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In ancient China where peasants only ate pork on special occasions, giving a leg of ham was a gesture of friendship and respect. Historians say that in Medieval Europe, hams were served on banquet feasts of kings, knights and noblemen.
It is not exactly known when and how ham became an indispensable holiday delicacy for the Filipinos. But the fact remains that seasonal hams contribute a big chunk of the meat processing business during the Yuletide.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 189976 [Title] => A healthy ham for the new year [Summary] => If you think youve had enough ham, maybe you havent tried jamón ibérico. Gourmets, chefs and world travelers from the historic past to the present have sung paeans to this Spanish culinary specialty. During the first century BC, the Greek geographer and historian Strabo extolled its excellence. [DatePublished] => 2003-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1420681 [AuthorName] => Joseph Cortes [SectionName] => Food and Leisure [SectionUrl] => food-and-leisure [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 143118 [Title] => Specialty hams are hot stuff this season [Summary] => Local meat processors have started flooding the supermarkets, convenience stores and other outlets with their specialty hams, which together with queso de bola and round fruits, make the Christmas tables of Filipino homes complete.
With actual sales of P800 million last year, local meat processors are expecting either the same volume of sales this year, or slightly higher than last years.
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But according to Eduardo R. Reataza, vice president for sales and marketing of CDO, processors are expected to cash in on the speciality hams business because Filipinos associate Christmas with merry making and feasting.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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