Minudillo con Pipino

I had one piece of carrot, 2 potatoes a cucumber and a pound of ground pork... ergo, minudillo con pipino!

Just cook it the old usual way, sauteing garlic and onions, stir frying the ground pork, add in the potatoes and carrots, spice up with salt n pepper n patis for that 'pinoy' savor... and finally, the achuete.

But guess what!!!

Try putting the minudillo inside a cucumber that had been bathed in pickle sauce. We would normally have the pickled pipino on the side as we eat the viand with rice, but this time, try eating it differently - ala Hors d'Oeuvres (pa-sosyal tayo ng konti paminsan minsan)...

Mix the vinegar, sugar, pepper and salt to bathe the cucumber - and the little twist gives that new taste that fresh change!

Although we know that we will not deviate from eating this with rice, so... just enjoy it!