pan de regla
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish pan de regla (literally “menstrual bread”), due to its distinct red filling. The Filipino recipe site pepper.ph states: “...because it looks like the cross section of a used sanitary napkin”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pan de regla (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜎ)
- pan de regla (a soft bread with a distinct red filling, served in the Philippines)
- Synonym: kalihim