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The favor towards bitter flavor that can be attested by its presence in its most-loved dish, the pinakbet. The pinakbet uses bitter melon, eggplant, squash and okra cooked with bagoong or fermented shrimp fry and bagnet or sun-dried pork belly, which is fried to a crisp prior to mixing with the vegetable.

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2 tbsps. cooking oil, 1 tbsp. finely minced garlic, 1/2 cup finely chopped onion, 1 kilo pork, sliced, 5 ripe tomatoes, quartered, 1/2 cup shrimp paste (bagoong alamang), 1/2 cup water, 3 eggplants, sliced, 2 cups squash, sliced, 1/2 cup boiled squash, mashed, 5 pcs. okra, 1 bundle sitaw, sliced into 3-inch lengths,salt to taste

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