Pudpod

{{Short description|Fish dish eaten by the Waray people}}

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| alternate_name = pudpud, podpod

| country = Philippines

| region = Eastern Samar

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| course = main course, breakfast

| served = Hot or room temperature

| main_ingredient = fish, salt, calamansi

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Pudpod is a smoked fish patty eaten by the Waray people in Eastern Samar, Philippines. It is usually made from bolinaw (anchovies), but can also be made from larger types of fish like tuna and shark. The fish is first cleaned and boiled and then the fins and large bones are removed. It is mixed with salt and calamansi juice and pounded flat into patties. The patties are then smoked on bamboo platforms over smouldering coconut husks for a few hours.{{cite web|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2006/11/08/367591/treats-taste-buds|title=Treats for the taste buds |author=Boy Abunda|date=8 November 2006|publisher=PhilStar Global|access-date=30 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p080628.htm&no=14|title=PA Domingo wants lowly "Pud-pud" named after Catalab-an|author=Alice Nicart|date=28 June 2008|publisher=Philippine Information Agency, Presidential Communications Office, Government of the Philippines|access-date=30 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.choosephilippines.com/go/lists/1294/pasalubong-map-visayas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090848/http://www.choosephilippines.com/go/lists/1294/pasalubong-map-visayas|url-status=usurped|archive-date=October 30, 2018|title=The Pasalubong Map: Visayas|date=15 April 2014|publisher=Choose Philippines|access-date=30 October 2018}}

They can be eaten as is, but are usually braised or fried. They are served (usually with dipping sauces) as an accompaniment to rice or lugaw (rice porridge). They can also be eaten with other boiled starchy food like camote (sweet potato), balanghoy (cassava), and saba bananas.

Pudpod in Visayan languages means "to pound" or "to grind". It can also refer to chorizo pudpud, a different Ilonggo dish from Negros made from fried chorizo sausages without the casing.{{cite web|url=http://ayellowbowl.com/chorizo-pudpud-recipe/|title=How To Make Lola Anchang’s Chorizo Pudpud|date=22 November 2017|publisher=A Yellow Bowl|access-date=30 October 2018}}