NATIVE DELICACIES. Mothers of Can-avid, Eastern Samar show their best tasting native delicacies during 4th Karan-un Festival in their town on Sunday (July 7, 2019). The town has been holding this annual event to promote its native delicacies in support to culinary tourism. (Photo courtesy of Baste Pomarejos)
TACLOBAN CITY -- Around 76 entries of traditional delicacies were presented at the 4th Karan-un Festival in Can-avid, Eastern Samar.
Each entry presented 100 pieces of native delicacies they proudly cooked. The Karan-un Festival held Sunday is part of the 71st founding anniversary of Can-avid, a fishing and farming towns in Eastern Samar.
“In the past four years, we have been holding this annual event to promote our native delicacies in support to culinary tourism,” Can-avid town tourism officer Baste Pomarejos said in a phone interview Monday.
Most delicacies presented are unique in Eastern Samar such as the salukara, a delicacy similar to pancakes but made up of grated rice with tuba (wine extracted from coconut tree).
Another native delicacy presented at the festival is the sarungsong, a delicacy produced out of mixtures of grated rice, young coconut meat, and coconut milk wrapped in banana leaves. It is cooked through steaming.
Other delicacies are puto (steamed rice cake), kutsinta (brown rice cake), chocolate moron, and suman. Both moron and suman are unique rice-based pastries found in the region.
Winners of the Karan-un Festival are Elisa Gagala for Sarungsong category; Cherry Jocoya for salukara category; Ma Jovita Baldonido for the puto category; Meriam Decosta for moron category; and Fe Getalado for suman category.
Each winner received PHP3,000 each and PHP1,000 for other participants as consolation prizes.
Can-avid is a 4th class town in Eastern Samar province facing the Pacific Ocean, subdivided into 28 villages with a population of 21,000 as of 2015.
The town, which is about 167 kilometers northeast from Tacloban City, is formerly part of Dolores town and was created into a separate municipality by virtue of Republic Act 264 in 1948. (PNA)
