Comments on: The Next Porky Challenge : Chicharon a la Marketman!!!

By: Rico Santos

Rico Santos — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:27:03 +0000

Good day… please try to use the Raw Material Monterey Pork Skin, we can deliver… We currently supply the skin in Sta. Maria, Bulacan… hurry up… For inquiry, you may call me at 09228612357 Sun-Philippines

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:53:54 +0000

Mike, hahaha, yes, they are imported skins. While I try to buy local as much as possible, I do consume a lot of stuff from elswewhere… including beef, lamb, duck, fruit, olive oil, nuts, condiments, etc… farah, I buy from large wholesalers, I think the one in Cebu is called Alpa or Alpha trading. But you have to buy in bulk, like 30 kilos per box at a time…

By: Joe Bariring

Joe Bariring — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:19:37 +0000

I called up Yosemite Meat Co., Inc. in Modesto, California and was amazed how competitive their prices were. I asked for over a half dozen different cuts of pork and beef and for some offals. Awesome prices! The only caveats are; a minimum order of 600 lbs, and they don’t ship outside California and Seattle.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:57:55 +0000

Pigskin imported from the States? All the while I thought you were a locavore.

By: farah

farah — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:53:56 +0000

mm, please tell me where to buy imported pig skin. i am dying to cook my own chicharon minus the dreaded MSG. thank you

By: quiapo

quiapo — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:37:48 +0000

Does anyone miss the chicharon bulaklak made in Azcarraga?

By: anne

anne — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:18:53 +0000

woww….your very own Zubucharon!! can’t wait till i get back to the Philippines… hope ill get back just in time for these to be available in the market already!

By: Divine G.

Divine G. — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:57:51 +0000

MM…if you have heard of Camiling, Tarlac their most popular product is chicharon called “seseron”…Manila to Camiling used to be 4 hrs. drive but I think now the trip is shorter. Go to the public market and you will see that there are lots of “seseron” sellers .The market is just across the church. This is what we used when we cooked pinakbet and balatong (guinisang munggo).

By: EbbaBlue

EbbaBlue — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:14:22 +0000

BettyQ, thanks a bunch; will do. I have here a new nylon kulambo that has not been used (actually I bought it from Pinas just because…I fell nostalgic). I will sew it parang small kulambo for the drying of the skins. Ito kasing si Mr. MM ang sarap talaga mang-inggit. Actually kahit pagdating ko dyan sa Pinas I will do the same thing, everytime I visit kasi I got 2 pigs slaughtered for my food stay. And ikatlo pang-lechon. Siyanga pala, Oriental groceries sells Crab chips now too. Medio mahal, pero its a good quality. Thanks everybody.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 18:41:45 +0000

Ebba…go to a garden store and buy those netting for peas…get the smallest squares to cover your pork skin…next get some used pie plates or those foil burner plates of different sizes. attach them to a bamboo pole and stick it in the middle of a bucket to hold the bamboo pole and fill the bucket with gravel or soil….this is a homemade scarecrow thingey to keep the blackbirds away…best when there is wind. It works. Another thing….if oyu have a broken garden hose …cut lenghts and put them on the ground and simulate a snake> the birds think it is a snake and will go somewhere else!