Macaroni tradition

This afternoon, Vicky cooked Macaroni soup for lunch. Initially, she was asking me how to cook the chinese style one. Then I told her and she then told me that it was different from filipino style macaroni. So, I asked how is it cooked in Phillipines and she then explained to me. Then I went on to ask her to cook it for lunch so that I can try.

So basically what she did was to fry onions, shredded carrots and cabbage with butter in a frying pan. Then she prepared chicken stock in a pot (chicken bones with water). After frying the veggies, she placed it in the chicken stock with the cooked macaroni. And that's it! I must say it was very tasty because of the butter she used in frying the veggies.

This is a blur picture I took with my phone.


While I was eating, I asked her if it was exactly how it is supposed to be. She said in Phillipines, they add coconut milk to it. Yeeks..I cant imagine because I am not a big fan of coconut milk in my cooking since it is so fattening and fills up the tummy real fast.Imagine butter with coconut milk...!

I also started to think how the chinese style macaroni soup used to be a dish I had from young because it is a light and nutritious dish with veggies and shredded chicken breast. Then I became curious and asked Vicky if this filipino macaroni dish is also a dish which she ate from young and she said, yes.

I was then amazed at how macaroni dish is a traditional dish in diff cultures. Just like in America, where kids grew up eating macaroni and cheese. How interesting. Talking about mac and cheese, I am starting to salivate as I remember my mum making for me when I was young too...how I loved the brown crispy parts at the edges of it after baking in the oven. Will bake it one day....maybe as a reward when I have returned back to my "before pregnancy" weight. Sigh..that will take some time.