Comments on: Cashew & Guava Jelly Butter a la Marketman

By: Footloose

Footloose — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:50:55 +0000

Millet, have you been taking swigs from the mickey again? Your capitalization, then your adjectives and finally your orthography are the first ones to suffer. Or may be this is a different Millet.

By: millet

millet — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:12:10 +0000

tiesa’s only redeeming factor is the tree – the tree looks very nices, ezpecially when it is heavy with the ugh fruit!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:56:50 +0000

RE: Assumption Tart Link to a Previous Post

THANK YOU for referring me to that earlier post. I swear, your Assumption Tart photos look more YUMMY than the real thing, ha ha ha!

I can’t believe you even included a photo of the tin. I have one of those with me here in Redwood City, CA. I use it to keep buttons and other odds and ends.

I also have a (Ta-ra!) Assumption Doll. It came with an abanico paypay, naturally.

By: Joy

Joy — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:17:41 +0000

I have only made cashew butter only once. It looks wonderful.

By: Kasseopeia

Kasseopeia — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:38:13 +0000

Wow, than you for this post. I am on day 2 (98 to go) on my 100 Days of Real Food challenge – no processed food, no stuff with more than 5 ingredients on the list. I was aghast to find my trusty peanut butter brand contained six ingredients too many – a couple of which sounded like they belonged in Chem Lab class.

I, too, share your quibble with higher-end hotels not serving or showcasing local products. A guava Danish would be sublime with a glass of champagne at seven in the morning, hehehe…

By: Risa

Risa — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:10:57 +0000

Sorry, pahabol pet peeve.

Places that serve brewed coffee and provide powdered creamer. I mean, you go through the trouble of brewing your coffee, what’s a little milk? Three in one na lang!

Haha

By: Risa

Risa — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:02:43 +0000

“The 5-star is in the details.” Superlike.

For me, it’s hotel soap, shampoo and lotion you can actually use. Complimentary fruit. A shoe brush. A city map. Cable TV (in English).

This is pushing it, pero kahit walang newspaper ok lang basta may chocolate mints. Teehee.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:24:54 +0000

James, I know what you mean. And you probably had a Twinning’s Earl Grey or English Breakfast. And the color of the hotel wasn’t purple but close. :)

By: James

James — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:37:54 +0000

I sympathize with you, MM. I was recently at a convention at a Cebu “5-star” with a color in its name. I ordered a cup of tea for P120. Granted, the tea was a decent English tea. But, the cookie that came with it was worse than a Chips Ahoy!

With a hotel of that size and the quality of chefs they must have on staff, would it be that hard to bake fresh cookies daily? Or, just NOT put on the “free” cookie?

For me, this is what differentiates a real 5-star from many of the wannabes that we have. It’s the details. A real 5-star gets every little thing right. Even the jam with your toast. Even the cookie with your tea.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:28:46 +0000

Footloose, only you would recall the original post, and the comments that came with it. I must be loosing grey matter. Risa, no, I haven’t managed to taste aratiles the fruit, though a kind reader once brought me a branch of leaves so I would recognize it… :) Mary lee, headed to the kitchen now to try a version of that with puff pastry… but not quite a croissant.