Calumpit longganisa | |
Alternate Name: | Longganisang bawang, longganisang Calumpit |
Country: | Philippines |
Region: | Bulacan |
Course: | Sausage |
Main Ingredient: | pork |
Calumpit longganisa, also known as longganisang bawang (lit. "garlic longaniza"), is a Filipino pork sausage originating from Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines. It is a type of de recado longganisa. It is made with lean pork, pork fat, garlic, bay leaves, brown sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, black pepper, paprika, and optionally, chili.[1] [2] [3] [4]
On March 24-25, 2023, the town's 451st Founding Anniversary, Mayor Glorime M. Faustino led the 1st Calumpit longganisa Festival with a 514 meters "Longest Boodle Fight" along Pulilan Regional Road. 3,000 people who participated from Barangays Caniogan and Corazon ate the star "Longganisang Bawang" of Bikers Longganisa makers.[5] Calumpit's 29 barangays residents joined the 500-meter longganisa boodle fight spread along the Calumpit-Pulilan Road, in its 2nd Longganisa Festival on 23 March 2024.[6]