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I think a photo or two would serve well. And I might just add them soon. Andrew Powell 22:08, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As I cook more recipes I can take photos and add them72.235.202.181 (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps "tomatoey" should be changed to something else, like "tomato-based" or "tomato-flavored"?72.58.115.177 (talk) 01:18, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is no such word as irregardless: "Indeed, adobo is eaten by virtually all Filipinos, irregardless of social standing" User:72.225.39.253 19:36, April 11, 2006

Fixed. If you see a typo you may go ahead and fix it. irregardless usually just means regardless in context. Andrew Powell 17:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Made a minor correction in the following statement: "Other ingredients such as squid, ... string beans, and water spinach (damo) are also made into adobo..." Water spinach in Filipino/Tagalog is kangkong. Antifornicator (talk) 20:58, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References for "Popularity"

I've tagged the "Popularity" section with the "unreferenced" tag because some of the points raised there may be statements of opinions rather than statements of facts.

For example:

During the 1990s, a Philippine instant food company, Nissin-Monde, made an adobo-flavored instant stir-fry noodle. The product has met a limited commercial success, though, given its strong ties to Philippine culture.

There are as many versions of adobo as there are Filipino families...It is for all intents and purposes the national dish of the Philippines.

Curiously enough, [apl.de.ap]'s native northern Philippine province of Pampanga, is where adobo originated from, with the original recipe consisting of only vinegar and no soy sauce. The versatile Adobo has since evolved to please the palates and practical needs of many.

(Emphases added)

If you feel that the tagging was unjustified, please let me know and let's discuss how we can resolve this concern. --- Tito Pao 20:44, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology needed

Needs etymology of the word "adobo." Badagnani (talk) 02:46, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Badagnani (talk) 02:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ingredient section

Section reads like OR and has lots of opinion words in it

I am concerned that no one mentions MSG or "natural flavors" as ingredients. Most Adobo that I find in supermarkets has one or the other; and since my husband has an adverse reaction to these ingredients, we try to avoid them. Is MSG or something called, "natural flavoring" a usual ingredient in Adobo? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.115.24.93 (talk) 22:50, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not in home-made adobo. --67.180.106.165 (talk) 18:49, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Ingredients section

The ingredients section has plenty of what can be marinated in adobo, but nothing about what adobo is actually made of. Some examples of spices used, preparation, etc would be real nice. 98.228.74.68 (talk) 21:00, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I can add this info to the page if needed72.235.202.181 (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If sourced with a cookbook or the like, it would be very helpful. --Ronz (talk) 20:48, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adobo, Adobo (Filipino cuisine), and Adobo sauce, oh my.

Er... following up on Ambeth Ocampo's article citing the indigenous origins of Adobo (whose name is taken from the spanish term for marinade), I created an article for Adobo (Filipino cuisine), since the Adobo article seemed to be mainly about a general phrase for marinated dishes among Spanish and Spanish-colonized countries. But I'm looking at the Adobo sauce article and I suspect it refers to that general category already, and the only thing in to merit a difference between it and the Adobo article is Adobo (Filipino cuisine). I'm starting to feel/think that Philippine Adobo ought to own the Adobo article, with the general term being sent to Adobo Sauce. But I'm not sure, and I'm seeking advice as to the next course of action. -- Alternativity (talk) 08:45, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

External Links

I wanted to add http://www.adoboloco.com as an external link. When I was searching for a recipe I originally found this article and clicked the link that was previously here. I've cooked a few of the recipes and found that it was a good resource to refer back to. I see this article is lacking quite a bit of information that I have. Let me know if you need more help adding/editing to it. Anyone see any issues with adding this link back to the external link section of the site.72.235.202.181 (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality

I'm looking at this article and I cannot help but think that as the default article it is possibly giving undue weight to Hispanic adobo. Hispanic adobo and Filipino adobo are of different cultural provenance, but because of the presentation in this article it is easy to be misled that they are fundamentally the same or more closely related than they actually are. In the Philippines, an officially English-speaking country of over 90 million people, Filipino adobo is widely considered the national dish. I'm not sure that Hispanic adobo holds the same place in other Hispanic cuisines and from what I can tell such recipes usually go by the name adobado not adobo—although feel free to correct me. When I look at what articles link to this article, I see roughly half maybe even more are Philippine related. Because of this, I think it is unjustified that this article mainly treating with the Hispanic context of the term is the default. It could be argued that adobo (Filipino cuisine) should be the default article for the adobo space. This default article should more closely reflect the weighting of general interest on the subject in the lead paragraph, or a disambiguation page should be created. Lambanog (talk) 15:37, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removed {Unbalanced|date=December 2010} template, since the article Adobo (Filipino cuisine) covers the objection. -- JMax (Okay, tell me. What'd I do this time?) 01:13, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

They are very different dishes. The only thing they share is the name which was given to it by the Spanish due to its similarity, not to its origins. Adobo in Hispanic cuisine is basically a preservative sauce. Adobo in filipino cuisine is a method of preparing food for cooking, it uses spices indigenous to Prehispanic Philippines (it does not, for example, use Capsicum but instead use Piper nigrum), it also uses unknown ingredients to Latin America (at that time) like soy sauce). The closest it comes to in terms of European cooking, are actually meat cooked in wine in Spain.

I do also think that given the relative prominence of the Filipino Adobo (which refer to actual dishes) over what is basically the translation of the English word 'marinade', Adobo should redirect to the Adobo (Filipino cuisine), with a hatnote for Adobo (sauce).--Obsidi♠n^Soul 21:23, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd also like to point out that the Filipino Adobo is the subject of about 8 out of every 10 search results for 'Adobo' in Google. I can't actually tell anymore, what part of this article refers to the Spanish adobo and what part were mistakenly added by contributors who thought that this was the article for the Filipino adobo. --Obsidi♠n^Soul 21:35, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]