Comments on: Abracadabra…

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:58:04 +0000

Elisha, you might want to try granulated “Splenda”, not sure if it is available there, but it is now available at COSTCO.

By: zeph

zeph — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:21:38 +0000

Mangosteen season has indeed arrived. My roommate’s mom just brought with her about 15 kilos of mangosteen and rambutan from Davao two days ago and we were feasting like there’ll be no mangosteen for the rest of the decade.

By: sometime_lurker

sometime_lurker — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:00:15 +0000

ingenious!

Hey, Apicio, if you have your own public blog, please let it be known. I’d like to bookmark you also. Your comments are always hysterically interesting ;^)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:02:15 +0000

Marketfan, do NOT remove seeds, they are delicious cooked. And yes, I made a batch with the “native” or smaller mangosteen and the flavor is superb. Blaise, there is still a lot around Manila, but a RIDICULOUS vendor at Market!Market! just quoted me PHP200 a kilo a few hours ago. I asked her if she was drunk on the fumes of rotting mangosteen, which she didn’t get, I guess. But there are suckers born every day, every day… elisha, I’m sorry, I wouldn’t know the answer to your question as I haven’t baked with equal…though I suspect jam can’t be good for a diabetic, period…

By: MarketFan

MarketFan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 04:31:25 +0000

Hi Marketman,

We were in Davao last weekend and mangosteen sold for P20 per kilo near the city proper. Nearer the farms and trees, maybe 10-15 per kilo. The small ones (native variety) were the sweetest. I was wondering whether you took out the seeds when making jam but your reply above says no. I hope to be able to make your jam recipe soon.

MarketFan

By: Blaise

Blaise — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:40:04 +0000

I’ve been buying and eating mangosteen everyday last week and the week before that, now that I’ve ran out, my suki in the market no longer has fresh deliveries of mangosteen.. Oh where could I buy mangosteen again??

By: elisha

elisha — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:34:11 +0000

do you think i can substitute “equal for baking” for the sugar in the jam? i come from a family of diabetics.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:05:40 +0000

bernadette, it is supply and demand and proximity to the tree… PHP5 per kilo in the Jolo, PHP18 in Cebu wholesale, PHP35-40 in Divisoria, Manila wholesale, PHP80-120 in Manila groceries retail, and about PHP5,000+ per kilo in NYC retail!!! betty q, I am still rushing to make enough bottles for our xmas lists. But if your sister is in Manila, she can buy mangosteen jam by Kablon farms at Tiendesitas, Market!Market! and better groceries for about PHP150 a bottle. Kablon’s version is not bad, but if you have friends in Davao, the Lorenzo farm mangosteen jam is STILL the finest commercial version I have had. Of course it is better if you make it in your own home…heehee. Mangaranon, that is outrageous, the wrost I have seen is Euro4 for a mangosteen at Fauchon in Paris one year… Mila, I really need to make a mobile jam kitchen to drive around Mindanao when fruits hit their peak! sonia, jam recipe is in the archives, type in mangosteen jam and keep scrolling down until you get to the post. ykmd, you must try a good mangosteen jam, it is delicious! Apicio, Nobel Peas Prize, I LOVE IT, can I use it ina post sometime in future??! Maria Clara, you got it, I LOVE the seeds, they are delicious Tulipfleurs, a bad mangosteen is horrible, but a good one is sublime! fried neurons, maybe they’ll still have some when you are in Manila next time… Ted, I can’t imagine the fruit frozen, maybe I will try it to see the effects on flavor. eej, the jam is sweet, but also flavorful. edel, imagine, double the cebu price na! Amazing to hear that Toronto has such a wonderful selection of fruit! Megamom, I need to finish off the Christmas list, but maybe a bottle or two can be raffled off in a Marketmanila holiday contest… :) Risa and Em, make mangosteen jam, buy Haagen Daz coffee ice cream and serve together, it is even BETTER than you remember.

By: bernadette

bernadette — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:07:03 +0000

thank you very much for the mangosteen info, MM! Now I can reason out to the fruit vendor in our palengke that her mangosteens are overpriced.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:33 +0000

Hi MM…I have asked my sister each time she goes back home (3x year) to look for mangosteen jam for me…would you consider trading some of your jam for my FAMOUS WICKED CHOCOLATE CAKE…this cake is my pride and joy next to my husband and 2 boys…I entered this cake in a competition (locally sponsored’95 Chocolympics here in Vancouver) and it won the Grand Award cake category… One taste of this cake and you will be hooked!!!…Let me know and I shall ask my sister to bring back for you 1-14 inch loaf of this cake…wanna trade?