I began wondering why it became a nature of humans to look for a dip on any food they get their hands on. Snacks, meat, even soups have corresponding sauces or dips, but why?




They say that the dominant purpose of dips are to camouflage the current food into another taste. Some foods do not even acquire the taste which leads for an individual to look for the taste that he's longing for. Most Filipinos cannot live a day without having a dip or sauce at the side of the table. Soup meals here in the Philippines are usually accompanied by fish sauce, soy sauce or vinegar. Other Filipino dishes are sometimes eaten with the Filipino "bagoong" (shrimp paste). It is in our culture never to start eating without finalizing the perfect accompaniment to the dish on the dining table.

The negative thought of accompanying a meal with such a dip, if you like tasting different kinds of dishes at a time, is that its taste stays longer than usual especially if it has garlic and onions on it. As a food-taster, your aim should be to taste different foods and compare one from the other at one seating and you would not have accomplished this with a dip at snackside. But though, dips satisfy an individual's taste at a personal attack or say, at his own tastebud spirit.

Why not try making your own dip today? And make it your own style. Surely you will get the hang of it for a long time.