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- Title:
- Getting Authentic
- Description:
- During Lapulapu’s lifetime there was roasting. Pigafetta proves that by writing in 1521 that he ate roast pork and fish. But he doesn’t reveal if the roasting was done on a spit, using something like a barbecue stick or skewer, or laid on a grill that might have been made of wood. Roasting is an early, basic cooking technique. One only needs an open fire to roast. RP archaeological sites in Tawi Tawi and Butuan, areas within the scope of Pigafetta’s voyage had remains of cooked food, likely roasted, as far back as 7,000 years ago and the 11th and 12th centuries of the Common Era, respectively. It was likely 400,000 to 360,000 BC when our ancestor, Homo erectus hominid (Peking man) of the Middle Pleistocene era used fire to cook hunted deer.
- Subjects:
- Lapu-lapu Roasting Pigafetta
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- LAPULAPU painted by Fernando Amorsolo in 1951. It is at Manila Hotel for all to view.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Getting Authentic", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll026.html