Hips: With your feet together, measure around the fullest part of your hips about 8 below your waist. Inseam: Lay a pair of pants that fit you well flat and measure the inside seam from crotch to hem. Petite Sizes: 4'11 - 5'3 average figure. Misses Sizes: 5'3Â½  - 5'7Â½  average figure.
Some popular Creole dishes include accras, which are fried fish or vegetables; different types of colombo (curried dishes); blaff, which is seafood prepared in seasoned soups; calalloo, an herb porrige; Sauce au chien (dog sauce), is a popular, and hot, island sauce to add to dishes.
Rice in the Philippines is called bigas when uncooked and kanin when cooked. Glutinous rice is referred to as malagkit (sticky). Unmilled rice is palay. Rice is the staple food in the Philippines supplying about 35% of the average Filipino's daily caloric intake. Aside from plain steamed rice, there are many Filipino rice recipes, rice snacks and desserts.