Gaylord Ugalde's Zambales Cowboy Stories PALAISDAAN page 4

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...I see that there are 3 tilapias in the trap, along with a "buntyuk" (dalag or mud fish) the size larger than a jungle bolo handle (putang buneng) plus 6 gourami, an ar-aro fish and about a half cup of small grass shrimp. No eegat (eel) this time ..."sayang" (shucks!). Looks like I almost have enough fish to cook lunch for three.

My dad and one of his farm hands (my Uncle Ambring) arrive from the other side of the rice paddies. I gather up the fish, set the trap again, give them the fish to prepare. I then get one of the "balang-gawisan" (13 ft bamboo fish pole) that is sticking out of the sand by the "tarik", get it ready, dig up some earth worms in a secret location, come back to the "balang-gawisan" and use it to fish for more tilapia, this time, from inside the palaisdaan.

I catch 3 good size tilapia in 10 minutes. My uncle Ambring, in the meantime has prepared 5 green bamboo skewers about ¼ in wide and 18 in long for the bigger fish that has been caught. My dad is cooking the rice and setting the pot of water for the "sinigang" (he will use "piyas" for the sinigang). I arrive to the hut with my 3 tilapia and some "kangkong" in hand. I hand the fish to my uncle, I then get some piyas from the piyas tree and hand it all to my dad. Thirty minutes later, we have fish sinigang and b-b-q "dalag" and tilapia with our rice…for lunch. Yummmmmy....

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