Philippines in the past was a very agricultural country that raises crops from fruit to vegetables and livestocks such as chicken , cows and goats and the philippines is sorrounded by the sea so people living in it are gifted with fresh sea salt and bountiful fish . So finding ingridients would be so easy although I can't cook the I way I cook in modern era, here they don't have the equiment still I can make many more dishes using the traditional way.
But looking the way it is. Cuisine hasn't been introduced by the Spanish , after the spanish , american and japanese the filipino's only got their cooking skills elevated, but before they even come the philippines has already a root of cooking skills which is by cooking inside a bamboo and using banana leaves living it cooking inside a claypot .
They dont know how to do it but using my skills back when I was Tristan I can make good food for them .
I haven't got the chance to cook for my family back then and now I got into this out of nowhere I can't even remember how but this is reality no matter how I look at it . I've read it on some novels that incarnation was possible but I haven't died from what I remembered ,more like time was rewinded from the past . Not that I mind, I can live my life here and change the way things are using my knowledge of somewhat the modern era first thing is cooking , anywhere or at any era cooking food is an essential skill to gain everyones interest. Making good food means making everyone happy , as saying goes by the belly rules the mind, first you are gonna control the belly then control the mind , that was a funny saying but its true .
Yara and Eya would surely love this dish , every filipino loved this dish .
(Still this clothes are very unconventional It only covers my crotch so the wind is passing through my body and I'm so cold ,I am gonna do something about this and I am so ashamed walking half naked. )
"Asterio what are you doing ? " (said by Eya)
"Ah sorry dont mind me , here have a taste eat as much as you want as thanks for looking out after me for the past week."
I cooked rice beforehand , I went to get a banana leaf and then served them with rice and the chicken adobo I cooked for them.
"What is this that you have cooked , it smells good but its dark and shiny ."
"Dont worry its safe to eat the dark color came from the soy and the glossy-shiny color is the result of using sugar it glazes the chicken when melt."
"Is that so ? But to use a luxurious soy just to cook a chicken is a bit ."
"Dont think of it too much and eat ,before it turns cold its my way of appreciation for taking care of me . "
(Just where did my son learn how to cook like this , hes been acting all weird since he woke up , first he wants to go to the lake and earlier while cooking he is looking at his clothes and now he even cooks good looking foods better than I do , its just the looks and the smell the flavors are important there is no way you can just pour soy on the chicken stock or it will ruin the taste of chicken. )
"Okay then I will take a bite I dont know if its a good idea to eat a mans cooking but since you made it for me its a waste not to eat it."
"You too Eya."
"You know , you're acting weird since you woke up you did nothing but speak non-sense and now you are cooking like a girl. "
"Dont worry about the small things , maybe its just from when I got unconcious for a week you forgot what I can do."
"Then I wont look forward to a food you make since I can do better. "
"Well then have a taste and you can tell me that again afterwards."
Both of them ate the food that I made good , good I can see the surprise on Yara's face while Eya was reluctant at first but as she had her first bite she just kept it coming , she forgot about the temperature of the meal her hands didn't stop from eating it until none was left on her plate.
(What is this how can Asterio make such a good food , The soy , the vinegar I can taste it both its not as salty and bitter and not also sour , and morever it was sweet and I can also taste the chicken . Surprisingly the sauce is already tasty but the chicken is also tasty its soft and easy to eat and the flavor of soy is sweet and I couldn't taste the sourness of the vinegar . He cooks better than me but how ? I've been with his mother learning how to cook .)
"Asterio where did you learn how to cook food , good food deliciously at that , you aren't here when I'm cooking you are always outside watching your brother train with his sword , where did you learn such a thing as adding soy to add flavor and you even know each ingridients use that only most skilled women knows . The chicken was sweet even though it has salt and soy which both have a salty taste and its dark and it smells good. "
"I just knew it , I was sleeping and just got an idea how to use soy as added flavoring instead of using it as dipping sauce for fish only and throw it away after 1 use thats more of a waste . You can use soy sauce in many ways more than just a dipping for fishes.
For example you can use pineapples and chili and soy together and put the meat there for half a day then cook it on a flat surface and it will taste good."
"Have you been possesed by the god of bounty when you were unconcious how do you know such a thing , even the best cook of our tribe doesn't know that how can a 10 year old , even more a boy who hasn't been cooking or even held a knife before make such a delicious meal. "
"I'm not sure about the god but I certainly know how to cook mother. "
"I'm back mother I can hear Eya's voice from outside so that I could check whats happening. (Said by Ales who's drenched in sweat)"
"Alex you're back actually ---"
"Ooooh -- thank god you're awake Asterio its my fault that you got assaulted and went unconcious for a week and what is that I'm smelling , it smells good did you cook a meal for Asterio mother ? "
(So this is my brother , he's full of sweat maybe he had just finished his training . His look I'm sure of it small stature fair skin and straight black hair and brown eyes this tribe is from Tagbanwa tribe they are the decendants of tabon man who was the first to inhabit Philippines , they live on the mountains of south luzon . They build house near the lake this village is near Taal lake.)