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- Title:
- Where did Pigafetta Discover Millet in the Philippines?
- Description:
- In 1521 Pigafetta recorded that miglio (millet in Italian) was called HUMAS at the Visayan island of Mazaua where food included citrus, rice, coconut, and more. While Limasawa in southern Leyte is considered to be Mazaua, a case has been made that it might actually have been Masao, in the Caraga area of Mindanao! Historians are debating the evidence again. Millet was likely the fall-back cereal during drought when rice would not grow. Today humas is better known as KABOG, actually the word for fruit bat. It seems fruit bats eat millet and in northern Cebu’s town of Catmon, rice cake of millet is called BUDBUD KABOG. There is even an annual budbud kabog festival every February 10. Enterprises like the one noted in the photo can sell Cebu’s culinary legacy to the delight of an increasing market. This is the 11th in my IG series about Pinoy food discovered during the Magallanes voyage, 1519-1522.
- Subjects:
- Budbud HUMAS Kabog
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- Flickr.com
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Where did Pigafetta Discover Millet in the Philippines?", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll016.html
Rights
- Rights:
- public domain
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/