Here in our household we don’t usually eat a heavy breakfast. Between me, my kids and Bob, often times we have different breakfasts here. Me and my nieces, nephew and helper usually eat bread or the Filipino delicacies (suman, biko and puto) and coffee, milo or chokolate to drink. The kids might have eggs and ham/longaniza with toast bread or just cereals. During summertime when my kids spend time with my family at the farm or in GenSan, my family feeds them noodles and hotdog for breakfast. Yes that’s right noodles and the red neon hotdog.
I remember when my family first offered those to my kids here. My kids faces were really in disgust. But they learned to eat them over time. They are okay now and just eat it.
I learned to make homemade pancakes. They have a lot of it in stores here but sometimes we tend to forget to buy. So I researched and tried and found some recipe that we all liked in my family. Also I made homemade maple syrup. I will give the recipe. Thank God for the internet.
Pancake Recipe:
Ingredients:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup of buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 3 tbsp of sugar
- 2 tbsp of canola oil
- oil to cook the pancake
Procedures:
- Mix all the ingredients. Whisk it until it become smooth. For us we used sieve or strainer just to make sure its not lumpy.
- Heat an oil on the skillet, just not too hot and drop a ladle full of the pancake batter to the skillet and cook until you can see bubbling up. Turn over the other side just to make it a little brown.
- When its cook put on the plate and put butter on top of the pancake. And put your favorite toppings that you want that goes with it. It can be jelly, syrup or cinnamon sugar or others.
*** If you can’t get buttermilk in your local grocery store here. Just make your own. Very easy. Make the buttermilk while preparing for the rest of the ingredients.***
Homemade Buttermilk: 1 cup of milk mix it with 1 tbsp of vinegar. Let it set for about 10-15 minutes.
Good Homemade Maple Syrup:
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar each brown and white
- 2 cups water
- a dash of salt
- 1 tbsp maple flavor (McCormick)
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
Procedure:
- First mix the sugar and the cornstarch in a bowl and put aside. Put the water, the butter and a dash of salt in the pot. Bring it to a boil, turn the heat to medium, add the sugar mixture to the pot slowly and whisk it at the same time. Let it simmer for about 10 minutes and continue whisking. When its gets to the consistency that you like take out from the stove and add the maple syrup and continue whisking. Ready to serve.
I will share some more American breakfast recipes that we make here in our house. You can find the ingredients here in the grocery store locally too. Have fun eating guys!
Cheers!
Feyma
Do you have the vendors that come around early in the mourning selling hot Pandesal, when I was in cavite that was one of the best parts of the mourning getting the hot pandesal delivered right to the house. Unfortunately in them days all they had to go with the pandesal was that instant nescafe coffee or milo .
Now about then nuke hotdogs, do they taste kind of pickled? I saw dogs like them before but they were in a large jug of pickling brine with pickled eggs in it as well.
Hello Neal,
Those hotdogs aren’t pickled, but they definitely don’t taste like a good old Oscar Mayer Weiner, thats for sure. I had them while I was in Leyte this year, and after a few times at trying them, I began to like them. The very first taste to me was almost like eating tiny pieces of cardboard, not much taste at all to them. We had them at breakfest also, and I just mixed it in with my rice and eggs.
Danny H.
Hi Danny – In short it tastes yucky. 🙂
I’m glad I’m not a fan of it and never will be. 😉
Thank you for stopping by Danny. Good to see you here as always.
Take care!
Hi Neal – We lived in Davao for a long time now. Never heard of any pandesal vendor in the morning. We go to the bakery here if we want hot pandesal though. But when I was young I used to hear those vendors yelling HOT PANDESAL early in the morning. Coffee and milo and tsokolate really goes well with pandesal.
I am not a hotdog eater. Not sure what it taste like though.
Good to see you again.
Take care!
Feyma
Those home made pancakes sure look nice…emmmmm..but, never seen a wedge of lemon with pancakes before and is that a cherry by that lemon? Have you every tried pigs in a blanket? You can make with ham, spam or sausage…just put some of your pan cake batter in the pan then put a slice of ham,spam or sausage or one of them red hot dogs in the middle then pour some more pancake batter on top and cook like a reg pancake….there pretty darn good…
Hi Feyma,
Do you relize how much fat and calories are in your homeade pancakes, the one fourth butter thats 150cal 140 of that from fat, the suger is another 100cal, thats 100 from carbs, then the syrup, each one of those is at least 400cal = 380cal of fat, they may be yummy but not healthy, just wanted to let you know, and add suasauge to that, just wanted to mention healthy days are here,
Hi Dan – Yes they are… We just got the pictures somewhere, but our pancakes looks similar to that just minus the decor thing. 😉 My kids my like that recipe you mention. Might try that sometimes.
Thank you for sharing your recipe too.
Happy to see you here again.
Take care!
Thanks Feyma! I copied that recipe for Good Maple Syrup! Looks really good indeed! We also like a good breakfast, usually two eggs, homemade toast and coffee or tea. We don’t do nuke-dogs…
🙂
Hi American Lola – I’m glad you like that. Similar breakfast with Bob minus the nuke dog too. 🙂
You guys in Cagayan now? Hope to see you sometime soon.
Take care Lola!
Hi Feyma,
Yummy,Pancakes.Thanks for recipe.
My breakfasts do vary,but always start with a banana,fruit juice,corn flakes or porridge with added walnuts and honey then coffee.Sometimes followed by ham and eggs,or a boiled egg and bread.
regards,Chas.
Hi Chas – Good breakfast pattern there. You can have those too here in the Philippines when time for you to retire.
Good to see you again here.
Take care!
Hi Feyma – Thanks. I’ll definitely try the homemade maple syrup recipe. Since there’s only Jim and me, I wonder if the leftover can then be stored (in the fridge or a dry cool place) for future use?
Hi Marilou – It’s really a good syrup. You know the recipe just call for 2 tsp of maple concentrate. Somehow the maple flavor here are not too strong so I just put 1 tbsp instead. We store our syrup in the fridge. Just heat small amount in the microwave when time you want it.
Happy to see you here. Hope to see you guys again sometime.
Take care!
Hi Feyma….. Your recipe looks very delishes, have to try it. Have you tryed Mango cakes? thanks We buy them from a vendor at River Park, i can smell then now. Have you ever found Cheerios, we can’t find them there so i am tacking some with us just in case, only looked at SM mall thanks ….jim
Hi Jim,Mercury Drug carries cherrios!
Thanx Joe ………..Have to check it out.
Hi Jim – Thank you. I think I did try the mango cake before. But I did try the mango crepes and its really yummy.
Try to look at Gaisano mall for cheerios. Our Gaisano carried it before. I will look again next time I shop there and let you know.
Hey, glad you stop by here. Good to see you again.
Take care!
Hi…..Feyma………Thanks for the info, we never checked there, thanks again.
Feyma, Can you tell me why the hotdogs are red in the Phil as opposed to light brown in the USA? When i am there i never can remember to ask my wife this!!
Hi Anthony,We have the Red Hotdogs here in Maine,too!
I bet with all that great lobster and crab you dont go near them!!
Absolutely correct!
Anthony,
I believe that is just good old food coloring is all, to make them look a little like a hotdog. Its an acquired taste for sure. But I started liking them after eating them a few times.
But beware of the hotdog shop in the Cebu Airport, those hotdogs were the absolute worst I have ever had.
Take care,
Danny H.
Yes, it is just colouring, though I don’t know why they put it there. The ones we have here in Oz. it’s only the skin that’s red, when you peel it off it’s just the usual cheap processed sausage inside…probably with around 5% meat content. The dye comes off in the brine when you boil them to heat them too. I see them in the shops in Australia too, but never saw them in the UK. There is an odd thing here I notice, which would be quite nice if it wasn’t for the horror of the nuke dog inside, but they dip the end of the sausage on a stick in batter then deep fry it. The batter is a bit like what we Brits would call Yorkshire Pudding. Not sure if you can get that in the Phils.
Hey Jim
That hotdog dipped in batter in the US is called a Corn Dog. You can find them at fairs and carnivals here. They are quite good because the hot dog is good quality. They also come in foot long size.
Hi Anthony Lane – Danny is right, its the food coloring they put in it.
Take care!
Hmmmm … wala kanin … definitely not a popular breakfast in my place!
Hi Ken Lovell – Ha ha ha… We don’t eat rice in the morning here at our household. 🙂
Take care!
Hi Feyma,
We found pancake mix at Candy’s Supermarket in Maasin City, and I made some for Rose and family while I was there, as well as Rose became a pro a making them also. We also made French Toast as well. The only thing really missing was good butter to put on them. We had some great maple syrup to put on them, I had sent homemade maple syrup from USA in balikbayan boxes so we had plenty of yummy syrup.
I also remember seeing breakfest cereals in the stores, some brands from USA, but mostly “off” brands I wasn’t use to seeing before.
THanks so much,
Danny H.
Hi Danny,You can get “real butter” at some stores. But,you have to ask! Australian & New Zealand butter are widely available in the Visayas,& it’s better than U.S. Butter!
H Joe – Thats what we have a lot here in Mindanao too.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Take care!
Joe;
Anchor butter from New Zealand is available everywhere here in Bataan, and its one of the best I’ve ever tasted. The best butter I’ve ever had was when I was in Scotland. Stateside butter is just so, so.
Hi Paul T.
Thanks so much for the info about New Zealand Butter in Bataan. Since I will be living there it is good to know that its available. Take Care and Be Safe
Hi Danny – Oh yeah they have the pancake mix in every supermarket in the Philippines even the sari-sari store has it. French toast is also a hit in our house. Thats one of the thing you missed out in the small town no good butter, only the local brand Star margarine. Good thing you brought some syrup with you. I think you saw the Nestle brand cereals.
Thank you so much for sharing here. I really appreciate very much.
Take care!
Hi Feyma,
One of the things that I miss the most of the Philippines is sitting on our second story terrace with my beloved wife Daisy sipping a cup of coffee at dawn watching the vendors going down the dirt road in front of our house. You never know what the next surprise will be, and the surprise generally becomes breakfast. My favorite is when the guy come by saying ‘sugpo’ or prawn. What a way to start the day! Prawns for breakfast!
When I was first living on my own in Florida friend came down to visit for a few weeks in the winter for a visit. He had a bit of a sarcastic streak in him, but I put up with it as he was ok and humorous otherwise. He constantly chided me on my use of ‘Hamburger Helper’. Heck at least I was cooking and not eating out. gradually i graduated from the depenency on ‘Hamburger Helper’ and bought a cookbook. It wasn’t so hard after all. A couple of years passed and my friend returned for another winter visit. It was breakfast time and he said let’s make some pancakes, where is the pancake mix. I replied that I don’t have any. So how? Don’t worry. I didn’t even pull out the cook book, as I had by then done it many times before.
Feyma thanks for sharing your recepie, it brought back memories.
I must try your maple syrup recepie, it sounds delicious. I refuse to consume anything containing high fructose corn syrup. It should be banned due to it’s adverse health effects. And that ban would boost Philippine sugar cane production too.
Well Ican dream,
Jade
Hi Jade – Thank you for sharing your good story. Like it a lot.
Try to use splenda for a substitute for the sugar. As long as you don’t eat pancake every day and don’t put a lot of syrup on your pancake. Its okay… As what they say used moderately.
Take care!
Feyma, To clarify my sentence. Real sugar – OK in my book, but high fructose corn syrup, no way. Those manufacturers here in the US put it in everything. It metabolizes differently and not in a good way.
Thanks,
Jade
Hi feyma ,i am sure that my wife will want to try your pancakes as without saying my daughter as well someone metioned vendors in the mornig ,when i was there last i was woken by somone shouting bullot,and the other i think was corn ,anyway the food that i most enjoyed when i was there was the bacon i have been back here for more than two years now and have not had aussie bacon since yours leaves ours for dead ,the other thing i liked was the seafod so much and by our standards very cheap ,the other thing i found amusing was the consuption of ketchup ,it seems to go on anything even macas when we went to the supermarket i couldnt beleive how many different types there were amazing
chris
Hi chris – I hope she will try and let me know what you guys think. Wow, balut in the morning? Yikes… I heard vendors selling corn but usually they are selling in the afternoon for a snack. I’m glad you like our bacon here. Is it with the maple flavor? Oh yeah, we have the banana ketchup. I think thats the popular one. Not in my household though.
Thank you for sharing. Good to see you here.
Take care!
hi feyma
my husband is the pancake maker at our house and one morning, some sunflower seeds spilled in the mix—– he made the pancakes and guess what? now im a fan of pancakes. from then on, we have a few sunflower pancakes ready made in the fridge to grab and go, YUM!
Hi maria – That sounds good too. Hmm, I might try to make that.
Thank you for the good tip.
Good to see you here.
Take care!
Hi Feyma. That was a nice article and fun to read everyones posts. When I was in Samar I didn’t see cereal anywhere. I’ll have to check Mercury drug now though. I hope they have Cheerios, lol. Last time I went I brought pancake mix and real Maple syrup. My sisters-in-law to be were all surprised to watch me cook hehe. I usually eat whatever they eat but bring some extra foods with me so as not to impose. They are simple people and don’t eat a lot, mostly rice. I try to bring some meats with me and candy for the kids. I don’t think they eat meat often because of the expense. It makes me feel good to bring that food for them and lighten thier load a bit. Ingat.
Hi Mark G. – I’m pretty sure Gaisano store in Leyte they carry cereals. Our Gaisano in Davao has different kinds of cereals. I’ve seen cheerios in our Gaisano here.
Good for you that you are cooking. You will find pancake mix here in the local sari sari store. Of course no maple syrup from the sari sari store just in the grocery stores. Most Filipinos we put local brand margarine on our pancake and put a little bit of sugar. Its already good for us.
Yes, you’re right most people here don’t eat meat everyday. Its way too expensive for the local here.
Have fun cooking and eating with your family.
Take care!