Comments on: Battle of the Balls… http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/battle-of-the-balls A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:07:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Juan http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/battle-of-the-balls/comment-page-1#comment-207782 Juan Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:45:18 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=379#comment-207782 Enjoyed knowing about the Filipino traditions and recipies in this site. Recently brought some Queso de Bola Holandes that Dad sent to share in the office and a Filipino employee was telling me it reminded her of cheese she had eaten as a child in the Islands. QdB is also a favorite for centuries in Puerto Rico. Eaten there all year, not just for Navidad. The favorite brand there being Gallo Azul (apparently the same preferred in Yucatan, Mexico). Seems more as to the Spaniards brought it with them wherever they settled in the 1500's and thereafter. It caught on strongly in some places (Filipines, Mexico, Puerto Rico) and not in others. As far as I am concerned, the taste is secondary to the universal great memories brought by eating it -- childhood days sharing time with grandparents and close family members. Enjoyed knowing about the Filipino traditions and recipies in this site. Recently brought some Queso de Bola Holandes that Dad sent to share in the office and a Filipino employee was telling me it reminded her of cheese she had eaten as a child in the Islands. QdB is also a favorite for centuries in Puerto Rico. Eaten there all year, not just for Navidad. The favorite brand there being Gallo Azul (apparently the same preferred in Yucatan, Mexico). Seems more as to the Spaniards brought it with them wherever they settled in the 1500’s and thereafter. It caught on strongly in some places (Filipines, Mexico, Puerto Rico) and not in others. As far as I am concerned, the taste is secondary to the universal great memories brought by eating it — childhood days sharing time with grandparents and close family members.

]]> By: DJ Rainer http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/battle-of-the-balls/comment-page-1#comment-204165 DJ Rainer Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:38:17 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=379#comment-204165 And once you had run out of shrapnel? Right, you go to the next hardest item on hand--those stinky Dutch cheeseballs. As another post noted they were used in the Caribbean as shot as well. The Christmas custom is in remembrance of that victory over the Spanish, but only a few old-timers are still around whose grandparents told THEM the story--totally oral history. The fact that General DeGaulle's favorite cheese was the French equivalent is not an accident--a General WOULD prefer a cheese that had been used in warfare. Filipinos are not big fans of dairy, hardly any Asians are (maybe Mongolians). It's one of those things that is so outrageously unlikely, it HAS to be true. Battle of the Balls? As we say in California, "it's the cheese." And once you had run out of shrapnel? Right, you go to the next hardest item on hand–those stinky Dutch cheeseballs. As another post noted they were used in the Caribbean as shot as well. The Christmas custom is in remembrance of that victory over the Spanish, but only a few old-timers are still around whose grandparents told THEM the story–totally oral history. The fact that General DeGaulle’s favorite cheese was the French equivalent is not an accident–a General WOULD prefer a cheese that had been used in warfare. Filipinos are not big fans of dairy, hardly any Asians are (maybe Mongolians). It’s one of those things that is so outrageously unlikely, it HAS to be true.

Battle of the Balls? As we say in California, “it’s the cheese.”

]]> By: jrpascual http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/battle-of-the-balls/comment-page-1#comment-193756 jrpascual Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:05:37 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=379#comment-193756 Our favorite cheese is called luncheon cheese in cans. I used to get it from a chinese store in Dasmarinas, Manila. I do not know who manufacture it and where we can order the cheese here in the US. Our favorite cheese is called luncheon cheese in cans. I used to get it from a chinese store in Dasmarinas, Manila. I do not know who manufacture it and where we can order the cheese here in the US.

]]> By: JoyToy http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/battle-of-the-balls/comment-page-1#comment-168297 JoyToy Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:55:55 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=379#comment-168297 Like you, I never liked queso de bola. But if you wait for it to harden (the best part is the outer layer), wrap it into a lumpia and fry it, it is the most wonderful thing for your nose to behold! And the taste is exquisite! Like you, I never liked queso de bola. But if you wait for it to harden (the best part is the outer layer), wrap it into a lumpia and fry it, it is the most wonderful thing for your nose to behold! And the taste is exquisite!

]]> By: lulu http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/battle-of-the-balls/comment-page-1#comment-152444 lulu Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:42:20 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/?p=379#comment-152444 queso de bola na de lata is marca de ganso queso de bola na de lata is marca de ganso

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