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sketchahedron t1_ja6376e wrote

Reply to comment by 2wheeledislander in PISBOLS by Unique-Beyond1013

Okay but why are Filipinos saying Fish Balls?

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neril_7 t1_ja66an4 wrote

It's a well known street food here in the Philippines. It's not as bad as it's sounds. It's just the fish cakes you put on Korean or Japanese hot pots (ours are ball shape) but we deep fry them instead.

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1CEninja t1_ja6wjt6 wrote

The Jewish do them too, Matzo Balls or something like that. They're yummy.

Edit: apparently I have no idea what those are made of lol. It's not fish.

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tacotruckaddict t1_ja6y9w3 wrote

There’s no fish in matzoh balls!

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1CEninja t1_ja8m14n wrote

Really? What are they made of? I were told they were fish balls.

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xgunnyx504 t1_ja96348 wrote

They’re traditionally made with leftover matzoh, which is a bread.

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archangel610 t1_ja6sxyu wrote

It's so amusing to me that to an outsider, eating fish balls sounds weird as fuck.

There's squid balls too. Also good.

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Afraid_Assistance765 t1_ja6u79k wrote

They probably slanging fish balls or truly love that street food so much they had to personalize their plates to profess their adornment for it publicly

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HelloDuhObvious t1_ja6476y wrote

Same reason why white people in a bar say great balls of fire.

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Devi1_May_Cry t1_ja71nz2 wrote

>great balls of fire.

Usually because they are great jet fighter pilots about to be taught by their late father's friend how to become legendary fighter pilots.

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jaavaaguru t1_ja77wcd wrote

I've never seen a white person in a bar eating "great balls of fire" though

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