Ingridients Substitutions

Achuete, 1 tbsp. Apulid or water' chestnuts Baking Powder, 1-1/2 tsp. phosphate or tartrate type Bangus or milkfish Bulaklak ng Saging or dried banana blossoms Butter, 1 cup Chicharon or sitsaron Chocolate, 1 square or 1 oz. unsweetened Chorizo de Bilbao Cornstarch, 1 tbsp. (for thickening) Daing Flour, 1 cup sifted - All-purpose - Cake or pastry Gabi Galapong, 1 cup Garlic, 1 clove fresh Gata or coconut milk - 1 cup thick milk - 1 cup thin milk Gulaman, 1 bar Herbs, 1 tbsp. fresh Honey Kalamansl Kamote Kamias, 3 medium pieces Kangkong Kinchay Labanos Lemon Juice Lumpia wrappers Luya or fresh ginger 1 tbsp. sliced Miki Milk, 1 cup sour milk - whole Misua Onions, 1 tbsp. fresh (chopped) Patis, 1 tbsp. Patola Pechay Saba or cooking banana Sampaloc, 3 medium pieces Singkamas Sugar, 1 cup Tabasco sauce, 1/2 tsp. Talbos ng Ampalaya Talbos ng Sili Tinapa Untosinsal Wansuey

1/8 tsp. red food coloring or 2 tsp. paprika Turnips 1 tsp. double-acting type White fish Dried lily blossoms available at most Chinese stores. No substitute. 1 cup margarine or 1 cup plus 2 tbsp. and 2 tsp. shortening plus 1/2 tsp. salt Pork or bacon rinds 3-1/2 tbsp. cocoa plus 1/2 tbsp. butter Pepperoni, garlic sausage or oxford sausage 2 tbsp. flour or 4 tsp. quick-cooking tapioca Dried salted cod available at Newfoundland Specialty stores and Portuguese Food Stores. 1 cup plus 2 tbsp. sifted cake or pastry flour 1 cup minus 2 tbsp. sifted all-purpose flour Yam 1 cup sweet rice flour plus 1/4 to 1/2 cup water 1/8 tsp. garlic powder or 1/4 tsp. garlic flakes or 1/8 tsp. liquid garlic Use creamed coconut sold in 7 oz. packets. 1/4 cup creamed coconut dissolved in 1 cup hot water or use 1 cup 18% cream 2 tbsp. creamed coconut dissolved in 1 cup hot water or use 1 cup light cream or 1 cup whole milk. 1-1/2 tbsp. unflavored gelatin 1/3 to 1/2 tsp. dried Molasses or corn syrup Lime or lemon Sweet yam or sweet potato 1 tbsp. lemon juice or 1 stalk rhubarb Watercress or spinach Parsley Red or white radish Vinegar Spring roll wrappers or skins 1/4 tsp. Powdered ginger (poor substitute) Broad egg noodles 1 tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar plus sweet milk to make 1 cup or 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water or 1/4 cup powdered whole milk plus 1 cup water Very fine noodles (Vermicelli) 1/4 tsp. onion powder or 1/2 tsp. onion flakes or 1/8 tsp. onion liquid 1 tsp. salt (poor substitute) Zucchini Chinese cabbage Plantain bananas 1 tbsp. lemon juice or 1 stalk rhubarb Turnips 1 cup molasses plus 1/2 tsp. soda minus 1/4 cup liquid in recipe or for 1 cup granulated sugar use 1-1/3 cups brown sugar 1 /8 tsp. hot pepper flakes or dash cayenne pepper Watercress, spinach Spinach Any smoked fish Bacon strips or Cheese cloth Fresh corlander