{"id":17552,"date":"2022-06-02T07:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T11:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=17552"},"modified":"2022-06-02T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T11:41:15","slug":"santacruzan-festival-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=17552","title":{"rendered":"Santacruzan Festival 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 44th Annual Santacruzan Festival and Flores de Mayo celebration in Jersey City last Sunday encompassed two stages for live performances, a flea market, family activities, and religious processions \u2013 but you know I was there for the food vendors! Here are a few delicious Filipino treats that we sampled:<\/p>\n

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\nLechon (pork belly) \u2013 With its all-important crispy skin, served over a split rice ball and accompanied by a cucumber-tomato-onion salad.<\/p>\n

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\nSisig \u2013 Plated over rice; pork on one side, chicken on the other.<\/p>\n

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\nLongganisa \u2013 Filipino sweet sausage that, regardless of its name, is more like chorizo than Spanish longaniza.<\/p>\n

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\nIsaw \u2013 Grilled pork intestine on a stick with sukang pinakurat<\/em> (a savory vinegar sauce). The vendor eyed me skeptically. \u201cYou eat this?\u201d she asked. \u201cYou made this? I eat this!\u201d I replied. Don\u2019t knock it till you\u2019ve tried it.<\/p>\n

Masarap!
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