Tinapa ''Tinapa'', a Filipino term, is

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cooked or preserved through the process of

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. It is a native delicacy in the

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and is often made from blackfin scad (''Alepes melanoptera'', known locally as ''galunggong''), or from

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, which is locally known as ''bangus''. Though canned ''tinapa'' in tomato sauce is common and sold commercially throughout the country, it is also still produced and sold traditionally or prepared at home. ''Tinapa'' recipe mainly involves the process of washing the fish and putting it in brine for an extended amount of time (usually 5 – 6 hours), air drying and finally smoking the fish. The fish species which are commonly used for making ''tinapa'' could either be ''galunggong'' (scads) or ''bangus'' (milkfish). The term ''tinapa'' means "prepared by smoking". The root word ''tapa'' in

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originally meant fish or meat preserved by

. In the

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, it came to refer to meats (modern ''

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'') preserved by other means. It is derived from

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''*tapa'', which in turn is derived from

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''*Capa''.

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