Meanings
- PhilippinesuncountableDried fish, usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun- and air-dried.
Trout is done daing-style, marinated in garlic and vinegar, dried and fried, accompanied by garlic fried rice and sweet cherry tomatoes.
2014 September 11, Phil Vettel, “Seriously fun: Laughing Bird is a low-key introduction to Filipino flavors”, in Chicago Tribune, 167th year, number 254, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5, page 5, column 12 more examples
[…] (including drugstores, even if one could pay; food could be had only through the generosity of kindly neighbors, if one was caught flatfooted without a single can of sardines or a handful of daing).
1991, Ani, volume 5, Manila: Cultural Center of the Philippines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19Cusinera serves stupendous silog (traditional Filipino breakfast, $5.61) — eggs with garlic rice and a protein of your choice, such as daing (crispy dried fish), longaniza (juicy, garlicky pork sausage) and tapa (cured beef steak).
2021 February 27, Rebecca King, “Bountiful Bergenfield”, in Daily Record, volume 34, number 92, Rockaway, N.J., →OCLC, page 2D, column 1
Origin
- Tagalogdaing
- Englishdaing
From Tagalog daing.
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