Comments on: A Datu’s Ransom Worth of Dayap…

By: oslek espaldon

oslek espaldon — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:55:41 +0000

I have over 25 dayap trees in my small farm in Pakil, Laguna. The heat/dry stress last summer probably caused the trees to fruit like crazy! The fruits literally touch ground. I will try South Supermarket in Los Banos if they are interested to have some in their shelves.

By: joseph

joseph — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:11:08 +0000

hi everybody…. where can we buy the dayap fruit and also the plant?? im starting my small garden with useful plants….. right now i have calamansi, lemon and basil, m looking for dayap, sili and other herbs or plants thanks in advance…

By: Nuebo Ubing

Nuebo Ubing — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:30:24 +0000

anyone know how to carve and preserve some, or does anyone know anyone else who does do that?

By: el_jefe

el_jefe — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:38:45 +0000

hello market man! i have fruiting dayap trees….it really is an indispensable souring ingridient…i even squeeze dayap in my sinigang na maliputo sa miso…to give it an extra citrusy kick…when mixed with gin or vodka and soda it makes an excellent cocktail drink…i seel my dayap fruits in a local thai restaurant here in los banos….
dayap rind is also excellent in leche flan , tocino del cielo, maja blanca , macapuno or anything with cream…the sweet scent of dayap does the dick…you can also use it as marinade for fried chicken….iced tea….tom yum…oh dayap is really so versatile!!! love it!!!! dayap is an essential part of both tagalog and capampangan cuisine….though one can hardly find dayap in the market today as in the case of calamansi which you could find almost anywhere…dayap by the way is different from lemon, kabuyaw and biasong , the popular lime in the visayas….
market man…can i ask you a favor…can you post something about the different limes of the philippines? have you heard about ” BILOLO”? iVE heard about it through my grandmother….i was told that this lime as huge as orange is an excellent souring ingridient and is south after in their place in tanauan…however bilolo is so rare now adays and i am hoping that it is not yet extinct….
marketman…i am a fan of your articles and i hope you could feature the novel cuisine of the provinces south of manila….perhaps laguna, batangas, cavite , quezon delis…..hope to meet you in person too…hehhe…id like to share my dayaps with you too….

By: Franco

Franco — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:22:32 +0000

We used to grow dayap too but they seem to have a short plant life and can be very finicky to care for which is probably why we don’t seem them too often. They make good virgin mojitos too!