Garlic and Chile Table Vinegar

In my house, when we got partway through a new bottle of vinegar, my parents would slip garlic and chiles down the neck. This was our suka at bawang, a nice slap of a sauce that we used to douse Longganisa, Tocino, Pork BBQ, and fried fish. If a piece of garlic or chile popped out, I’d eat it straight.

When it was chile season, the process went in reverse: Take an empty bott