[Vigan] Betamax: Clotted Chicken Blood, a Cheap Vampire Food

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"Now, betamax is more popularly known now as a food and not a piece of technology that has been long forgotten with the advent of digital age."

Palagutom Kid ate BETAMAX today. A popular Filipino street food made wholly from clotted blood of chicken that surely vampires and aswang would love. LOL! Eating blood is sometimes a religious issue. I just have been from the church this day (Sunday) and after absorbing the Words of God as spiritual food, I ate this clotted chicken blood as a physical food. 

betamax street food
I believe, eating blood depends upon your conviction, besides, what matters most is "the thing that comes out your mouth" and not "the thing that comes in". Forgive me for this principle but what you eat does not affect who you are, what is more affecting are the things that go out your mouth, e.g. bad words, cursing, hurting words, etc.

Enough for that, Palagutom Kid ate betamax once again after several years! I don't know but the idea of eating betamax never came to my mind lately. What is always programmed is eating rice and sweet desserts. Uhmmm.

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By the way before telling more words that would possibly annoy you (chos!), I just want to tell something about the history of betamax based on my experience. LOL!

The existence of this cheap street food can be linked to the obsolete huge black VHS tapes (that takes all the space of your bag) which is also called betamax during time immemorial, haha! (about 1990's, something like that). Just a warning to minors, VHS tapes could be an abbreviation that little kids may not know so never mention VHS tapes to them. That is a hard lesson in history, a subject most kids hate. LOL!

Anyway, VHS tapes (a.k.a. betamax) became popular before the existence of CD players. It's cubic structure and black color can be similar to this another betamax (the food now). So the pieces of cubes punched by a pointed stick made from bamboo can be virtually look like the VHS Tape (betamax).

I was asking the vendor if aside from blood , what other ingredients have they added here, she replied while exxageratedly opening her mouth so wide with "vetsin." By the way, do you know "vetsin?" Not because it is called vetsin, it is already bad so you don't need to remove the "sin" from vet-sin, chos!

Vetsin is another casual term for Monosodium Glutamate, a cheap seasoning made popular by Ajinomoto. Ask your mother about it.

Now, betamax is more popularly known now as a food and not a piece of technology that has been long forgotten with the advent of digital age. By the way, the food I ate only costs 4 pesos! So cheap, makes me palagutom more!
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Eating Location:
Alcantara Street
Vigan City, Ilocos Sur, Philippines

Mission Status:
Mission Accomplished at 4 pesos

Score Criteria:
Presentation: 10
Taste: 20
Innovation: 30
Price to Quality Ratio: 40
Total: 100

MY SCORE: 70/100

< 50: Needs improvement
50-60: Average (It is easy to find everywhere/It is Common)
60-70: Above Average (Just Ok!)
70-80: Very Satisfactory (It is worth the prize)
90-95: More than Perfect (It is more than what you paid for)
95-100: Beyond compare! (Word can't explain the excellence)



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  1. So it's chicken blood. Betamax in the low lands are more tender than the one's here (in Baguio). And yes, it's in my top 5 street food favorites :)

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  2. @Shinigami, really? Maybe because Baguio has cooler atmosphere, LOL!

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  3. this is one of my favorite post of you because of the inihhaw na dugo .i so miss it dip in vinegar na tinitinda sa kalye.

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  4. clotted blood? really? does that taste good?

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  5. Aha! You have a food blog pala!!! Nice.. exchange links tayo ni Sinigang Junkie! :) Anyway, I was never a fan of the 'betamax'. I just don't really like the taste. So I'd rather eat isaw instead. hehe!

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  6. Betamax!! Classic street food, "ulam" and even "pulutan" for some. Although I don't eat these types of food often, it's nice to try it every now and then.

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  7. I've tried dinuguan but haven't tried betamax. Why is this called betamax?

    By the way, betamax is different from VHS. From what I can remember, betamax tapes are smaller than the VHS tapes. Betamax tapes have side A and side B, unlike the VHS tapes which you can play from start to finish without ever flipping the tape. Nao-obvious bah ang edad ko? Hahaha! We didn't have betamax when I was young pero buhay na ako nung nauso ang VHS.

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  8. this is one of my favorite post of you because of the inihhaw na dugo .i so miss it dip in vinegar na tinitinda sa kalye.

    Hungry Comment from: tess
    On May 20, 2012 11:17 AM
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    Mommy Tess, nagutom tuloy ako nang binanggit mo ang Vinegar, Good Tandem eh :)

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  9. clotted blood? really? does that taste good?

    Hungry Comment from: Em
    On May 20, 2012 1:03 PM
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    Well for me, it tastes good but I will not assure that everyone will like it since blood is kinda exotic for them :)

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  10. Aha! You have a food blog pala!!! Nice.. exchange links tayo ni Sinigang Junkie! :) Anyway, I was never a fan of the 'betamax'. I just don't really like the taste. So I'd rather eat isaw instead. hehe!

    Hungry Comment from: Mai Flores
    On May 20, 2012 4:22 PM
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    Ang sarap kaya Mai, hehe.. Uy, listed your blog to my sidebar :)

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  11. Betamax!! Classic street food, "ulam" and even "pulutan" for some. Although I don't eat these types of food often, it's nice to try it every now and then.

    Hungry Comment from: Belldandy
    On May 20, 2012 9:12 PM
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    "ulam" and "pulutan" -- haveyyy!

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  12. I've tried dinuguan but haven't tried betamax. Why is this called betamax?

    By the way, betamax is different from VHS. From what I can remember, betamax tapes are smaller than the VHS tapes. Betamax tapes have side A and side B, unlike the VHS tapes which you can play from start to finish without ever flipping the tape. Nao-obvious bah ang edad ko? Hahaha! We didn't have betamax when I was young pero buhay na ako nung nauso ang VHS.

    Hungry Comment from: swexie
    On May 20, 2012 11:40 PM
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    Thanks for the history. Hindi naman po masyado obvious ang edad po ninyo, your avatar looks hot and young, haha!!

    Anyway hi-way, tinatamad na po akong mag-edit sa post na 'to. Let the readers will read your comment po and it is nice to learn from you :)

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  13. I was in college when I first tasted this. And yes, it's really yummy and really affordable :)

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  14. I miss eating this. Back in the days that I still live in a village, you can see a lot of vendors grilling streetfoods here and there. I love dipping it the their sweet spicy vinegar sauce, together with tenga, isaw and barbeque! Yummy!!!

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  15. Solb talaga ang betamax lalo na sa pulutan. ^_^

    Bigla ko tong namiss pati yung isaw. ^_^

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  16. When was the last time I eat betamax???? HMmmmm I can't remember but will give it a try anytime soon as long as it is prepared in a clean way :)

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  17. I'm not into betamax / atay, but I really like to munch on isaw. I like it cooked like adobo then deep fried OMG Yummy!

    Hefty Foodie

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  18. masgusto ko ng day old kesa betamax. hehe pa epal lang po. pers taymer sa blog mo.

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  19. tacio | Tacio, kung mas epal ka, mas epal ako! hahaha. Salamat sa pagbisita ha! Sabi nga ni Gary Valenciano, sana maulit muli, lol!

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  20. Hi Edmar,

    Thanks for the trivia. Favorite ko talaga ang betamax especially if ok yung pagkakaluto and yummy din yung sauce nya. But I guess yung taste nya depends on the preparation and choosing na rin the right betamax bago mo iihaw.

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  21. Listocrat | Yaf! Tama ka. DEpende rin talaga sa prep yan. :)

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