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                   Philippine street vendor style "Monkey Meat"

I was stationed at Subic Bay from 1983-86, and luckily was able to gather a
little info on Phillipino cooking.  The marinade you're looking for is 7-Up,
believe it or not.  Usually the meat is pork sliced thinly, "woven" onto a
wooden skewer and marinated overnight in 7-Up, garlic, soysauce or whatever
other spice suits your taste.  I personally like to add a little cayenne
pepper to give a little "hot" to the meat.  You can use monkey if you like,
but it's a darker meat and you need to marinate longer to get rid of the
wild taste ;-).  Barbequed monitor lizard or fruit bat wasn't too bad either.
Norm Corley
Athens, Greece


 It was my mother-in-law who happened to be visiting at the time.  After
telling me all about it, she got in the mood to do some.  She used
7up, garlic, soy, vinegar (and possibly some sliced onion--I don't
remember).  She put it on skewers and I grilled it.  Good stuff.  Just
make sure your grill is hot enough to brown them quickly, and get them
off before they dry out.

Rick Thead