Lumpia

I don’t know what it is about today, but I really miss Filipino food. I haven’t eaten any in years because my dad doesn’t really know how to make it. I grew up eating rice for almost every meal and dishes like sinigung, adobo and lumpia. It’s sort of sad because I really enjoyed my mom’s cooking and now don’t even experience Filipino food randomly.

When I was sick, my stepfather would make me eat sinigung to make me feel better. I am one of those people who do not like eating when they are sick (which is probably a bad thing). I’ve never been a really picky eater, but I get in moods where I only want to eat a particular thing. I eat a lot of things that other people don’t, but I will only eat it at certain times.

There is one exception to this…pork in Filipino dishes. I have had this discussion with some of my friends…Filipinos only use fatty pork in their food. It’s so strange to me. I always refused to eat it because it always grossed me out; it still does. As a result, I do not enjoy eating pork as much as my family.
I am probably rambling on about food right now because I really have not eaten today and the thing that I really want is lumpia and you can’t find it anywhere. I will just have to settle for a sandwich at Jimmy John’s or something. Jimmy John’s can’t even compare with the feeling that lumpia brings to a person. It feels like home, something I am missing terribly right now. I think when I get back to Pennsylvania, I will make lumpia. I have only done it once and it was year’s ago, but it is worth it.