Kamo nga mga taga-abroad, kadumdom pa kamo kang tawag nga dapog?
Amo diya ang dapog sa akon uma. Ti, na-gets ninyo? For those who have totally lost their memories of the places they came from, let me explain.
Dapog is the Kinaray-a term for stove; or the place where cooking is done. It is like a table topped with soil, and on top stands a sig-ang, sometimes clay but usually welded iron. On the sig-ang is placed the caldero, kettle, or pans. Under the sig-ang is placed firewood or charcoal lit with fire.
With the current use of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) or electricity, dapogs are no longer vital parts of the Filipino home. Besides dapog is messy with soot, smoke stains, cinders and ashes.
But my late Owaw would never eat rice cooked with the use of LPG. She would request that her rice be cooked on the dapog using firewood or charcoal. She said the taste was different. It was better with the use of firewood and on the dapog.
I tried hard to determine the taste difference in rice cooked with the use of firewood and the one with the use of LPG. After years of knowingly and unknowingly doing the test, I still cannot discern the difference.
But, anyway I just want you to relive the days we still had dapogs in our homes. Of course, dapogs still exist in houses in the Philippines.
Ti diyan sa abroad, may dapog man kamo? Waay gid haay!@
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