Comments on: Misa de Gallo and Puto Bumbong Pre-amble…

By: dhayL

dhayL — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:45:37 +0000

This is definitely one of the may reasons why i miss spending christmas back home, i miss the food/delicacies that you buy after attending the misa de gallo; i honestly miss waking early in the mornign to attend the service either with friends or family, and i remember in some days I would be in my uniform as my school starts at 6:45; I also miss going out with friends going from house to house and singing christmas carols knowing that we’ll be rewarded at the end of the night! Now that i have a young girl of my own, i wish that she could also experience the things that are special to me during this season! And it’s true that nothing beats the christmas celebration back home! As for us up in the north, it’ll be a white but cold christmas with family and friends minus the misa de gallo at 5am and puto bumbong! hehehe

Enjoy your christmas everyone!

By: chi

chi — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:03:03 +0000

Thanks MM – I went to read the post you referenced and yup – it has been confirmed that pirurutong and Thai Black Rice is one and the same. Thai Black Rice is one of my favorite desserts – hereabouts, it is served warmed and topped with coconut milk – YUM! It’s pretty pricey though so I decided to do some research on it and found a ton of recipes online.

I created my own from the ones I found and have a super simple and foolproof recipe which I will share with all when I get to my home computer or after the holidays if I forget – I’m leaving on holiday this Friday and have a ton of stuff on my mind just now. Anyway, the recipes I found online were all distressingly complex and required lengthy steaming times. I use my rice cooker which cooked it in a flash and it comes out tasting exactly the same – go figure!

Happy Holidays everyone and may the New Year bring you all that you wish for and just a little bit more…

Best Regards,
Chi

By: Ebba Myra

Ebba Myra — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:51:50 +0000

Wow, thanks for the black Tai Rice,I think they sell it here in Houston. I’ll check on it.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:59:46 +0000

chi, sorry for the late reply, and thanks Ted, for picking up the slack… yes, apparently the thai black sweet rice is very similar to our own pirurutong, Maria Clara talked about it in comments on the pirurutong a few weeks ago…

By: chi

chi — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:22:17 +0000

Thanks so much, Ted! Really appreciate the info – I LOVE Thai black rice. Having the right ingredients is half the cooking battle and better yet, it’s readily available in my area. Looking forward to studying the puto bumbong process and attempting to make some…

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:18:02 +0000

Chi, yes the pirurutong is the same as the Thai “Black Sweet Rice”

By: sonia

sonia — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:15:44 +0000

thanks MM for bringing to your readers so much information about a well loved filipino delicacy – and with first hand experience at that.
i agree with mariaclara –how can you approximate the skill of those who flip those bamboo tubes for a living?
to each his own . . . you have so many enviable competencies. you don’t have to add yet another one. but your drive for excellence in everything you do is truly admirable! pwede na is definitely not your standard —hooray !

By: zap

zap — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:59:26 +0000

I think I might just have stumbled on an unexpected puto bumbong treasure. I bought a few pieces after mass from a stall run by a couple. When we opened the leafy packages for breakfast, we were pleasantly surprised by a distinctly different aroma, and dense, chewy, very dark purple strips of puto bumbong. It’s quite unlike the lite ‘n brite puffy commercialized bumbong that we’ve bought over recent years. They were close to the authentic puto bumbong of childhood memories. And at 20 pesos per piece, yeap, I’ll definitely go back there for more in a couple of hours… ;-)

By: chunky

chunky — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:08:06 +0000

I am so unsure if the puto bumbong we have been enjoying all these years is the real thing. Just last night, we tried the puto bumbong at sm hypermart at libis…it’s quite dense, but honestly MM, I don’t think I really know the difference. I may have to try the ones you made to know for sure…wink!

By: ca

ca — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:01:02 +0000

hmmmmm.. so maybe that’s why, after all these years, I don’t appreciate those ones we have tried so far!!!

I think I’m one of those who haven’t tried authentic-made puto bumbong yet!