Art, Architecture, Body Adornment, Music and Food

Like fish, crab is a staple in the CHamoru diet. Land crabs, pång’lao in CHamoru, continues to be one of the most frequently harvested animals on the island. Pång’lao echong (crooked crab) is the most common of the land crabs. It has extremely large claws.

Meat and vegetables in an eggroll wrap.

A hearty side dish that consists of potatoes, eggs, vegetables, and mayonnaise.

Fresh seafood that is sliced and eaten with a soy sauce and spicy Japanese horseradish (wasabi) dipping sauce.

An appetizer that consists of shrimp and vegetables; it is deep fried and very similar to a corn fritter.

A dessert made of vanilla custard sprinkled with cinnamon with a sponge cake base.

A whole pig slowly spit-roasted over a fire.  Basting yields crispy skin and moist meat.

Chopped chicken, meat, or seafood prepared with lemon juice.

Pacific ocean fish, grilled over a barbecue pit.

Fritada, from the Spanish verb “fritar”, means fried dish. In Guam, fritada is more a blood stew than a fried dish and is made up of chopped up internal organs of pigs, cattle, or deer cooked in fat and blood with onions, vinegar and spices.