chiton - /tsi-tón/ Tagalog [Quezon province] fried snack; dw Eng. chiton [sea mollusk with oval flattened body covered with a shell of overlapping plates] [n.] chiton crackling; a crisp fried meat of chiton.
Other common name:
- a.k.a. kibet chicharon in Tagalog-Quezon
Chiton is pronounced as /kháy-ton/ in English, and /tsi-tón/ in Tagalog. In Quezon, kibet refers to raw or the processed meat of the mollusks, but when fried into chicharon, it is called chiton by the locals.
Chiton is a Tagalog-Quezonian [Quezon province] delicacy, also known as kibet chicharon in Tagalog-Quezon. It is a crisp fried meat of kibet, known in English as chiton (Chiton densiliratus), a kind of oval flattened sea mollusk with (Read more...)
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