she did not succeed. And now every January 6th which is the last day of the 12 days of Christmas she goes out and searches for the baby. She brings gifts with her for all the good children and delivers coal to the bad ones.


Which Christmas Carol composed in 1818 was written for guitar?

Answer: Silent Night

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The day before Christmas an Austrian Priest was informed that the church organ was broken. He was also told that it would not be fixed in time for Christmas day services. Unhappy about the fact that there would not be any music on Christmas day he sat down and composed the song Stille Nacht on his guitar. And on Christmas day 1818, Silent Night was sung accompanied by a guitar and choir for the first time.

Who delivers gifts to children in Syria?

Answer: The Smallest Camel

In Syria Children actually get their gifts on New Year's Day. They are brought by the smallest camel that brought the Wise Men to the baby Jesus. It is traditional for children to leave water and hay outside of a camel's house the night before. In the morning the water and hay is gone, replaced by gifts.

Who is credited with designing the first glass Christmas ball?

Answer: Hans Greiner

Hans Greiner was by profession a glass blower who lived in Lauscha, Germany. He and his partner set up their glass shop in 1597. Since he was unable to buy the traditional Christmas tree decorations of nuts, fruit and candy he decided to make glass decorations. He started making his decorations in the shape of fruits and nuts but later expanded them to the customary sphere.


Where did the kissing under the mistletoe tradition begin?

Answer: Scandinavia

There are a lot of traditions surrounding the mistletoe plant. Mistletoe was traditionally hung in doorways where a young man could claim a kiss if he caught a girl there. He then removed one of the berries from the plant. When the fruit was gone no more kisses could be claimed. It was thought to be unlucky to have the mistletoe touch the ground. Although the berries of the plant are poisonous, mistletoe has long been believed to have supernatural and medicinal powers.

November is Anti-Bullying Month

“Bullying” means systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt or psychological distress on one or more students or employees.

It has been a major issue in schools and private sectors of nation. The action could be controlled yet others with very short patience have been "suspects" of bullying habits. Sometimes, we don't even consider the thoughts of joking somebody that unexpectedly we have hurt their feelings...

The mission of this celebration is to encourage people to stop those skirmishes which come from small yet unnoticeable jerks and inconsiderate handling of others to us.

The policy sets forth guidelines for the identification and reporting of bullying – as the overall goal of the initiative is the protection of students and their increased feelings of safety and belonging. The policy requires teachers and staff to utilize a variety of prevention and intervention activities and includes tools and resources that create environments of safety and respect and expectations of appropriate behavior.

However, Anti-Bullying Week is an annual UK event which aims to raise awareness of bullying of children and young people, in schools and elsewhere, and to highlight ways of preventing and responding to it. Anti-Bullying Week is organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), which is made up of about sixty member organisations.

• First Anti-Bullying Week - 22 to 26 November 2004 (included launch of the 'stand up for us' guidance for primary schools and secondary schools).

• Second Anti-Bullying Week - 21 to 25 November 2005 (launched at Westminster Central Hall, London). The event was co-hosted by the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), Childline, and the Diana Memorial Award.

• Third Anti-Bullying Week - 20-24 November 2006. The theme was the Bystander ('See it, Stop it, Get help')

• Fourth Anti-Bullying Week - 19-23 November 2007. The theme was Bullying in the Community ('Safer Together, Safer Wherever')

• Fifth Anti-Bullying Week - 17-21 November 2008. The theme was Difference and Diversity ('Being Different, Belonging Together')

• Anti-Bullying Week 2009 (16-20 November) will focus on Cyberbullying, with the slogan 'Stay Safe in Cyberspace'

 I hope that bullying would be lessen in our own manners and conduct.. If we start goodness to others.. then who knows.? our world would be war-free!

Reviewing Tips by Me :))

             Hayyy. Just recovered from those shits that ruled my week.. Thank God I've surpassed them.. I really thought it was hard but the results have not even suggested I was right.. I just had a strategy.. And none of my classmates even knew it.. SShhh.. I'll give you some tips:

•  If you think you're not ready to study... Just sleep the night away. And wake up at your desired time.. Maybe your head just needs some rest and too tired to store enough more ideas.. Better wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning... The time that fits enough coz it will be quiet and be colder enough.
• Read your notes.. again and again.. Coz maybe you have misspelled or misinterpreted some important ideas...
• Summarize your notes in a small paper enough to be read.. so that it'll not be hard for you to read any longer..
•  Never sleep with your notes. Drink coffee first and a supplement to boost your memory.
• Memorize and speak your notes again and again.. Repetition sometimes, could be necessarily be memorized.
• Have somebody to review and test you with your notes.
• Always drink water.. it could also boost your memory...
• Turn off your cellphone and TV while studying. Just focus..

 That's all.. Hope you've learned a lot. :))