How do the Ga'dang celebrate a birthday? I decided to celebrate my birthday Ga'dang style and it was quite the experience! Talk about an all day affair!
First you take sticky rice and pound it into a fine powder, add water and roll into little balls.
Everyone jumps in and helps out. Later we'll add sugar and coconut to make nansilot/dekat.
Next you get to work peeling, slicing and chopping veggies to add to noodles for pancit.
Maricel (in yellow) is known as the best cook so she usually cooks the pancit. Analyn is making nansilot/dekat.
Depending on how well off you are determines how much meat and veggies gets added to the noodles to make pancit.
Below Mildred and Maricel are dishing up pancit for the big crowd. Parties easily have 20 or more people depending on your family. Since I'm not related to anyone, it was open to everyone. Who can resist free food? :-)
Mildred and Unis are dishing up Nansilot/dekat, everyone gets a generous serving of pancit and nansilot. Free refills 'til you're full.
No cake, no candles, but plenty of food to fill your belly.
Of course there is always the fun job of clean up! Just like at home, people swoop in, eat and disappear. :-) Unis and Micah cleaned tons of plates and pots.
All in all, it seemed to be a success. Maybe I'll only celebrate every major milestone instead of every year! :-)
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2 comments:
Looks like it was a fun birthday celebration. (And now my mouth is watering for pancit and sticky rice! ;-)) Great pictures, and I'm sure your open invitation was a hit in the village. :-)
wow, those are some big pots, are they yours? And the pink plates?
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