Comments on: Bud-Bud Kabog and Malagkit / Millet and Glutinous Rice Cakes

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:40:11 +0000

lalot, apparently, Pigafetta’s chronicle of Magellan’s and crew meals on the island of Cebu included millet or a similar grain, so yes, I think it was an early ingredient. Well before corn. And rice was probably brought from elsewhere…

By: lalot

lalot — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:12:03 +0000

i heard (rather, did i rightly hear?) that millet was the staple of early cebuanos.the explanation is, cebu is a dry island. no vast wet, arable lands for rice. anyway, would you know where i could find these seeds or seedlings? maybe it would be the solution for rice shortages. i tasted bubdbod kabug in bogo, cebu because it is their delicacy. tastes good with milled corn.

By: ian

ian — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:49:41 +0000

its very sarap

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:46:30 +0000

Warning about lye water or lihiya.
This is a poison. Do not use it or eat it.
Please be informed about this ingredient before you consume it. I do not believe people really know what it is.
Find an alternative.

By: susan

susan — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:25:48 +0000

Hi, I’m an Indian who has just moved to makati a month back. I live very close to greenbelt. Need to get some millet seeds for my kid . Cud u pls tell me if i can get it in Landmarket or SM Mall… and what it is called over here….

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:23:30 +0000

Hi there Im not sure what the actual name is, I just know it as sticky rice and looks like the pic above wrapped in a banana leaf. Anyway, I have looked everywhere and cannot find a recipe for it. Would anyone care to share? I would be very greatful. Thanks

By: maribelle

maribelle — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:20:07 +0000

Goodness! Talking about my favorite snack! My mom is absolutely good in making suman or bud bod, be it malagkit or kabug, which i have not eaten since ’03 when i last visited pinas; i wanted so much to make it myself, but just can’t find these millet seeds here, not even in the asian supermarkets, so i make do with bud bod malagkit, which i iether flavor with ginger or vanilla. cassava is also lovely, but more often i hurt my hands shredding it, so i just dream of the ones my late brother used to make. he was so good at it, and if i remember right he used to add calamansi juice to his bud bod cassava and it tasted heaven. i also remember a neighbor back in banilad, dumaguete city who made bud bod from gabi (i particularly come from “purok gabi”, banilad so i guess that explains). anybody tasted this? it’s a totally another experience guys, but then i guess it must take a lot of effort as gabi can get so sticky.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:22:28 +0000

Gigi, these are a favorite of mine. Will try to check out the Sunday market. After my usual rounds on Saturday I usually have an oversupply of everything so I don’t dare go shopping on a Sunday…but for Marketmanila readers I may oblige!

By: Gigi

Gigi — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 02:13:09 +0000

Oh Man, Suman!

I realized I have just become my Dad and those old fogeys who run in the morning and end up in the market. I’m a suki of this suman. It’s a compelling reason to wake up early on a Saturday. These things sell fast (I buy minimum of 10 and can snort 2 budbud kabogs under a minute after a 45-minute run around Ayala Triangle) and Carl (the husband of Maribel I think) and his gang are already gone by 11am.

Great too that the suman is sold beside a ripe mango stall. Talk about a wonderful marriage of food! I went home and opened a tetra brik of Coconut cream to drizzle over a plate of suman and mango. Good heavens. The angels sang and the skies parted.

These little logs of joy are now sold at the Legaspi Market on Sundays. Marketman – could you write about the Sunday market too?

By: rina hubilla

rina hubilla — Tue, 03 May 2005 12:03:05 +0000

just to share another food find – you can actually
purchase lye (the food grade variety) in liquid form in
“the little store” off Wilson st in Mandaluyong and “the
big little store” off Gilmore st in QC. I have not actually used it so I can’t comment on its usage but at least you know where it’s available!