pinoy (penoy itlog manok)

pinoy -  (pi-nóy; Cebuano delicacy) [n.] unfertilized chicken egg. 

 

a.k.a. pinoy Bisaya in Cebuano
penoy itlog manok and pinoy Bisaya in Tagalog and other local languages

A variation of Filipino "penoy" boiled egg that is made with brownish Caber chicken eggs.

For the past 5 years now, it is now gaining popularity in Visayas, particularly in the downtown district of Cebu City, such as in Carbon Public Market, Fuente Osmeña, and Taboan.

It can also be found now in Iloilo City and Bacolod, as well as in Cagayan de Oro City of Misamis Oriental (Mindanao). Also in Tacloban City, Lucena City (Quezon), Silay City (Negros), and sometimes even in Bambang (Manila) and Alabang (Muntinlupa). 

The Visayan PINOY and BALOT eggs are getting more popular than its predecesssor, the duck egg penoy.

It tastes quite similar to an ordinary boiled chicken egg, with no bad smell.

A dipping sauce of spiced-up vinegar sprinkled with or pressed on rock salt, a zest is added to it.

Similar to balut penoy, opinions as to whether or not pinoy is Haram (forbidden) in Islamic law differ from various schools of thought. 

It is unclear if this unfertilized egg is just similar to a fresh chicken egg that can be taken as food.  

There are those who would say that considering the chick and its blood are not yet formed in the egg. Thus, pinoy and/or penoy can be taken as food, because only those living animals that are not killed without slaughtering and whose blood was not shed are considered Haram. 

To be safe, it is advisable to ask first if that Muslim would gladly accept a pinoy egg.

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Orange egg barbecue

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orange egg barbecue

Orange egg barbecue on display and ready for grilling at a roadside food stall in Cauayan City, Isabela. I found this while on a food hunting  one evening in March 2013.

orange egg barbecue - (o-rens eg bar-bek-kyu; Ilocano [Cauayan City, Isabela] and Ibanag delicacy) [n.] hard-boiled orange-colored eggs in a barbecue stick

Other local name: 

• a.k.a. egg barbecue in Ilocano [Cauayan City, Isabela]

The chicken eggs or duck eggs are hard-boiled, shelled, and then soaked and boiled briefly in achuete water. If achuete water is not available, water tinted with yellow-orange food coloring is used.

When I passed by the public market of Alicia, Isabela I found these bags of bugok na itlog itik (rotten duck eggs). The eggs are already shelled, colored orange, hard-boiled, and all ready for skewering into egg barbecue and grilling.

Grilling the orange egg barbecue at a roadside food stall in Cauayan City, Isabela while on a food hunting one evening last March 2013.

The tinted eggs are skewered in bamboo barbecue sticks and grilled until eggs are heated well. Egg barbecue is served with a dipping of spiced vinegar. 

Grilling orange egg barbecue on intensely hot live charcoal embers. This was my evening snack in Cauayan City, Isabela (March 2013).

 

There are at least four kinds of egg barbecue depending on the kind of egg used:

• fresh egg barbecue - using hard-boiled fresh chicken egg
• binugok egg barbecue - using the shelled hard-boiled binugok egg or chicken egg that remained unfertilized after undergoing an incubation period
  
• penoy egg barbecue - using the shelled hard-boiled penoy egg (duck egg that remained unfertilized after undergoing the incubation period)
  
• balut egg barbecue - using the shelled hard-boiled balut eggs

Cross section of orange egg barbecue served with sukang Iloko.  Also in the dipping bowl is pork barbecue. 

These pieces of egg barbecue, being sold in the public market of Alicia, Isabela, are coated with breadcrumbs. They have to be deep-fried  along with the bamboo stick then grilled afterward. The grilling is actually done to reheat the fried skewered orange eggs. Most often, grilling is skipped for those who cannot wait to bite.

Related posts:

Balut

Penoy

Balot itlog manok

Ebun a barag

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