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Terms in Filipino 31-40 of 78

balut

/bah-loot/
[Filipino]

A fertilised duck egg which is on the verge of hatching. The eggs are fertilised, incubated and allowed to develop until they reach the stage of having beaks, a few feathers, before being boiled and spiced. Balut eggs are often stained bright fuchsia pink.

banak

[Filipino]

Grey mullet (US: striped mullet).

bangas

[Filipino]

Large earthenware vats in which water is kept cool.

bangus

[Filipino]

Bangus or milkfish. A large, silver, bony fish popular in the South Pacific and Indian ocean. It has a delicate flavour, rather similar to whitefish, and has greenish-grey skin. It is cultivated in brackish fish ponds.

bangus en tocho

[Filipino]

Milkfish cooked in a black bean sauce.

barako coffee

[Filipino]

A robust type of coffee.

basi

/bah-see/
[Filipino]

An alcoholic drink fermented from sugar cane flavoured with herbs.

batangas

[Filipino]

A variety of mandarin commonly called ponkan which is widely grown throughout the world. The rind is thick and fits loosely around the sweet fruit.

batidor

[Filipino]

A brass pot used for beating and cooking chocolate.

bawang

[Filipino]

Garlic or onion