Comments on: Lipote / Igot / Bahag

by: Phillips

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:09:38 +0000

We call this fruit balaigang in Rinconada (Bato)in Bicol. This used to be very common tree until it started dying and for some reason the saplings did not mature. The fruit is very sweet when left to ripen in the tree until the color turned black.

by: estan

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:18:11 +0000

so this is igot. a friend showed me this link after i posted about lomboy or duhat. I do hope to taste this one in the future. thanx for the info.

by: drquimbo

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:07:09 +0000

Am from Samar and igot definitely is a childhood favorite. As others have described, We muddle the fruit with sugar and a dash of salt in a tupperware and shake away. A blood-red juices oozes out and is incomparable in taste to any other fruit which i can only describe as tart-sweet with a lot of tannin taste.

Hmm, igot berries compote with panna cotta?

by: kim

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:16:56 +0000

Really very interesting post MM. It was years ago since I last tasted baligang.For me it doesnt taste like duhat, rather I find it to have similar taste with mangosteen. It looks like duhat but rounder. We have a tree planted in our yard in batangas, which my father brought from Bicol. It doesnt taste as good as the ones from bicol though, perhaps because of the difference in climate.

But when the tree is in full bloom it really is a sight. Honey bees love the flowers and some pipits (hummingbirds?) visit too.The Baligang tree looks similar to a banaba, only that it has smaller leaves compared to the latter.

Thanks MM for reminding us of our childhood days. It really evokes nostalgic memories.

Perhaps you can do a post about Bulala. It is a fruit very similar to a rambutan but my cousins in Bicol swear that it is not the same.

by: Carlos

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:20:07 +0000

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