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- Sinigang—it's sour,
it's so comforting,

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and apparently, 
it's one of the best soups

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in the world 
according to TasteAtlas.

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So what makes it so special
and why do Filipinos

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have so many different ways 
of making it?

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That's where the main asim kilig 
kind of thing comes out.

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We're here to interrogate, 
investigate, and most importantly

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taste our way through 
the mysteries of Filipino food.

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This is Patikim.

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So what makes sinigang distinct?

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Well, the secret lies 
in our very Filipino way

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of adding sourness 
to everything.

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And depending on where you live, 
those ingredients

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can vary greatly.

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Sinigang is a verb, 
and versions will vary

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throughout the archipelago.

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We often associate sour 
with acid—

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sampaloc, batwan, 
calamansi, etc—

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and most souring agents 
have citric acid.

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But I'm wondering 
if the level of acidity

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in our sinigang is what affects 
its sourness.

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What do you think, 
Professor Ara?

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- Thanks, Erwan.

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So the total titratable acidity 
is one of the basic

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and simple tests for us 
to determine the amount of acid.

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So when we say amount, 
that's the concentration

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of acid present in our sample.

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So when it comes to food, 
there are different types

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of acids present.

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And normally, we report 
the total titratable acidity

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on the type of acid.

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So right now we will test 
four samples,

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three of which are fruits.

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We have the calamansi, 
the biasong, the batwan,

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and then this will be compared 
to our instant sinigang mix.

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There are different types 
of acid in food.

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Each fruit will have 
a distinct type of acid.

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They may not be the same 
for all of the samples

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that we have tested.

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So that is one factor in terms 
of the total titratable acidity

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and in terms 
of the perceived sourness.

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So of course, 
the acids present in the food

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will greatly contribute 
to the sour taste

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of a particular dish.

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But it is not normally 
the amount of acid present

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in the food which dictates 
the sourness.

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It also is dictated by the type 
of acid present.

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So during titration,
the setup is very simple.

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***So meron lang tayong burette and then yung reagent, isang base lang and then indicator for the color change, and then yun na yun. So very straightforward naman yung titration procedure. Ayan, nagpipink na siya. So pag nakikita na natin yung pink, ibig sabihin medyo malapit na tayo dun sa endpoint. So malapit ng maneutralize ng base natin yung acid na nasa sample. Yung reporting nito is in terms of the type of the acid. So for example for calamansi, the dominant acid here is citric acid, so irereport natin siya in terms of citric acid. For sinigang, iba iba rin depende sa type ng souring agent. So for tamarind, it's tartaric acid, for calamansi, it's citric acid, for batwan I also think it's citric acid, for kamias, it's oxalic acid. So those different types of acid also have a different perceived sourness. So it doesn't mean also that the amount of acid, the higher the amount of acid present in the sample the higher also the perceived sourness. So it depends on the type of the acid. Among those acid sa food na related to sinigang, yung high level ng degree of perceivable sourness is the tartaric acid. So kaya tamarind yung common na souring agents for sinigang. Ayan. So meron ng kita agad na pink color. So pag mabilis pa mawala yung kulay, ibig sabihin malayo pa sa endpoint. Pag medyo matagal na magdisappear yung pink color, ibig sabihin malapit na sa endpoint or yung total volume ng base na needed to neutralize the acid. Ayan. So that's the endpoint, pink color. So for the instant mix, yung volume na nagamit niya is around 22.5mL so mas konti siya compared sa calamansi kanina. So yung calamansi is, if I'm not mistaken, 55mL. So 55mL yung volume ng base. So for instant mix, 21.5mL, so ibig sabihin mas mataas yung titrated acidity ng calamansi natin na sample. Ibig lang sabihin mas mataas yung volume or concentration ng acid present sa calamansi compared sa instant mix, but it does not necessarily mean na in terms of perceived sourness mas maasim na si calamansi. So when it comes to taste, we have no instrument that can really measure the degree or intensity of a particular taste. So sabi nga the best instrument parin when it comes to detecting taste is our human tongue. So let's try this biasong na walang added water. Tagal di nagpipink. Very acidic. Ang taas ng... oo. So pag mabilis siya matapos, konti lang yung acid. Pag matagal or mas marami yung volume, mas mataas yung acid. So medyo complex kasi yung flavor profile ng sinigang, so parang balance siya ng sweetness, sourness, and saltiness. So ito naka 50mL na tayo pero di parin siya nagneuneutralize so we need more base. So ito diluted na to nagadd na ako ng water pero ang taas parin ng volume needed to neutralize the acid. Ayan. Faint pink, ayan. So 96.3mL yung volume na nagamit for biasong na diluted na, so added water. So very high din yung total titratable acidity present dito. Try natin yung batwan. 10mL. Try natin na as is walang water. So batwan known to na souring agent sa Visayas area naman. Ay konti lang pink agad. For batwan, small lang yung volume around 3mL para mareach niya yung endpoint. More or less calamansi and biasong magkalapit lang, yes. Kasi ito dinilute natin ng water. So yun yung results for these test.

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So after conducting 
the total titratable acidity test,

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we found that the batwan 
has lower total titratable acidity

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as compared to the calamansi 
and the biasong.

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As for the instant mix, 
it has a lower

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total titratable acidity also 
as compared to the biasong

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and the calamansi.

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So Erwan, based on this test, 
we can conclude

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that we really cannot say 
that a dish will be sour,

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perceived as sour, 
if it has higher

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total titratable acidity,

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it still depends on the type 
of acid present on the dish

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and of course, 
the other flavors in the dish.

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So what we can do is 
we can have a sensory evaluation

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of different sinigang dish 
made or prepared

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with different souring agents 
and let the people taste,

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let them decide whether 
or not the perceived sourness

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is acceptable or right for them.

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- We need to get 
to the bottom of this.

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So we gathered a group 
of unsuspecting individuals

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to put their taste buds 
to the test.

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Do they perceive sourness
in the same way?

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- Hey, guys!

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- My name is Seth 
and I'm from Manila.

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- Hi! I'm Ina 
and I'm from Bacolod.

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- Hi! I'm Trish 
and I'm from Manila.

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- I'm Martin 
and I'm from QC—

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Quezon City.

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- Hi! I'm Nika.

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I'm from Misamis Occidental 
in Mindanao.

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- Yo, what's that?

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(laughs)

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***Calamansi yata to eh. Nagulat ako parang sawsawan eh. Lasang sawsawan kasi.

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- I like this one.

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It kind of tastes 
like sinigang mix.

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- Okay.

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(chuckles)

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Wow!

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***Gumuguhit eh.

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- I'm scared.

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***Ito ata yung pinakamaasim.
Masakit siya sa ngalangala.

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- Christ.

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(chuckles)

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***Parang nagcacramps yung dito ko, wait lang.

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- The whole thing?

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I can't bite it.

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It's not coming...

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***Magpa-pasta ka muna, ate.
- Hilaw pa to.

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- Disclaimer, I have 
the lowest tolerance to sourness.

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- I inhaled it!

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(coughs)

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I was like, 
"Oh, Sour Patch Kids,"

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then it just kept going
more sour and sour and sour.

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My mouth is still watering.

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- Okay, okay, okay, I get it.

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Sinigang isn't just a soup,
it's a cooking technique,

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it's a way of life, some may say.

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It really is a choose 
your own sourness adventure.

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But why are we Filipinos 
so obsessed with its tangy

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kick and flavor?

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We're sitting down 
with Micky Fenix.

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I'm sure she'll have the answers.

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- I'm Michaela Fenix.

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Sometimes I write 
under Micky Fenix.

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I started writing about food 
in the 1980s.

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It was just a hobby of some sort.

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After that, people kept 
on writing me about their food

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because they wanted 
to showcase their food.

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It's always been supposed thing 
about Filipino food

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that we like sour.

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But it's not only us, apparently.

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It's also our Southeast 
Asian neighbors, ASEAN,

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and then around the world.

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Bryan Koh wrote something 
about that in one book

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that we did, and he said 
sourness apparently

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releases serotonin
and it's something

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that makes us feel good.

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I would like to add to that 
that sourness

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actually wets the appetite.

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And the Filipino... it's so crazy.

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You go to any carinderia, 
you eat there,

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the Filipino diner will always ask 
for soup,

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and usually the soup is sinigang.

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So I think that sort 
of establishes it as something

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that we need to have in our meals—
something sour.

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Also, because we have pickles— 
atchara.

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We need something 
to balance, let's say,

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richness with sour 
so that you temper

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the richness of a food.

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So the sourness always has 
to be there somehow,

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you know.

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And of course, 
our penchant for soup.

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And I think many Filipinos 
are like that also in a sense.

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Like me.

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I mean, when I look 
at the food and see—

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what would enhance the food,

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what would make it taste better.

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We all have the same preference 
for sourness also

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in our ASEAN neighbors.

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I was so surprised.

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One time I was researching,
and then I saw Malaysia

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had singgang
and then they use kamias.

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So I said to myself, 
"Doesn't that sound sinigang?"

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It's very near us.

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But they also have other things 
apart from that.

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I mean, it depends on where 
in Malaysia you are.

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They have all this sort 
of sour food.

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And I said to myself, 
when we were doing the book

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"Table for 10," 
which is shared ASEAN food,

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we thought, "My gosh, 
we're practically the same."

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We just...

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Even if...

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We did call the food the same,
"sinigang," "singgang."

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You know?

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What's nice about sinigang
is you can put in anything

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and make it sinigang
and make it sour.

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So I remember when I was in Cebu, 
they would always chide me

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and say, because I am from Luzon,

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"Your sinigang is so sour."

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They would always say that.

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And then, I would return,
"Yours lack sourness."

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The difference is there
but it's the same in terms

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of sour soup.

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I think the MSG scare 
is just too much.

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You have soy sauce, 
which is MSG,

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and we use it all the time.

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And for me, the mere fact 
that food companies

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are doing convenience food helps 
in promoting our food

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in the world, you know,

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so at least people will get 
to know us through that even if...

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Because if we teach them 
from scratch thing,

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it's not going to be appealing 
to them.

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First of all, where will they get 
the sampaloc, right?

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Where will they get the kamias?

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It's convenience. Yeah.

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It's our culture, our penchant 
for liking sour things.

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- The best thing 
about understanding a dish

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and getting to know it intimately, 
knowing its history,

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trying to understand 
its context, its milieu,

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is that it gives you the tools 
to kind of appropriate it

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subjectively in terms 
of what you think

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is the best version of the dish.

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Sinigang is something 
that we all grew up eating,

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we all have 
that shared memory of it.

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But as we've seen, 
flavor is very personal.

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So if you're someone 
that likes to cook at home,

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especially when it comes 
to Filipino food,

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especially one of these dishes 
that's more of a category,

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less of a dish, 
more of a technique

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and a cooking style 
and less of a prescription,

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then it should give you 
the liberty to eventually

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make your own recipe regionalistic.

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We can actually get 
different ingredients

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from different parts 
of the Philippines

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and come up 
with something different.

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And I feel the combination 
of batwan and sampaloc

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is absolutely beautiful 
when it comes to this soup.

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Right, Jed? Awesome.

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Let's get cooking.

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So that goes into our pot here.

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And right away 
with our tomatoes

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and my onion.

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So these will just be quartered.

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All that goes into our pot.

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So these will just be quartered.

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All that goes into our pot.

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Give some water, Jed.

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Thank you, sir.

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Add your water inside.

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With some fish sauce.

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Just a little bit for now.

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Just a preference,
slices of ginger.

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And we're gonna wait 
for that first boil to come up,

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and then skim off 
some of that protein.

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So you've got a nice 
clear-ish broth.

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Obviously, this is not supposed 
to be a clear soup.

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If you wanted to be really kind 
of particular about it,

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you could clean it up with, 
like, a egg white raft

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or something.

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I'm gonna add 
some crushed tomatoes here.

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There's nothing else in here.

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It's just gonna give it 
a nice color.

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And I'm gonna add the tamarind 
and the batwan in here.

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And I think 
if you're a restaurant...

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This is maybe controversial, 
but personal opinion.

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If you're a restaurant, 
like a proper sit-down restaurant

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making sinigang, 
I really don't think you should be

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using sinigang packs,

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because you go to restaurants, 
you know, for food,

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be prepared with love, 
and it should be a labor of love.

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And if you're using a pack 
in a restaurant,

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unless it's a fast food place, 
I really don't think it has

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its place there.

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But I'm not a hater.

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I don't not like it.

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I just think there's a time 
and place for it.

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So you'll see the batwan 
and the tamarind

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have kind of doubled in size.

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And this has a lot of flavor.

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So when you kind 
of press this down

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and you get kind 
of that milky pulp,

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that's where the main "asim kilig" 
kind of thing comes out.

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So this is just a more 
modern way of doing it.

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So basically you could 
kind of mash it,

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but I do feel like 
there's way more flavor trapped

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in there.

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So I'm going to go ahead 
and blend it

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because it is soft enough.

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So I'm going to transfer all 
of this into my blender.

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Okay, let me blend this.

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You can see the color 
of our brothel

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is cooked crazy milky, 
which is how I like it.

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And there's no taro 
or anything in there, right?

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So we got that milkiness just 
from the tamarind

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and the batwan,
and that's why I like blending it.

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We go in with our radish 
and with our eggplant.

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Our kangkong stems.

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And then right before serving, 
we're gonna add in

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our kangkong leaves.

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And at this point is 
when you can kind of season

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a little bit, and then 
we're going to add

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more seasoning later 
as needed.

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Try this out.

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When I have friends who come 
to the Philippines

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for the first time, you know, 
I always get asked,

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you know, "Where should we go? 
What should we try?"

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and everything.

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Filipino food is so diverse, right?

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And a lot of what we do here 
in FEATR talks

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about how diverse it is 
and how many different types

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of cuisines and cultures 
have kind of imbued

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the local flavors.

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But things that are sour 
and acidic are so distinct

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to a Filipino.

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If you were to ask me 
what is one flavor profile

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that makes Filipino food 
different from the rest,

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I would say it is our love for 
and our penchant

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for things that are sour.

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And you can see that 
through dishes like sinigang,

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but you can also see it 
through our sauce.

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Our sauces always have 
something acidic, citric acid,

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or has some sort of sourness 
to it as well,

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to balance our love for richness 
and our love

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for kind of fattiness.

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Dinuguan—the sourness 
is also key to make that dish

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more palatable.

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So Jed brought all his friends.

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***- Wow. Bango.

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- Okay. Who wants to try it?

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- We all want to try it, 
of course.

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- Let's go!

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- Did you sauté the...?

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- No, boiled it.

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- Oh, you boiled it. Okay.

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- Did you sauté your stuff
for your sinigang?

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***- Delikado yung knife.
- Grabe para nga siyang may gabi.

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- So what do you guys think?

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Yes, I used tamarind and batwan.

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- Delicious.

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- I love the sourness.

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- It's also tender.

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- So sometimes it's really hard
to get the sourness

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we now associate with it,
but I think this is pretty close.

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Like, obviously sinigang pack
would be way more sour

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than this.

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So, final thoughts?

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What do you guys think?

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- I like it.

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- I mean, Trish, do you know
when people taste from food,

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usually you don't double dip.

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- Oh, sorry.

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- Oh!

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- That's why it became more sour!

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- My grandmother said 
it's going to spoil.

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(laughs)

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- So I hope you guys
have learned something

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in this first episode of Patikim.

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The idea is to kind of explore
Filipino food

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through a different lens,
sprinkling a little bit of science,

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sprinkling a little bit of broscience,
and sprinkling all

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our subjective biases as well.

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This was sinigang.

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Who knows what we're going
to tackle next.

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- It's delicious.

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***Actually mas gusto ko yung sinigang na may gabi. Pero yung creaminess niya para siyang may gabi na rin. So it's a yes.
- The Jed approved.
- Pero mas gusto niya raw yung may gabi, sabi niya. Sabi niya.
(laughs)
- Pero masarap parin siya, very delicious.
- So is it sinigang?
- Yes.
- Say yes it's sinigang.
- Yes, it's sinigang.
- Yey!
(cheers and applauds)
- This is sinigang. Ano kaya yung gagawin namin sa susunod?
- Subscribe mga kaFEATR!
(laughs)