We, Filipinos, can't wait for a mango to become ripe and sweet. We eat them while they are sour and green.
We, Filipinos, eat duck while still an embryo. We call it balut. We also eat duck before it become embryo. We call it penoy.
Chicks are more luckier than ducks. We wait them to get hatch then after one day, we eat them. We call this food a one day old.
We roast pig while it is a few months old and still drinking milk. We call it lechon de leche.
If you are a foreign missionary staying in the Philippines and you claim that you are already a Filipino by heart, then you must undergo initiation by eating these Filipino foods in front of your congregation.