31 Jul, 2009
Millet of Davao mentioned passion fruit juice in my pavlova post a few days ago, and I recall the same suggestion was also mentioned the first time I featured passion fruit, here. So I decided to experiment with several more wrinkled and ripe passion fruit left over from the Bacolod trip. I…
31 Jul, 2009
I had a huge grin at breakfast this morning when I read an article on the front page of the International Herald Tribune about a passenger who complained about United Airlines breaking his guitar which he checked-in as baggage. He tried the traditional paths of complaint for up to a year, then finally…
30 Jul, 2009
Every once in a while, I try and sweep through the freezers and refrigerators and cook up any odds, ends, or pieces of meat or fish which have been otherwise “forgotten.” In this case, a pretty nice hunk of tuna emerged from the deep freeze, and I realized it was an aborted piece…
29 Jul, 2009
Mrs. Marketman was searching for a yellow ribbon today to tie on the car, the tree in front of our home, the gate, whatever. She (and I am as well) is really rather upset about President Corazon Aquino’s (Cory’s) serious medical condition and what newspapers report as basically being the inevitable last stages…
29 Jul, 2009
We came across several baskets filled with baby batuans, a souring agent, a relative of mangosteen, on this recent trip to Bacolod. I suspect the weather had something to do with a proliferation of baby or immature fruit. At any rate, wondering what these might be good for, I realized I loved…
29 Jul, 2009
I was never a huge fan of pavlovas, the dessert. They always seemed so airy and pouffy; I leaned more towards desserts with substance. If the pavlova was topped with fantastic fruit like sweet raspberries, etc., for me it was about the berries and cream, not the meringue. But it’s funny…
28 Jul, 2009
Takway are gabi or taro root tendrils or shoots, which I first wrote about here. I suspect, like okra or alugbati, takway are a love or hate ‘em kind of vegetable, with texture the primary reason for falling on one side of the fence or the other… I liked takway the first time…
28 Jul, 2009
Organic free range native chicken soup with some chopped inner core of a banana tree/stalk and mung beans. How’s that for a mouth full? What it was, actually, was an incredibly satisfying local soul food. Tasty, hearty, easy and honest. The story started off the night before, while discussing an…