Comments on: Fall Centerpiece

By: mini

mini — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:22:29 +0000

wow! What a lovely and (later on) yummy centerpiece! :)

By: EJ

EJ — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:10:16 +0000

Hi, i was given several of those last year and then passed them on to a neighbour who then proceeded to cook them. Turned out that they were only for decoration and not really edible. Not exactly sure which ones were inedible, though.

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:49:36 +0000

thank you very much, sir! :)

By: Footloose

Footloose — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 18:22:57 +0000

@Natie, I previously posted the same site to link a funny series of dispatches from Manila.

By: Natie

Natie — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:36:10 +0000

Cute gourds are a Fall Staple, minus the deluge of curse words, MM , Footloose. That is so PG 13 or X rated depending on the reader. I should follow that funny blog.

It will be a very sad day if processed foods are forever banned. The grand kids always prefer Red meats.. steaks and processed meats.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:21:06 +0000

Hi Grace, here is the link... That finding of WHO is very interesting and not surprising... you have to wonder about things with added things that you might not really need... for years, we have also sold chorizo at Zubuchon without nitrates and not a few folk have criticized us for our grayish bland looking chorizo. I suspect we will see an upsurge in sales in the weeks ahead. At zubuchon, our food has the least possible amount of any additives that might turn out to be harmful... and I am so happy we stuck to our guns on that front. Having said that, I do love a good ham made with nitrates... but I will almost definitely curtail 90% of the minimal amount of corned beef, hotdogs and luncheon meat that I might eat in future.

By: Grace Chua

Grace Chua — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:43:04 +0000

Lovely colors. ? by the way sir, may i request for a reposting of your homemade bacon recipe? With the current findings of WHO that processed meats are cancerous, i remembered reading about your post on homemade bacon. but when i clicked the link to saveur website they must have taken down the recipe link already ???? hope you can post it . thank you ?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 02:12:30 +0000

Paolo, yes, it turns out these are edible, in fact, our chef at the Italian restaurant just said putting butter and garlic in them and baking until soft yields a delicious side dish to chicken or steak…

By: Paolo

Paolo — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 01:05:10 +0000

Just out of curiosity MM, can this be cooked after its centerpiece lifespan? Made me think after tnm’s earlier comment on buying squash for ulam instead. Maybe then it’ll be worth buying them cute gourds?

By: tnm

tnm — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:26:45 +0000

Hahaha! Your killing me!

On a serious note, each gourd costs 2 for $3 in our local farmers market. Di bale nalang.
Bumili nalang ako ng squash na pang-ulam.