The mackerels (Aunt Julia's True Stories)

Title

Language

English

Year

1936

Subject

Short stories, Philippine (English)

Mackerel

Fishery products

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

[This article features the fishes belong to the mackerel family such as hasahasa, alumahan. and the tanguingue.]

Fulltext

350 THE YOUNG CITIZEN ,/(l)ll!(ffy, 19J6 TO the mackerel family belong a number of fishes whose bodi~s ~re adapted for :;peed swimming. The most commonly known are the hasahasa, alumahan. and the tanguingue. Th~ir scales are so fine and smooth that they can hardly be recognized as scales. The hasahasa and alumahan are called chub mackerel while the tanguingue is called the Spanish mackerel. The chub mackerel is much smaller than the Spanish mackerel and is much cheaper. The tanguingue is among the finest fooci fishes in Philippine waters. It grows to almost two meters in length. It is sold in slices either fresh or dried or pickled in brine. The small ones come in great schools and can be taken in large quantities by nets or in fish corrals. They are usually sold for from five to ten centavos each. The tanguingue is caught by trawling. which is a method of deep sea fishing. You are familiar with hasahasa. but you may not be acquainted with the tanguingue. They arc bluish in color. its shade growing paler near the bell\'. The sides are marked with lines and spots. COMPULSORY SCHOOL FOR CYCLISTS Lectures on "Safety First" and on "Rules of the Road" are given at the police station at Pforzheim, Germany, to all careless drivers. The careless drivers are kept at the police station for one hour. During this time they are forced to listen to a sound lecture on careful driving. So far. the majority of careless bicycle drivers haw been school children. Within one week 60 schooi children were taken to the station. As they sat there listening to the lectures. many of them showed injuries on their bodies caused by careless driving. So that after all. the lectures are bound to produce safe driving for both grown ups and children. No matter who is found to be a careless driver that person receives a summon to attend the .. Safety First" lectures. Tl-IE- MACKERELS Aunt Julia's True Stories Next time you go to the market with your mother. try to find a whole tanguingue before it is sliced. The hasahasa is usually served as paksiw, that is. it is boiled in vinegar seasoned with salt and ginger. It is eaten ordinarily with shrimp sauce known as patis. Next time your mother prepares hasahasa in this way ask her to add a few slices of ampalaya when the fish is almost done. A very appetizing salad is a mixture of chopped tomatoes, raw onions. and.wansoy leaves. Use patis instead of salt on your salad. Ask your mother how she prepares the tanguinguc. Have you tried it cooked with pickled mustard. toma toes, and soya bean cake? In whatever manner your fish dish is prepared, have plenty of vegetables ~erved with it. Vegetables increase the food value of the fish. A DOG'S LOY AL TY Peter, a lovely German sheep dog. lost his own life because he retused to lea\'e his master. An old gamekeeper who had been reported missing was found dead in the high Alpine region. He had evidently died of heatt failure. But his faithful dog had remained near him. When other gamekeepers discovered the dead body of their companion they found Peter standing over his master's body. The dog had been without food for days. He had al~ ready grown thin and bony. But in spite of this Peter would not leave his master. Nor would he let anyone touch the body. Every time the gamekeepers made an attempt to pick the body up the do~ resisted them. Finally. fearing that the dog would bite them they decided to shoot Peter. After Peter. too. lay there dead. the men took the body of their comrade and his faithful dog to the village.

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