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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Micronesica. 2008 Jan 1;40(1/2):233–244.

Table 1.

Thirty-four main food dishes served at a fiesta on Guam.

Category Dish Description
AGGON (STARCHY FOODS) Dinner Rolls Commercially prepared white rolls
Pancit Fried noodles with meat and vegetables
Rice, Red White rice, salad oil, salt, black pepper, cooked in annatto-colored water
Rice, White Cooked, unsalted rice
Tamåles Gisu Steamed masa harina (corn meal) prepared similarly to Red Rice
TOTCHE (FISHES AND MEATS) Chicken, BBQ Chicken marinated in soy sauce, vinegar, herbs and spices & barbecued
Chicken, Fried Seasoned, buttered, battered and then deep fried chicken
Chicken, Kelaguin Finely shredded chicken mixed in a spicy sauce made with lemon (Optional: coconut and scallions)
Chicken, Soup with Corn Chicken, corn, and coconut milk soup
Fish Reef fish smothered with mayonnaise, onions, and tomatoes and cooked in tin foil
Fritåda, Deer a Fresh deer meat and organs stewed in deer blood
Fritåda, Piga Fresh pig meat and organs stewed in pig blood
Ham Legb Leg of ham seasoned and roasted
Lumpia, Fried Deep fried meat rolls (similar to spring rolls)
Mackerel (Atulai), Fried Seasoned and deep fried mackerel
Mackerel (Atulai), Kelaguin Mackerel mixed in a spicy sauce made with lemon (Optional: coconut and scallions)
Pig, Roasted Whole pig with skin, roasted
Sa’sime’ (Sashimi)c Raw tuna fish dipped in horseradish sauce
Shrimp Patties Shrimp and mixed vegetables in a flour, milk, and beer batter
Skipjack (I’e’), Kelaguin Skipjack tuna mixed in a spicy sauce made with lemon (Optional: coconut and scallions)
Spareribs, BBQ Pork spareribs marinated in soy sauce, vinegar, herbs and spices & barbecued
Steamboat Beef chuck, blade, slow roasted
Dried Meat (Tinala’ Kåtne) Fresh beef seasoned and dried in the sun
GOLLAI (VEGETABLES) Coleslaw Shredded cabbage and carrots in a mayonnaise-based sauce
Eggplant in Coconut Milk (Lechen Birenghenas) Eggplant mixed in coconut milk and spicy sauce made with lemon, barbecued
Kimchee Pickled cucumber, cabbage, and horseradish in a spicy sauce
Salad, Pastad Pasta curly noodle, cucumber, black olive, tomato, carrots, deli ham, and deli turkey in vinaigrette sauce
Salad, Potato Potato, eggs, olives, relish, and pimientos in mayonnaise
FRUTA (FRUITS) Salad, Fruit Canned mixed fruits with Coolwhip®
POSTRE (DESSERTS) Cake, Cassava Sticky cake made with cassava
Cake, Chocolate Classic chocolate cake
Pie, Custard Classic custard pie
SIDES Fina’dene, Lemon Spicy sauce made with lemon
Fina’dene, Soy Sauce Spicy sauce made with soy sauce
a

Blood not included in nutrient analysis because the ingredient was not available in the Nutritionist Pro™ Software.

b,c,d

Ham Leg, horseradish dip for Sa’sime’, and Pasta Salad not included in nutrient analysis because the initial weight and quantity were unknown.