The document discusses food culture in the Philippines. It describes several unusual or exotic foods that are eaten in the Philippines, including cat adobo, fried or roasted rat, frogs cooked adobo style, snake adobo, lizard adobo and eggs, fried beetles, bats, goat kilawing, fried or dried adobo mole crickets, fried or adobo grasshoppers, ginatang kuhol (golden snail), worms found on rotten trees which are deep fried or sautéed, and a "jumping salad" where live shrimp are eaten alive and spiced with citrus or mango. Philippine culture blends influences from pre-Hispanic, Hispanic, American, Chinese, Arab and Indian cultures.

1. Philippines “ Republic of the Philippines”

2. Is an Island country located in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. The Philippines comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam.

3. Philippine culture is a fusion of pre-Hispanic Austronesian, civilizations mixed with Hispanic, and American. It has also been influenced by Chinese, Arab, and Indian cultures . Culture

4. Kilawing bunog (raw young of a mudfish) These are eaten raw spiced up with vinegar or citrus juice, pepper, and salt .

5. Food in the Philippines Adobong pusa or cat adobo Do you know that even cats are eaten by people in the Philippines? They cook it in adobo style, saut é ed with garlic, onion and laurel leaf seasoned with soy sauce and vinegar. This is a favorite appetizer during their drinking spree.

6. Adobo/ prito o litsong daga or adobo/ fried or roasted rat Rats from the rice paddies are also eaten. They would skin them, cut the head, the tail, and the legs then all internal organs are removed. Actually these rodents are clean because they only feed on rice. Cooking is done the adobo way deep fried. It can also be roasted like chicken.

7. deep fried frogs adobo style

8. Snakes/ snake adobo

9. Lizard adobo / a lizard/ lizard's egg