This is a native Filipino word.
pindáng
flat piece of meat jerky
pindáng
jerked meat
Jerky is lean meat that has been trimmed of fat, cut into strips, and then dried to prevent spoilage. Normally, this drying includes the addition of salt to prevent bacteria from developing on the meat before sufficient moisture has been removed.
A Spanish-derived, more commonly used synonym is tápa.
beef tapa
pindang baboy-ramo
jerked meat of wild boar
This is from Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere: Mula kay Pilospo Tasyo’y nanghingi siya ng pindang na baboy-ramo at isang hita ng patong bundok na paborito ni Basilio.
Pampanga’s Best (the original company in the Philippines, NOT the OMGpeke Pampanga’s Best of Ramar Foods in the United States) has a packaged version of pindang damulag, which is carabeef tapa.
Damulag is the Kapampangan word for carabao.
In the cuisine of the Philippines’ neighbors — Indonesia and Malaysia — pindang refers to salting-boiling fish like mackerel. This process is known to a few Tagalog-speaking areas as sinaeng (now spelled sinaing). Sinaing na tulingan is a known dish.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
pindáng: tápa na karne ng baboy, báka, usa, at katulad
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