03 April 2012

Behind the Blog's Name

BEBENGISM is a straight-in-your-face imitation of MELANISM. No, not the dark pigmentation of the skin that is the opposite of albinism, but coined because of Miss International 1979 Melanie Marquez's quotable quotes. Ten of the most memorable melanisms can be read here. As a stay-at-home mom then, Facebook was my only social life. Status updates were my micro-blogs. Whenever it's something quirky (or so I thought), I put the word bebengism prior the post. For example, "Bebengism: Breakfast cereals can be eaten any time of the day." But if my memory serves me right, I have only posted three updates containing the word. Well, it doesn't stop me from using (and abusing!) it, bebengism now holds a special place in my FB Photo Albums. The album mostly consists of photos of food I have prepared over the months as a SAHM and some random things my frustrated photographer's eyes had seen.

Our Newly-Renovated Room

This room had cost us my husband's midyear bonus. To date, the room's a bit messy, full of my daughter's toys and its two pin lights aren't working anymore. But we barely care about it 'cause it serves as our home for almost a year now. It witnessed my little giggly girl's shrieks when I tickle her, my bouts of emotional arguments with my "virtual" husband and the solace of being alone, reading (and re-reading) all my magazines and books.


Chicken Cordon Bleu with Buttered Broccoli
My husband's favorite! Lakas daw maka-catering.
Kangkong topped with Stir-fried White Onions
Simply our take on the domesticated adobong kangkong.
Fried Rice, Fried Siomai and Sauteed Vegetables
Spiced & Buttered Baby Potatoes
I envy Janice de Belen's spice rack and promised myself to have one in the future. So when I got hold of three McCormick spices, I put 'em all in these innocent baby potatoes. Regardless of the fact that herbs should match the food you're spicing. It was delicious, anyway.

Chocolate Truffles
My husband has sweet TEETH (plural, yes.) but when he tasted these, he said he almost had diabetes. Haha! Too much condensed milk or confectionery sugar, perhaps. :p

Sizzling Shrimps in Butter and Garlic Sauce
My mother-in-law (MIL) adores her hot plate. She bought this basically for tofu sisig. She said she wants to cook something that she ate from Max's, but when she bought shrimps from the wet market, as getting sick of (nauumay, that is) the usual butter & garlic tandem, I made use of the hot plate's existence so as to innovate. Voila! Very pulutan-ish dinner. Kampay!

Oriental Fried Rice, Breaded Cream Dory Fillet
and Buttered Button Mushrooms with Cooked Peas
Cream Dory fillet can be bought in the supermarket at a very reasonable price. In Parco Supermarket in Concepcion, Marikina City, it's located in a separate fridge together with fishballs, squidballs, lumpiang shanghai and the like. You can buy it at Php80 to Php110 per pack. I specifically recommend this to parents having a hard time feeding your kids fish. Because it doesn't stink like fish and it's best fried, dipped in mayonnaise. Yum! 

Buttered Vegetables
My little story-teller thinks broccoli is a tree and baby potatoes are mountains. She's the giant monster eating the forest! Her imagination is ridiculously funny but I'm lucky she eats veggies, as long as it's pleasing to her eyes. She doesn't like eggplant which she thinks is dirty. And I remembered her saying "my tongue is itchy, Nanay!"

Sophia's Nuggets

Oh! Before I forget, as the youngest girl in the family, my father called me Bebeng (somewhat a Pinoy way of the endearment baby) and thus started the blog's name. Clear, yes?



P.S. All pictures were taken using my trusty almost 2-year-old Nokia C3. Do you think I deserve to have a DSLR? Paging the husband of the blogger! 

23 comments:

  1. Nagutom naman ako sa post na to haha ang sasarap tingnan lalo na yung hipon! My favorite. Haha

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  2. I love all the foods shown above,but my most favorite was the shrimps in sizzling plate.Now I know how the word bebengism come from.

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  3. i thought your name is bebeng where the bebengism comes from, just like MELANISM where the name came from melanie. anyway, all the foodies photos looks yumm. especially the shrimp and fried rice. I learned something with your post.

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    1. Yes, actually, my close friends and family call me Bebeng. That's where it came from. I mentioned that in the last part. ;)

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  4. The Chicken Cordon Bleu looks sooooo yummy. Its been a while since Ive eaten this

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    1. Yes, this is my favorite dish I order in the restaurant where you, Ruben Licera I have dined in.

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  5. it is nice to know the story behind the blog title/name and its meaning na rin..hehe. It is my first visit here and it makes me drooling for the foods here

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  6. Love the food pictures!
    I have the same title with my kids' quotable quotes :)

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  7. alright! enough looking at these food. makes me so hungry. glad that you were able to taste those food and figured which one you like the most. i was drooling at the oriental friend rice and buttered vagetables

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  8. I already forgot where the bebengisms came from because of those delicious food on your post! Those made me hungry again!

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  9. Ah so that is the meaning of the blog title...But you know the foods are really yummy...

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  10. Your post made me crave for friend rice! Yummm!

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  11. now we all know why your blog named this way.. but what i love in your post are the foods.. it makes me hungry :)

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  12. Yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and you make me drool :-) Now I am hungry and it is true :-)

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  13. Nice collection of food photos! Like the version of your adobong kangkong. :-)

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  14. Hmmm...makes me hungry looking at your foodies' pics :-)

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  15. Bebengism...that's cute. :) I love the stir fry kangkong topped with onion rings.

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  16. I like the story about your room. We will soon leave our room so we can move to our very own apartment in the compound.

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  17. Oh I see. I never knew that they made this word 'Melanism'. So, your name is Bebe then? Cool blog name and concepts. Anyway, I am drooling to these mouth-watering foodies you've shared. Looks like your a good cook!

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    1. Haha! No, It's Bebeng. I mentioned it at the last part. :)

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  18. I love the kangkong!! I am so drooling right now and it's the middle of the night! Where in the world can I find a kangkong at this time? LOL! I love your blog's name, by the way.

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  19. Love this post sis! You made me crave for great home-cooked food like those you've prepared, plus you got me entertained with your writing style :) Anyway, I actually haven't heard of Melanism if you didn't mention it, but I really dig the -ism! ;)

    PS: Can't believe you just used your Nokia C3 to take these photos! You definitely deserve a decent camera, even a compact hybrid one at the very least.

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    1. Thanks Sumi! Nahiya naman ako at napaka-galing mong food blogger. Your food photos are amazing. Yes, I have a camera na, it's a Samsung slim. Siyempre, PINK. :)

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