Rizalino

Did you know that the first considered Filipino children's folktale "Ang Matsing at Ang Pagong" is popularized and published in English 130 years ago in July 21st 1889 in the July 1889 issue of Trübner's Oriental Record in England by the one and only Dr. Jose Rizal?

Pepe published the folktale in an article entitled "Two Eastern Folktales" alongside a similar folktale from Japan, "The Monkey and the Crab" during a trip to London.

Below are the illustrations of "The Monkey and The Turtle" made by Rizal

for more information about the information, click the link below for the article

Rizal's Favorite Food

Like any other person, Pepe has his own list of food that just hits the spot for his taste buds.

"The Lookout" listed the top 5 favorite Filipino cuisine of our national hero.

here's the list

1. Pancit

Pancit is a staple food for every Filipino gatherings and celebration. Although ingredients may vary depending on the recipe followed, the dish commonly consists of ingredients such as shrimp, meat or chicken, chicken innards, celery, carrots, cabbages, string beans, onion, garlic, and noodles. The noodles used for cooking pancit vary depends on the type of pancit cooked (pancit bihon, pancit malabon, pancit canton, pancit guisado, pancit sotanghon)

Pancit has Chinese origins and came from the Hokkien phrase "pian i sit" which means something convenient/cooked fast.

2. Tinola

Tinola is a chicken soup which is a common viand in the Filipino household. It is cooked with chicken parts (some includes chicken innards), garlic, onions, and papaya or sayote in a boiled down, flavorful broth.

The dish was mentioned in one of the chapters in Noli Me Tangere.

3. Monggo

Monggo is also a traditional staple in the Filipino household. Its main ingredient is the mung bean, thus the name monggo. It is cooked with a choice of meat (chicken or pork; at times cooked with dried shrimp or fresh shrimp), a choice of vegetable (moringa leaves, ampalaya leaves, squash flower and/or leaves, or chili leaves), ampalaya (bitter gourd fruit), onions, garlic, and usually topped with chicharon. It is commonly paired with tuyo or daing (dried fish).

4. Bistek

Bistek is a hearty Filipino dish which is cooked with soy sauce, citrus (calamansi or lemon), onions, garlic, and meat. Commonly, the dish is cooked with beef sirloin but, other types of meat such as pork, chicken and fish could be used.

5. Champorado with Tuyo (Sardines Seca)

Champorado is a common Filipino rice pudding made with sticky rice or glutinous rice, tablea or coco powder, sugar, and poured over with evaporated milk.

The pudding is best paired with fried tuyo because of the contrast between the sweetness of the pudding and saltiness of the fish.

To read the blog and learn the recipes of the food listed above, click the link below:

links for the descriptions

DID YOU KNOW?

Rizal sent several animal, insect, and plant specimens to the Dresden Anthropological and Ethnographical Museum for identification. He was not given any money in return for the scientific books, magazines, and surgical instruments that he needed and used in Dapitan. Dr. Jose Rizal sent 12 snakes, one sea horse, two scorpions, and a number of butterflies to the director of the Dresden Anthropological and Ethnographical Museum in 1893.

During his time in exile on Dapitan, he had the opportunity to collect rare animal species. Rhacophorus Rizali (a toad), Draco Rizali (a flying lizard), and Apogonia Rizali (a small beetle) were all named after him.

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DID YOU KNOW?

According to an acrostic poem written in an article of The Medical Philosopher (Raymond Oliver Cruz in real life), Jose Rizal's I.Q is estimated to be in the 150-160 point range of the Guassian bell curve. To put into the I.Q. scale, Rizal is considered as a highly gifted individual.

Given his intelligence, Rizal is also a polymath.

To see the acrostic poem dedicated to our national hero, click the link below

written by: Dr. Jose Rizal

The poem Sa Aking Mga Kababata (or when translated in English, To My Fellow Youth), is written by a young Pepe (he was eight years old)

The poem's theme is about the love for one's native language.

Kapagka ang baya’y sadyang umiibig Sa kanyang salitang kaloob ng langit, Sanlang kalayaan nasa ring masapit Katulad ng ibong nasa himpapawid.

Pagka’t ang salita’y isang kahatulan Sa bayan, sa nayo’t mga kaharian, At ang isang tao’y katulad, kabagay Ng alin mang likha noong kalayaan.

Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita Mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda, Kaya ang marapat pagyamaning kusa Na tulad sa inang tunay na nagpala.

Ang wikang Tagalog tulad din sa Latin Sa Ingles, Kastila at salitang anghel, Sapagka’t ang Poong maalam tumingin Ang siyang naggawad, nagbigay sa atin.

Ang salita nati’y huwad din sa iba Na may alfabeto at sariling letra, Na kaya nawala’y dinatnan ng sigwa Ang lunday sa lawa noong dakong una.

read the poem at the link below:

Full Name: Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

Birthdate: June 19, 1861

Birthplace: Calamba, Laguna, Philippines

Death: December 30 1896 (36 years old)

Place and Cause of Death: Execution by a fire squad in Bagumbayan (Luneta Park)

Famous Works: El Filibusterismo, Noli Me Tangere