Special Interest: Aklan Province
Islands Philippines
Pottery Making/Pop Rice (Ampaw) Making, Lezo. The industries
that have augmented the people's livelihood in this municipality.
Residents near the riverbank make clay pots and jars the old-fashioned
way, as others engage in poprice making. Popularly known as "ampaw"
in the local dialect is being processed from cooked rice, dried,
deep fried with oil and sugar and then molded into the same sizes
and dried slowly.
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Breads and Pastries Philippines Cuisine
In a typical Filipino bakery, pandesal, monay and ensaymada are often sold. Pandesal comes from the Spanish pan de sal (literally, bread of salt), and is a ubiquitous breakfast fare, normally eaten with (and sometimes even dipped in) coffee.
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