Garlic rice is delicious with many dishes, not just Filipino ones. The fat you cook the rice with can be lard, rendered chicken fat, or cooking oil. Put 45ml (3tbsp) of oil (or lard, or fat from ...

it was discovered that if the rice grains were cooked, chewed up, spat into a tub, and set aside for a few days, the resulting brew had pleasurably intoxicating effects,” writes Jessica Thompson ...