Comments on: Eli’s Sineguelas

By: GenerSumilang

GenerSumilang — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:38:24 +0000

SINIGUELAS-The best backyard tree i called, the favourites of kids and olds too, during the fruit seasons, people used to come in my house under the siniguelas tree, while discussing something, we used to pick fruits at the same time and watch the kids climbing and reaching the best fruits they can. thought they used visiting my house as an alibi, its acceptable and expected them to catch some fruits either. its a pleasant fruit to eat during passtime and after or before lunch.. a good tree can bear enormous fruits, the best place to plant is the sandy area, cut a piece of branch from neighbourhood and just stick to the ground, 3 yrs away and it will bear fruits at once…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:46:22 +0000

manang, I have a philippine fruit index that will guide you to dozens of posts on philippine fruits. since that post, I have added many more. aratiles was discussed in antoher post but I don't have a photo of the fruit...

By: Manang

Manang — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:54:52 +0000

I love siniguelas! Are they considered berry-type of fruits?

I hope you can do research on various fruits in the Philippines, especially on the lesser known ones like this siniguelas (even including just the name and photo to go along and where abundant/available will suffice). Other fruits that we barely pay attention to are the aratilis, duhat and mansanitas. You may want to feature both well-known and the lesser-known fruits of the Philippines.

If I had current access to these, I could have experimented in making jams and jellies using them.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:15:27 +0000

talagang masarap ang siniguelas
lalo smin sa andarayan solana cagayan
un ang masarap na fruits
pero dko alam english ng siniguelas eh

By: Techie

Techie — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:58:27 +0000

I have not had a single siniguelas for 28 years. Your pix made me salivate. I am going to Florida next month (February) do you think they have it there at that time?

By: Arlene

Arlene — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:05:28 +0000

Why is it that this wonderful fruit is associated with people who died? I can remember craving this fruit when I vacationed in Cebu. This close of the family, Mar, overheard me, and by the next day he brought an entire bag of singuelas just at the end of the season. Unfortunately, this wonderful man was killed a many years ago while still young.

By: Judy Margate

Judy Margate — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:17:31 +0000

Ahh, that fruit definitely invokes lots of childhood memories. I recall one trip back to PI six years ago towards the tail end of summer. Alas, it was too hot and humid to eat anything else but fruit. I must say mangoes and sineguelas saved my life. The day I flew back to San Francisco, my Aunt handed over a little brown bag full of sineguelas picked from her farm that same morning. Fully riped sineguelas gleamed in the bag ready to eat and some partially green ones that peaked ripeness en route to SF. I sensed passengers looking intently while I gobble up the sineguelas but I turned a blind eye and refused to offer any of the precious fruits. Needless to say, I skipped dinner throughout the flight and landed in SF with a slight stomach ache (-:

By: Jesse Bailey

Jesse Bailey — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:31:10 +0000

Ahhh, an all time favorite fruit of mine. Back here in the US (Florida), we still get a chance to buy the (Sin Egual as) or derived from the Spanish word (it seems) “sin igual” or without comparison at local hispanic markets when they are in season. I lived in El Salvador and Guatemala for a few years and learned that since those countries fall pretty much in the same Equator line as the Philippines, a lot of our fruit is found there. This fruit is called Jocote (you can Wikipedia it) and seems to be a native of Central America but has flourished in the Phil. too. Just reading that it is of the Plum family, no wonder the spanish word for plum “Ciruela” seems closer to Sineguela.

I really enjoy your recipe’s because I myself like to take over the kitchen now and then when my schedule permits and I have used several of your recipes with great success. I really enjoy this blog and if there is anything I can do to help, (hint, hint), let me know.

Ciao!

By: Min

Min — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:34:28 +0000

Its weird but i just got misty eyed just by looking the the sineguelas. I grew up in pangasinan where i climb any fruit tress in our backyard during summer. Sineguelas makes you yearn for happy summers in PI, happy childhood and the people you share it with, some are long gone.bayabas, kamatsile, kaimito, aratiles, duhat, chiku, mangga, langka…just some of the summer fruits that comforts you even if you have already forgotten their taste, because its the memory that really leaves the lasting taste. The kapitbahay you steal it from, the person who gave them to you, the scar you had during a fall from those trees…I’m sure Mang Eli is happy wherever he is. As for me, Im missing my dad. the person who lets me run free to enjoy my childhood, be fearless about heights, and who let me have all these cherished memories so that even if he is gone and im away from home, i am comforted.

By: Corrine

Corrine — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:50:18 +0000

I agree with eatmatters. I always love to read recipes or about ingredients that have a story behind them. (I just bought “The Arab Table”)… Makes them more meaningful. I love ripe siniguelas!