02x09 - Fili-bascan Chefs/Ladybug Sleepover

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MOLLY: "Filibascan Chefs."

MOLLY (imitating Julia Child): And once you're done

mixing up your pickled maqtaq salmon spread,

you just put it on a cr*cker and enjoy!

(imitating Julia Child): That's fantastic, Chef Molly.

Yum, yum. Mm, mm, mm.

♪

You'll learn how to make more amazing recipes

next time on...

The Athabascan Chef.

(camera chirps)

(in normal voice): Mm, this really is so good, Molly.

I could eat the whole bowl.

Weren't you girls making that spread

for the culture fair tomorrow night?

VERA: Uh...

Maybe just one more, Mom?

A chef needs to test their food.

LINDA: Okay, one more.

And I might test one, too. (Suki whimpers)

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(chomps) Huh?

(Suki barks) MOLLY: Suki, no!

(whines)

(barks)

Sorry.

Suki doesn't make the best cooking assistant.

(computer chirps softly)

Well, how about you put that somewhere safe

and come say hi to your Lola Miranda?

Lola Miranda!

My grandma's calling

all the way from the Philippines, Molly!

Come meet her.

Kumusta kayo, girls!

Vera, your indu tells me

you're cooking for a culture festival!

A big one for school.

We share dances, and food, and music.

Oh, speaking of, the Sinukwan Festival

is in a few days,

and I have to go teach dance practice.

Paalam!

(blows kiss, Suki whimpers)

MOLLY AND VERA: Suki!

(all laughing)

What's a Sinukwan Festival?

It was my favorite time of the year

when I was growing up in the Philippines.

Look here.

The Sinukwan Festival

is a special Kapampangan celebration.

Linda took me when we first got married.

So much dancing and, ooh, great food.

(barks)

Kapa, kappap...

(slowly): Kapampangan.

Kapampangan.

What's Kapampangan?

That's what we are!

Just like here, where there are

different Indigenous groups all over Alaska,

there are different Indigenous groups

all over the world, including the Philippines.

So I'm Kapampangan like Mom,

and Gwich'in Athabascan like Dad.

That's so cool!

(sighs)

I sure miss those Sinukwan Festivals.

Mm, thanks for making salmon spread, girls.

Good food really makes the fair.

Are you okay, Vera?

I was thinking about my mom

and how she misses Sinukwan Festivals

back in the Philippines.

I wish we had them here.

That would be awesome if we did.

Hey, what if we added a piece of the Sinukwan Festival

to our culture fair tomorrow night?

(gasps): And it could be a surprise for my mom!

What a great idea!

What could we add in?

You know how you were saying food makes the fair?

What if we made some Sinukwan Festival food?

Yes!

This is a job for

the Athabascan Chefs!

Shouldn't it be

the Filipino Athabascan Chefs?

BOTH: The Filibascan Chefs!

(laughing)

What kind of foods do they have at Sinukwan Festivals?

Hmm, I don't know.

I've actually never been to one.

Then let's find out!

Okay.

(typing): Sinukwan Festival food.

MOLLY: That all looks amazing.

VERA: Wait!

What about lumpia?

Mom makes amazing lumpia.

This says,

"Lumpia was created in the Philippines

"when many cultures came together.

There are lots of different ways to make it."

I'd like to make one just like my mom's,

but I've never made it without her.

Do you remember the ingredients?

Not exactly.

My mom has the ingredients on a recipe card,

but it's at home.

And so is she.

Then maybe the Filibascan Chefs

need to become the Filibascan Secret Agents.

♪

All right, Agent Mabray,

our goal is to get to the recipe card

without being detected.

It's in that small wooden recipe box.

The coast is clear.

(whispers): Okay, let's move.

(grunts)

(grunting)

♪

(both grunting)

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Where is it?

(object shifts) (Vera and Molly gasp)

(humming)

(pans rattle)

Huh?

Hmm...

♪

Oh...

♪

(sighs)

(both moan softly)

(chuckles)

♪

BOTH: Whew!

That was close.

I'll get the recipe box.

You look out for my mom.

♪

(Vera grunting)

(softly): Hurry.

(grunting)

(door opens) (gasps)

I think I hear someone coming.

(Vera grunting)

Got it!

Yes!

We did it.

(all yelp)

VERA AND MOLLY: Whew!

What ya up to, kids?

♪

Surprising your mom with this lumpia is a great idea!

I know most of these ingredients,

but there are two I don't recognize:

Lola Miranda's sukang maanghang

and something called "special ingredient."

Special ingredient?

What could that be?

Mm, your mother never told me.

It's a secret.

What about Lola Miranda's sukang maanghang?

Oh, that's a super-good dipping sauce.

I don't know how to make it.

But I know who does!

Sure, I can help, girls.

I'll send you my recipe

for my sukang maanghang right now.

Salamat, Lola.

Do you know what the special ingredient is?

Hmm.

I-- sorry, I don't.

I make my lumpia with carabao.

What's carabao?

It's a water buffalo here in the Philippines.

Well, that can't be the special ingredient.

There are no water buffaloes here.

I bet it's something from Alaska, ah?

That could be a lot of things.

Let's experiment with lumpia recipes

until we figure it out!

How hard can it be?

♪

Ooh!

Oh, wow, this is actually pretty hard.

Mm, at least it's a really tasty job.

Yeah, but none of them tastes like Mom's lumpia.

We tried smoked salmon,

canned salmon, salmon filets,

half-dried salmon...

Lingonberries, blueberries, salmonberries,

dried moose,

and fried moose.

(exhales)

I don't think I could eat another bite!

We can't give up now!

Come on, there must be something we're missing.

Well, all of these have the ingredients

from your mom's recipe card.

So what could that special ingredient be?

I bet we've used every ingredient

in our lumpia except carabao.

You need some caribou?

(laughs)

No, not caribou, Grandpa-- carabao.

It's a kind of water buffalo in the Philippines.

(chuckles): Oh.

Well, I don't know about carabao,

but if you want any caribou,

I've got plenty!

Linda always gets a whole bunch of caribou sausage

from me every fall.

Caribou, carabao.

I wonder if... Grandpa!

Do you think we could get some

caribou sausage pretty quick?

Well, I think I could be convinced,

if I were allowed to have a lumpia.

Or two. (laughs)

♪

Okay, Mom, open your eyes!

Wow!

Look at all this lumpia!

Did you do all this?

Not just me.

Dad helped, Lola Miranda,

Grandpa Nat, and...

BOTH: The Filibascan Chefs!

And we made something special just for you.

(gasps)

This tastes just like my special lumpia!

How did you figure this out?

We used lots of sources.

We read information online, we looked at your recipe,

and there was a lot of trial and error.

Mm... Mm...

You were saying how much you missed the Sinukwan Festivals,

so we tried to bring a little bit of one here.

It worked.

Nothing reminds me of my childhood like this taste.

Mm!

I don't know that much about

Kapampangan festivals yet, Indu,

but I'd love to learn.

And I would love to teach you, Anak.

Hey, everyone, Molly here

to answer your questions about life in Alaska.

Hugh from Portland, Oregon, asks,

"Can you tell me more about Filibascan food?"

Sure!

Let's see what my friends are cooking.

BOYS: Kumusta, Molly!

Hi, I'm Manu.

I'm Laka, and this is Kalu,

and our little sister, Tala.

This is my grandma.

We call her Lola, which means Grandma.

MANU: We are Filipino and Koyukon Athabascan.

LAKA: Right now, we're at Lola's house,

and it's on Dena'ina land.

MANU: My lola's going to teach us how to make salmon lumpia.

Lumpia is a traditional Filipino dish.

And the salmon is from our Athabascan culture.

LAKA: During the summer, we fish,

we cut the salmon, and whatever's left on the bone,

we scrape for lumpia.

That way, we don't waste any bit of salmon.

The first step to making lumpia

is to get all the ingredients:

the carrots and salmon,

onions, bread crumbs, eggs,

and mix.

And mix and mix and mix. (laughing)

MANU: Next, we wrap the filling in kind of a rice paper.

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We're going to see who can roll the lumpia the fastest.

ALL: Isa, dalawa,

tatlo, go!

Done! (all laughing)

MANU: You cook it on the pan.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

Then you need to flip the lumpia over,

so one side doesn't get more cooked than the other.

We know that they're ready

because they get hard and crunchy.

Oh, whoo!

MANU: Five-second rule.

And now the lumpia's done!

We're gonna have a picnic outside.

Lola. Thank you!

Mm.

Masarap!

MANU: Really good.

BOYS: Bye, Molly!

TALA: Bye, Molly!

Mahsi'choo!

Thanks for asking and see you next time!

MOLLY: "Ladybug Sleepover."

(whimpering)

(barking)

(whimpering)

(Molly and Jake grunting)

(barking)

(Molly and Jake grunt)

BOTH: Phew!

That was heavy!

Why did Auntie Midge order all this gardening stuff?

It's the middle of winter.

LAYLA (grunts): Phew.

She's getting the greenhouse ready for spring.

That's the last of it.

Thanks for the help.

VERA (in distance): Molly!

Vera's here!

(sniffing)

MOLLY: Suki!

Come on, girl!

(barks)

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(gasps): You brought Engii & Ghouls?

Of course!

It's the perfect game for a sleepover.

Explore ancient ruins,

discover treasure!

But watch out for monsters.

(nervously): Uh, monsters?

This looks super-spooky.

I can't wait!

Oh. (laughs nervously)

Yeah, me, neither.

(chuckles nervously, sighs)

♪

(dice rolling)

"Congratulations.

You find a red bead necklace."

Ooh, that'll protect me from mummies.

Your turn, Jake.

(groans)

Why do I always land on the monster card?

Oh, no!

It says there's a bad duck.

That's a monster?

A bad duck?

What will it do?

Quack at us?

Are you sure that's what it says?

Oh! (laughs)

I read it wrong.

It doesn't say "bad duck,"

it says "bad luck! Engii!"

"You encounter a giant two-headed cave worm.

Lose two turns."

(groans)

A two-headed cave worm!

Definitely scarier than a bad duck.

♪

(screams) (barks)

It's not that scary.

No, a spider, right there!

Ooh, I love spiders.

If I had my spider book, we could identify it.

We could find out what it eats...

Well, it was about to eat my arm!

LAYLA: Hey, kids!

I'm replacing a broken fuse,

so I'll have to shut the power off.

Okay. Mahsi'!

(voice trembles): Uh...

So if you find yourselves suddenly

sitting in the dark, you'll know why.

(nervously): The... dark?

It's okay, Jake.

We have plenty of flashlights.

But... what about...

...you-know-what sneaking around trying to bite us?

Oh, is Grandmother Spider trying to play with you?

I can help.

Sorry, Grandmother,

but you are not invited to this party.

I'll take you somewhere safe.

Don't you want protective gloves?

I think I'll be okay.

Gwideedrii are our friends.

Okay, Molly's turn.

Wait!

What about the flashlights?

It could go dark at any second.

Oh, right, come with me.

♪

Everything is sorta creepy at night, isn't it?

(gasps)

(sighs)

Mm, I don't think so,

but I guess I'm used to it.

VERA: Ooh.

You have a book about bugs.

Maybe that spider is in it.

Was your mom joking when she called it Grandmother Spider?

That's what she calls them sometimes.

There are lots of stories about ditsuu gwideedrii.

♪

(yelping)

(gasping and yelping)

What's wrong?

A spider flew right at me!

Ugh, there it is.

(Suki whimpers)

I don't think spiders fly.

Yeah, see?

It's a ladybug.

They're harmless.

Not when they swoop out of the sky and go for your neck!

Things are always a bit spookier in the dark.

Here, I found flashlights for us.

Now let's get back to our game.

VERA: Wow, this book tells you everything about ladybugs.

Did you know that ladybugs eat aphids?

What are aphids?

They're these little bugs that ate all

of Auntie Midge's tomato plants last year.

She was so mad.

She should get ladybugs.

People buy them for their gardens

and they're sent through the mail.

Buying bugs to eat other bugs?

I will never be a gardener.

Jake, ladybugs are friendly.

Here, hold out your hand. Nuh-uh!

Just try it.

It'll be okay.

(gulps): Okay.

(groans)

(laughs): Hey, it tickles.

See?

(sighs): That wasn't so bad.

Jake, your flashlight is going out.

Not good.

What do we do?

We have spare batteries in my mom's office.

It's great that you didn't freak out about the ladybug.

I didn't, did I?

I guess they're not really that scary after all.

(all gasp)

♪

(whimpers)

(all screaming)

Wait, stop!

We have to go back.

Suki is still in there!

There's no way I'm going back.

(lights click) The power went out!

We can't leave Suki behind.

Come on!

(groans)

All right, here's the plan.

I'll run in and grab Suki.

I'll run in and grab the batteries.

And I'll run in and run away.

Okay.

One... two...

Three!

Suki, don't eat the ladybugs! (whimpering)

(barking)

I got the batteries.

Come on, come on.

(all panting)

(Suki barks) (all sigh)

ALL: Phew!

Where did all those ladybugs come from?

Everything we unloaded from

the airplane was gardening supplies.

I wonder if Auntie Midge bought the ladybugs

for her tomatoes, and they got loose.

You're going to have to seal up the door

and never use that room again.

Wait a minute!

The bug book has something that might help us.

Oh, yeah, here it is!

"How to make a ladybug trap."

"Get a plastic bottle, cut off the top,

"and put it upside down into the bottom

to create a fumble."

A fumble?

What's a fumble?

A fumble is when you drop a football by accident.

Or a tray of cupcakes.

Are you sure that's what it says?

Oh, I read it wrong.

It's "to create a funnel," not a fumble.

(laughs): That makes more sense.

Let's do it!

(barks)

They go through the funnel,

and then they can't get out again.

And ladybugs are attracted to light.

Now who should set the trap?

Anybody but me.

I don't wanna go back in there.

Me, neither.

That only leaves one option.

VERA: There-- phew!

Now we turn the lights off

and leave it alone, and go play our game.

Monster card?

Again?

"Bad luck engii!

"You encounter a swamp creature.

Lose one turn."

Huh, I used to think these monsters were scary.

But after facing a real insect invasion,

this game is not that bad.

(lights click)

There go the lights again.

It was kinda fun being scared by the ladybugs.

Yeah, it was fun, wasn't it?

You know what would be really scary?

Checking the trap right now.

Going back down there?

On purpose?

Let's do it!

Yeah! All right!

Wow!

It worked.

I'm fascinated!

And kinda creeped out at the same time.

Let's bring them to Auntie Midge tomorrow.

She'll be so glad we caught them all.

Oops, one got away.

I'll put it back.

Actually, could I see it?

♪

Great sleepover, Molly.

Yeah.

Mahsi'choo!

Good night.

Good night!

Good night!

(softly): Good night, ladybug.

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