Americans discover the breakfast staple Filipinos have been eating for centuries

MANILA, Philippines — If there’s anything Filipinos love more than hot, steamy champorado on a chilly morning, it’s making fun of anything and everything under the sun.

 

BREAKING: Caucasians discover champorado https://t.co/7o30SCL9Rm

— Gym Kardashian (@gigidensing) March 18, 2018

 

Filipinos are abuzz after the New York Times released an article titled “Yes, Adults Can Have Chocolate for Breakfast. Really,” detailing the step-by-step process of making “chocolate oatmeal,” which sounds suspiciously like the Filipino breakfast table staple. 

 

Oh damn, white people have discovered Filipino champorado https://t.co/0PbzF61PTF

— Michael Arce (@_michaelarce) March 20, 2018

 

Pinasosyal niyo pa ang pagtawag niyan hahahaha champorado lang nga tawag niyan sa amin eh https://t.co/GXwe4BMKNS

— John (@_johnjunel) March 20, 2018

 

chocolate oatmeal djdjdjdj white people are so UNCULTURED it’s called champorado https://t.co/BcNv0hoINa

— han (@oshcafe) March 20, 2018

 

y'all caucasian asses better not ruin champorado https://t.co/Q1Pw12YK9K

— kristina (@originalsjdb) March 20, 2018

 

As expected, Filipino Twitter hasn’t warmed up to “chocolate oatmeal.” 

 

 

Among the recommended additions to the dish are “sweet butter, a shower of demerara sugar and a few tiny flakes of sea salt,” things you don’t always see on the breakfast table here in the Philippines. 

 

Some trace the origins of champorado to the galleon trade between Mexico and the Philippines which started in the 16th century. It was said that Mexican traders brought with them knowledge of making champurrado, a thick chocolate drink often served with churros. Rice was eventually added turning it into the champorado we know and enjoy today.

 

Last year, a photo of Ivanka Trump’s hotdog and marshmallow skewers also went viral after Filipinos here and around the world saw the birthday party staple served at the US presidential daughter’s dinner table.

 

did Ivanka Trump throw her kids a Filipino birthday party??? pic.twitter.com/1hCuNN28Rt

— matt ortile (@ortile) July 18, 2017