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Palayok
An earthenware pot: adobo, sinigang, and rice that still taste of Filipino clay.
The journey
A palayok is the Filipino clay pot — used for stews, for rice, sometimes as the vessel a whole meal is brought to the table in. Even when metal has taken the weekday, feast cooking and regional kitchens still prefer earth.
A wok tosses. A palayok simmers.
In the kitchen
Season a new pot with water and rice-water. Keep the flame moderate. Serve from the clay when the stew is ready.
The Filipino volume's stews assume this pot beside the wok. A Dutch oven is the weekday stand-in.