Monday, February 04, 2008

Longanisa Festival

My City of Cabanatuan recently celebrated its 1st Longanisa Festival on February 2, 2008. Known in the country for having the best tasting Longanisa, the Local Government of Cabanatuan deemed it proper to honor the longanisa makers and at the same time promote these sumptuous meat products all over the country thru this festival.

The day was filled with dancing and cooking and different contests about longanisa such as "Best Tasting Longanisa", "Longest Longanisa", and "Fastest Longanisa Maker" among others.

The event was participated by more than a couple of dozen longanisa makers in the City. They market and offer their products to the public with free tastes and samples to the festival goers.

Among the longanisa featured in the festival were Recado, Hamonado and Batutay. For those who are not familiar with these types of longaniza, here are brief description of each. Recado Longanisas are ground pork mixed with lots of garlic and pepper. Hamonado Longanisas are pork mixed with sugar. Batutay Longanizas on the other hand are ground beef mixed with sugar.

The best way to cook longanisa is to let them simmer until all the waters evaporated. Then gently fork these sausages until oil come out. Just let it cooked from its own oil under low heat until the longanisa turn into golden brown. Expect an appetite-building aroma while these longanisa are cooked.

Although, longanisa are typically fried, some booths demostrated various recipes using longanisa products. Some of these includes shomai, pika-pika and longanisa salad.

Since this was the first time that a festival of this nature was held in the City, the organizers of this event has learned a lot and will continue to improve this event in the coming years. They now have plans of putting up dress-like-a-longanisa and even a motorcade/parade with floats resembling that of a longanisa. Now, that is a sight to see.

So, to anyone who happens to pass by my City, do not forget to take-home the best longanisa of the Philippines. Or better yet, give me a call so I can bring you some. Yummy!!!

34 comments:

  1. i dont like too big longanisa. I love the skinless one in which when i was a kid i mistakenly called it as stainless longanisa.

    yum yum!

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  2. Hello there Lawstude
    Thanks for dropping by my place and leaving a comment..
    Glad I called here you have some fine stuff on show, seems like something for everyone. This post as sorted out my evening meal.. I just need to nip out now and buy some sausage.
    The pictures you commented on are took on the edge of two market towns thats Hyde and Glossop, mixed farming, industry, housing. Luckyerly in is quite a green place and is surrounded on three sides by moorland and hills.

    Once again thank you for taking the time to comment, it is great to see a new name pop up as well..
    All the best
    Tom

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  3. i had chorizo for breakfast and lunch yesterday. parang di ko na ma take ang longganisa for the rest of the week. ha ha.

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  4. Man, I love longanisa, the Bacolod variety I grew up to love:)Yes, I heard a lot about the famous Cabanatuan loganisa and would love to try it. Nothing beats a a freshly made longanisa better than the frozen ones we get here.

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  5. Wow! That was such an interesting event with good food.

    Alexander
    Alex's World! - http://www.kakinan.com/alex

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  6. I guess I could find myself quite well out there having some "longanisa" ...

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  7. Festivals are always fun. It looks and sounds yummy. Thanks for visiting my blog. MB

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  8. I love longanisa! You're right saying na its the tastiest longanisa. I don't prefer yung matatamis na longanisa eh.

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  9. @ towr - i like skinless longanisa too. the best ones here are sweet skinless longanisa and garlic skinless longanisa. i prefer the former.

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  10. @ old wom tigley - thanks for dropping by too. ur photos are really amazing and catches that rural feel of your place. just lovely.

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  11. @ lazarus - just freeze it and cook it when you want it lolz.

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  12. @ bw - ryt. i promise to send you some when u come back here.

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  13. @ abaniko - what's ur addy? ipapa lbc ko na lang lolz.

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  14. @ alexander - really great tasting food. meat lovers will enjoy these.

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  15. @ quintarantino - just like any other sausages, its very good with fried rice and sunny side-up eggs.

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  16. @ small city scenes - i agree, the festive mood is just great.

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  17. @ kegler747 - you will love our Recado Longanisa. It has lots of garlic and pepper in it. Ang bango pag naluto. Yummy.

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  18. nice.. nakakagutom. kaya lang chicken lang yung pwede sa akin.

    longanisa and chorizo are the same..ryt?

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  19. Pangasinan also has this festival and I am sure your Longanisa taste good sure.

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  20. That sounds good... another great festival.
    Maybe a travel idea for next year!

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  21. Being a vegetarian, this post was not for me. Maybe tomorrows post will be better for "me" to make a comment on. LOL

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  22. Sounds like a fun festival. I'm not much of a meat eater but I'm sure my husband would be in heaven! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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  23. dala ako nyan pagbalik ko dito sa japan. naks! ang ganda ng template natin a.

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  24. Ooooo, it looked so yummy. It is interesting to have cooking demonstrations too.

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  25. @ Kris Jasper Angel - We also have a chicken longanisa variety here. Uhm i dont think chorizo and longanisa are the same.

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  26. @ ps - pangasinan is near are place? when is ur festival held? we must compare tastes.

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  27. @ sidney - y not. the organizers promised that the celebration will be bigger next year.

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  28. @ andrea - i haven't heard of a vegetable longanisa yet, maybe someday lolz. thanx for the visit.

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  29. @ tanabata - i hear u. some don't like this because it has very high fat content and cholesterol. but a few bite won't hurt us.

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  30. @ islander_aryo - panyero sige ilang kilo gusto mo?

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  31. @ alicesg - i agree. i learn a lot watching cooking demonstrations too.

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  32. yum yum! i love longganisa esp if it goes with sinangag and egg! riiiiiiiiiing! riiiiiiiing! hello atty?hehehe

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  33. The best talaga ang longganisa dyan sa atin sa Cabanatuan...I really missed lahat ng pagkain dyan ..walang katulad dto sa States...Paki add din po na nandyan din ang pinakamasarap na fresh sitsaron..ang inantala..Nabanggit na nla yan sa Eat Bulaga....Keep it up Kabayan Bro.. Lawstude..Godbless

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