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🎉 To kick off the celebration, learn about the iconic Filipino Boodle Fight and shop the must-haves to throw your very own “kamayan”!
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Filipino method of eating with bare hands. It also describes the Filipino communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils. Shop the SALE:
Originated from the Philippine military where a big pile of food is served in the middle of a really long table in a mess hall where every hungry soldier eats with their hands symbolizing camaraderie, brotherhood, and equality in the military. The “fight” in the name refers to grabbing and eating as much as the soldier can before others hold them, otherwise, you won’t have any.
How to: Boodle Fight
Food is served on top of a table lined with banana leaves. Rice is placed in the middle and different food dishes are either served on top or on the sides of the rice. It is expected that you eat with bare hands called kamayan.
The Anatomy of a Boodle Fight
Meats | Vegetables | Dried Fish
Dipping Sauces | Side Dishes/Salads
Meats
Vegetables
Dried Fish
Seafood
Fruits
Lumpia
Dipping Sauces
Side Dishes/Salads
On October 18, 1587, the first Filipinos landed in what is now Morro Bay in California. Most of them worked as farmers, nurses, and even served in the army.
Today, Filipinos now make up the second-largest Asian American ethnic group in the nation, comprising about 1 out of every 5 Asian Americans.
