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Alcoholic drinks from Bukidnon, Mindanao

Agkud (Manobo rice wine)

Agkud is the fermented rice of the Manobo of Bukidnon, made with ginger, sugarcane juice and a rice starter called tapey (agonan). It is eaten as a fermented paste after about three days, and its liquid, left longer in a jar, is drunk as rice wine; aged further it becomes pangasi.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Agkud itself.

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Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
rice (now also cassava, sorghum or maize)
ginger (or hot peppers)
sugarcane juice
Startertapey or agonan, a yeast starter culture
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What changes: Rice is cooked and cooled

Step 1 of 3
Cook the rice
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

The cooking involves repeated rounds of cooking, cooling, mixing and soaking. Output: cooked rice.

Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Agkud is the fermented rice of the Manobo of Bukidnon, made with ginger, sugarcane juice and a rice starter called tapey (agonan). It is eaten as a fermented paste after about three days, and its liquid, left longer in a jar, is drunk as rice wine; aged further it becomes pangasi.

What makes this one different

Agkud adds ginger and sugarcane juice to the rice. It is the young stage of the same ferment that becomes pangasi when aged longer.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

  1. [WP:Agkud] Wikipedia, Agkud, citing Sanchez P.C. 2008, Philippine Fermented Foods (outline only)wiki
  2. [grid-agkud] de Castro C., We are what we drink, GRID Magazine vol. 2web