Daing, tuyô, buwad, or bilad are dried fish from the Philippines. Fish prepared as daing are usually split open, gutted, salted liberally, and then sun and air-dried. There are also "boneless" version
Daing na bangus
Daing being dried
Various types of daing sold at a store in Pangasinan
Fresh fish rapidly deteriorates unless some way can be found to preserve it. Drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of microorgan
Daing
…Daing, tuyô, buwad, or bilad (lit. 'sun-dried' or 'sun-baked') are dried fish from the Philippines. Fish prepared as daing are usually split open (though they may be left whole), gutted, salted liberally, and then sun and air-dried…
Fish barn with fish drying in the sun – Van Gogh 1882
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