Comments on: Sinigang na Manggang Hilaw at Ulo ng Salmon / Salmon Heads with Green Mango Broth a la Marketman

By: buckythetarayslayer

buckythetarayslayer — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:06:24 +0000

My sister who’s a flight attendant in Qatar told me that Pinoys there would ask for fish heads from the market and they gave it away lang. Once they caught on that Filipinos actually ate em they started selling them.

By: rianne

rianne — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:28:39 +0000

ohh…this is absolutely a “must-try” dish! two thumbs up for this, MM!!!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:02:10 +0000

CecileJ, I do like the “JAWS” effect. Apicio, you are probably correct, my pilipino is horrific, barely passed it in fact, always used the my family only speaks Cebuano excuse growing up… :)

By: perkycinderella

perkycinderella — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:56:19 +0000

I cook sinigang in every country I lived and tried many souring variations. Basta maasim puede na.

By: MRJP

MRJP — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:41:24 +0000

Myra P, you’re right! It was Trellis! Cecille J, they actually remind me of those shark movies hahahahah…

By: Apicio

Apicio — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:55:25 +0000

One tiny end-note to naming this dish in Pilipino. Would it not be dead on (if it matters at all and even if no less of a mouthful) to call this dish “sinigang na ulo ng salmon sa mangang hilaw (or mura).” Dahil sa ang isinigang mo ay ang ulo ng salmon at isinigang mo naman ito sa mangang hilaw.

By: CecileJ

CecileJ — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:30:35 +0000

Hahaha! The photos look like the salmon were some kind of prehistoric creature emerging from the prehistoric
swamp ready to make dinner out of some unsuspecting mammal! Camouflage pa niya yung kangkong leaves and siling haba!

By: bernadette

bernadette — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:25:19 +0000

thanks for the hilaw na mangga idea as a souring agent. I have so many jars of burong mangga here and my hubby does not share my enthusiasm in eating them. he said the idea of making them into sinigang might just make him try it again :-)…said he’s reminded of how his mother cooks rhubarb. I love salmon heads with memories of autumn days in New York where we’d have them as cocido!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:42:24 +0000

suzette, while I agree about the color, a previous comment suggested the tomatoes would alter the essence of mango flavor…will have to try other vegetables sometime in the future…

By: suzette

suzette — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:28:41 +0000

probably nice to add some tomatoes for color…might find it hard to feed the kids with this if presented that way!