idiay tiendaan, palengke, talipapa, public market: pannakitienda/pannakiplasa/pannakidapon series (repost)

I'm always fascinated with markets, local or "wet" market in the poblacion. When I was a little child I always see to it that my mother or my father will have me tagging along when they go to the market every Sunday or on market days like Wednesdays and Thursdays and Friday, to buy basic stuff and food, usually with some meat, fish or other something pricey and "special" for the day's lunch. It would be a reward for say, having pulled out a considerable number of "white" hair, having gathered enough firewood, having watered down the masetas, having gathered weed for the carabao, and other farm and house and livelihood chores a boy can do to please his parents, he-heh! I would be rewarded, among others, with my favorite sorbetes ("dirty ice cream), some rice cakes like "tinudok" or "baduya" with lots of sweetened mongo as palaman. Mind you, there were no Jollibees or McDos yet in those olden times, there are no cheap China-imported apples even (apples are only available at Christmas-time, imported from the U.S. and it was quite a rarity in the barrios).

And yes, with those merchandise, farm produce by small-time vendors, a little harvest freshly picked form their vegetable patches or green and shoots and fruits and shells and fish gathered or caught in the wild... I'm always awed at those industrious vendors who earn some centavos and pesos, and at the way my wise mother make "tawar" to buy things with her tight budget, so typically Ilokano, thrifty and frugal but not a tightwad.

Until now that I'm old and having a family of my own, I'm still a "market boy" as I do the "marketing" and still immensely enjoy going to the "palengke" or "tiendaan" to personally pick goodies for my next dinengdeng or pinakbet. And here are some photos to document my market forays:

Various veggies, Don Domingo Public Market, Tuguegarao City.
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Kalkalunay, Don Domingo Public Market, Tuguegarao City.
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Mais, along the highway, Larion,Tuguegarao City.
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Uong, along National Highway, Gattaran, Cagayan. 
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Papait and paria a balang, along National Highway, Gattaran, Cagayan.
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Tukmem and narnar, Don Domingo Public Market, Tuguegarao City.
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Tarong, Don Domingo Public Market, Tuguegarao City.
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Pokpoklo and gamet, Don Domingo Public Market, Tuguegarao City.
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Ipon and taburkit, Dugo Public Market, Camalaniugan, Cagayan.
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Bilis vendor, National Highway in Santa Ana, Cagayan.
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Kabibi and tukmem, Allacapan Public Market, Allacapan, Cagayan.
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Taburkit, bulong-unas, Allacapan Public Market, Allacapan, Cagayan.
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More market stories:

• Idiay tiendaan, talipapa, merkado publiko, market (part 2)
• Manen, idiay tiendaan, talipapa, merkado publiko, market (part 3)
• Ket manen sadiay tiendaan, public markets/roadside vendors (part 4)
• Laklako iti ig-igid, public markets/roadside vendors (part 5)

 

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laklako iti ig-igid, public markets/roadside vendors (5)

More market and "marketing" escapades, to continue our series on tiendaan/palengke/merkado/talipapa (local or public markets)...

Just a sort of trivia: do you know that here in Cagayan, most particularly in Tuguegarao City, the local or municipal public markets are called "plaza" by the folks? If you hear someone say "intayo maki-plaza" or "innak 'diay plaza" ("let's/I'll go [to the] plaza"), he/she means going to the public market and not to a certain park or town center which is usually called the plaza by the locals (in Nueva Vizcaya, we also call as plaza the multi-purpose concrete pavement at the center of the barrio or purok used as a basketball court, dancing hall during fiestas, palay-drying area, etc. But in Cagayan, the markets or palengkes are called "plaza" and when you go "makitienda" say "maki-plaza" instead. I was thinking then that perhaps folks here are used going to Farmer's Plaza in Cubao, or in Harrison Plaza in Pasay. To this effect, the spacious "Mall of the Valley" (actually not a mall [well, those useless escalators does not make a so-called "mall", and not even a SaveMore or CD-R King as occupants in a basement make it either] but a ridiculously "extra large" local/public market) in Tuguegarao City should be named "Plaza of the Valley" or simply "Tuguegarao Plaza" instead. Ahem, I'm digressing, sorry.

Mall and malling aside, I love the sidewalks and roadside talipapas more, here are more of it:

Sayote, daludal/sagibsib ti aba, bulong-paria.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan

Various fishes.
Roadside, Currimao, Ilocos Norte.

Ubog ti way ken anibong.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Tabtaba.
Public market, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan.

Various fishes.
Talipapa along the highway, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.

Tinuno a pusit ken dumadara.
Along the highway, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte.

Dalag (attasi) ken tilapia.
Roadside, Ballesteros, Cagayan.

Kulot/ur-urmot ken aragan.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Fish, squid.
Municipal Fist Port, Sta. Teresita, Cagayan.

Kalunay, pako, utong, sili, suso (river snails), patani, rangaw-paria.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

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ket manen sadiay tiendaan, public markets/roadside vendors (part 4)

A continuation of my series on tiendaan/palengke/merkado/talipapa (local or public markets) [see Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3], this is a long overdue blog post. When given a chance to travel to some places, I always see to it that I visit the market, be it the public or municipal market or the talipapas and roadside stalls, or even simple vendors hawking their goods and produces. I am always fascinated with the local markets especially the wet and veggie sections as I'm fond of scouring for something new, something "exotic" that I may fancy to buy and experiment on preparing and cooking it.

Kalalaki nga alukon.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

"Thousand fish" (a.k.a. "million fish), bunog, and native paltat (catfish) and buntiek (mudfish).
Public market, Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya.

Mani (peanut), boiled/dried/raw.
Along the national highway, Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur.

Rasa (mudcrabs) and kaggo (brackish water clams).
Along the national highway, Pamplona, Cagayan.

Fish and sea and freshwater shellfish (kappo, bennek, agurong).
Public market, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur. Needless to say, but maybe worth mentioning here, Cabugao's public market prides itself, as painted in its facade, as "Region 1's Cleanest and Healthiest Public Market."

Pinia (pineapple), aba (taro), sabunganay (banana blossoms).
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Fresh tirem (oysters).
Along the Mission River, Sta. Teresita, Cagayan.

Various dried fish.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

Fish, shrimps, and unusually large gakka (little but tasty sea shellfish sold primarily as a kind of snack). Public market, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan.

Kurita (octopus) and various reef fishes (molmol, etc.).
Public market, Claveria, Cagayan.

Various fishes (sosay [perfect for kilawen!], etc.), kurita.
Public market, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan.

Abuos/buos (red tree ants) eggs/pupae, with those kamatis for a really delicious and exotic abuos eggs sauteed in onions and tomatoes.
Public market, Gonzaga, Cagayan.

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manen, idiay tiendaan, talipapa, merkado publiko, market (part 3)

More "marketing" escapades, just so to enjoy my market fascination, I see to it that I'm the one going out to the tiendaan or palengke, or go with someone, to buy the day's or week's supply of vegetables or meat or fish. Or if going places, I always satisfy my curiosity by going first to the public market or stop over at any roadside talipapa...

A potpourri of local veggies, Public Market, Iguig, Cagayan. 

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idiay tiendaan, talipapa, merkado publiko, market (part 2)

More forays in local public wet market, roadside and/or makeshift market stalls... This a continuation of an earlier post about tiendaan. I keep on going to the market myself to buy ingredients for the next dish. I also stop by some roadside stalls whenever I could to check what's fresh and unusual goodies not available in the wet markets. These are from different places. I love roaming the market of what ever town or city that I've been to. What I really am thrilled is that I always find something new or something rare, a certain fish or farm produce that I didn't see for a long time, or something edible that I didn't know and eaten in that particular place. Really, going to the local wet markets is fun!

A roadside stall along the national highway in Dili, Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur.
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Fish for sale along the road in Dili, Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur.
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Clams in Dili, Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur.
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Wet market, Aparri, Cagayan.
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Meat section of the public market of Vigan City, Ilocos Sur.
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Seaweeds for sale at the wet market of Aparri, Cagayan.
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Freshwater fish for sale at the public market in Libertad, Abulug, Cagayan.
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Meat section, Aparri public market, Cagayan.
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Fish for sale at a talipapa in Santa Ana, Cagayan.
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Reef fishes for sale at a talipapa in  Santa Ana, Cagayan.
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More fish for sale at a talipapa in Santa Ana, Cagayan. The orange paste-like thing in plastic is the innards of maritangtang (sea urchin).
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Dried fish for sale at a talipapa in   Santa Ana, Cagayan.
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Watermelons for sale at a road side inTuguegarao City, Cagayan.
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Gakka for sale at a bangketa in Aparri, Cagayan.
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