15/07/2020
DID YOU KNOW?
"PAN DE SAL"
Pan de sal, which literally means “bread of salt”, is a typical Filipino bread that is traditionally served as a breakfast roll. It is Portuguese in origin. Pan de sal is made of flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Usually, it is soft, airy, chewy and has a slightly crunchy crust outside. It is commonly referred to as “poor man’s bread” because Pan de sal becomes the cheaper alternative for rice during the war era. These days now, you can find variety of pan de sal everywhere like raisin pan de sal, whole wheat pan de sal, cheese pan de sal, vegetable pan de sal, but nothing beats the original home-made plain pan de sal.
Most of us Filipinos cannot spend a day without eating pan de sal. You can have it anywhere at anytime and is available pretty much everywhere in the country. All over the country, you can find people eating it in different ways but the normal way most Filipinos eat pan de sal is by dipping it into a hot coffee, just like what Filipinos say “Walang matigas na Pandesal sa mainit na kape”. You can do many things with it. You can make Pan de sal ube with cheese or make sweet treats like spreading it with jams, peanut butter, margarine and butter. It is best served hot. Even cold, pan de sal is a favorite snack.
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