tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9916394.post4149622588543166816..comments2023-06-20T07:39:41.933+08:00Comments on It's all about food: [Review] Ponciana's KitchenJEPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04802037284675931001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9916394.post-23383909977423966242017-12-12T15:57:43.628+08:002017-12-12T15:57:43.628+08:00Hmm, maybe the best translation then is entree?Hmm, maybe the best translation then is entree?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242375807129164164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9916394.post-16014200999479907282017-12-12T12:12:34.262+08:002017-12-12T12:12:34.262+08:00I don't think "ulam" (tagalog), &quo...I don't think "ulam" (tagalog), "putahe" (tagalog), "sud-an" (hiligaynon), and other similar words have an exact translation in the english language. Sure, we Filipinos make use of the word "viand" to mean a dish that is meant to be eaten with rice. However, strictly speaking it simply means "an item of food" or "a choice or tasty dish" (online meriam-webster), thus it will cover such food items such as chocolates and confectioneries that we will never refer to as "ulam" (designer chocolate was provided as a specific example). In fact by that definition, rice will be called viand as well. Of course, etymologically, viand comes from the latin vivere (to live) which became viande in Anglo-French which means "meat". So one can argue that the way we use viand to mean meat dishes might be closer to the word's origins. I am just speculating based on online resources but what I was really stressing is the probable uniqueness of the tagalog word "ulam" in that we have a specific word for dishes depending on the context of how they are consumed (like the word "pulutan" and "sumsuman" which are dishes consumed when drinking alcohol. I am wondering if other rice eating cultures would have a similar word in their vocabulary. JEPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802037284675931001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9916394.post-39196293813632550342017-12-12T00:18:36.334+08:002017-12-12T00:18:36.334+08:00Why did you have to define "viand"? Does...Why did you have to define "viand"? Does it have other meanings?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07242375807129164164noreply@blogger.com