Misua is always used for special occasions such as birthday, blessing, baptism, anniversary, Christmas, New Year, and festivals. Misual symbolizes longevity and prosperity.
Misua is made from flour. There are different types of misua. There is the white misua wherein it is used for cooking into soup. The brown misua is for stir fry type of cooking.
For New Year 2012, mom cooked egg misua. This is to start the year with hopefulness of abundance, longevity and prosperity.
Misua soup is best cooked with a soup base of either pork, beef or chicken. Variation of seafood misua, chicken misua, beef misua, or pork misua is an option, or a combination of both. Mushrooms can be added as well as asparagus. Misua soup can also be cooked super sticky. Just add more misua to the soup than usual to lessen the soup.
In our family, we always serve misua soup with egg during birthdays, Christmas, and New Year. We also prepare misua when one of the family members is going on a trip. It is said that eat misua before trip can keep you safe. Old wives's tale but it doesn't hurt to believe in it.
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