Filipino Culture Thread

[SC kid]

question

I grew up with my family mostly eating with our hands. I would eat with my hands at home and had to be taught to use a fork and spoon because not everyone is like that.

I was with some other Filipino friends recently and we were having Bonchon Korean chicken wings. I had a side of rice and I would eat my wings and eat my rice with my hands. (One of the only meals I do this with these days truthfully)

My friends didn’t - they put their wings down and ate their rice with a fork or spoon.

They said that some Filipinos see eating with the hands as a “redneck” Filipino thing or hillbilly type thing. It’s the first I’m hearing of this. Anyone else know about this? I always thought eating with your hands was normal / acceptable in most Filipino households, probably not while you’re out though.

Idk how this relates to all filipinos but in my case.

My dad is from a really poor province in the Philippines and they do that there, he still does occasionally only at home obviously.

My mom is from Manila. Ive never seen her or any of her 8 siblings eat with their hands.

 

[shogun]

The l.a. times food youtube channel had a video about ube desserts. In the comments, native Filipinos were hating. They said ube-flavored snacks in the states are bad and don't even use the ube vegetable. Another dork wrote Filipinos not born there, are not Filipinos.

 

[jaypesoz]

The l.a. times food youtube channel had a video about ube desserts. In the comments, native Filipinos were hating. They said ube-flavored snacks in the states are bad and don't even use the ube vegetable. Another dork wrote Filipinos not born there, are not Filipinos.

I've been wondering if Magnolia changed the flavors of their ube ice cream recently? I swear the last two cartons I bought recently tasted very different that previous summers.

 

[spizike231]

Idk how this relates to all filipinos but in my case.

My dad is from a really poor province in the Philippines and they do that there, he still does occasionally only at home obviously.

My mom is from Manila. Ive never seen her or any of her 8 siblings eat with their hands.

Interesting, thanks for the input.

The family and families I grew up with all ate with their hands at times, I was just shocked to hear it looked down upon by some Filipinos.

 

[frink85]

Interesting, thanks for the input.

The family and families I grew up with all ate with their hands at times, I was just shocked to hear it looked down upon by some Filipinos.

Me and my fam eat with our hands at home but not out, don’t really go to spots that have food like that Popeyes isn’t a dine in spot and they don’t have white rice lol.

poor people stuff like that or dark skin (folks that do labor out in the sun) for sure are looked down on, lot of snobs out there.

 

[SC kid]