To Marrow, To Marrow! I Love Yah, To Marrow

Pop did something he rarely does: go to the market by himself!

Last Sunday, mama dearest has not recuperated yet so she wasn't able to go to the market like she usually does. Since our pantry was already depleted and food resource has dwindled, somebody had to do something, fast!!!

So pop foraged for some food and came back with the fruit of his exploits: meat, meat, and more meat in various forms and quantity! His prize catch? 1 kilo of beef shank --- huge bones with lotsa marrow, meat with its cartileges showing --- perfect for the perfect bulalo!!!

Once again, i was tasked to prepare something edible for the troop to sink their teeth into.

I'm a big fan of the process of slowly cooking food in very low heat. There are some dishes where, the longer you cook them in low fire, they better they taste. Bulalo is one of those dishes! I got out our trustee Dutch Oven and started cooking!

It took about 3 hours for me to cook this. It's all worth the wait, though...the meat was very tender, the marrow easily slid out of the bone and the broth was very good! Paired with a lot of Asian Lemons (kalamansi), soy sauce and a lot of chilli peppers, everything was gone in 30 minutes!!!