Comments on: Kapinan / Donkey’s Ear Abalone / Mimigai

by: wil-b cariaga

Thu, 08 May 2008 05:55:57 +0000

At Laoag, my grandfather’s sisters owned a handicraft/sari sari store before, and i remember visiting that store when i was a kid, seashells, bamboo, beads, yarn, ribbons and stuff etc., all that are needed to make handicrafts, and at the back of the store there are huge tanks of boiling dye. . . do you remember those bamboo strips you had for home economics for weaving baskets, fans etc.? they dip them there them there for coloring, It was a big business during that time, ever since my grandpa was a kid they already had that store. . .I think the store burned down like 3 times and they have to change the store name after each fire. . . maybe because of superstition or i dunno. . . I remember they named it after my grandpas sons. . .

by: Marketman

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:51:34 +0000

Apicio, omigod, I went to site! The pens are exquisite. Now those are REAL luxury items. jenny, in cans? Where they in water with flavorings, or just plain? Homebuddy, I just blog about what I run across… :) fried neurons, you are right, the local abalones in the pics above are tny compared to the cooler climate abalones. Mel, thanks for that info…and how cool that you work with these shells… skyemermaid, cool, that certainly sounds fresh! elaine, unfortunately, museum quality it is not. A quirk of nature… some of the rarest shells 30 years ago are now more common…they just had to look harder. So a golden cowrie, gloria maris or cypraea guttata that had the oooh factor then is a bit ho-hum now…

by: Apicio

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:07:50 +0000

I like the dark irridescent water-painting-like patterns of the penultimate picture reminiscent of the patterns found in certain Japanese swords. Oh you should see what these anal retentive people do with abalone shells: http://www.nakaya.org/special/ekandra.html

by: jenny

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:21:53 +0000

Friends gave us cans of abalone, from Palawan, they said. We sliced it into strips and cooked it with stir-fried vegetables. It was very tasty.

by: Homebuddy

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:03:21 +0000

MM you are such a storehouse of information and knowledge! We appreciate your posts which are very interesting and always a source of enlightenment to everyone.