Comments on: Kasubha or Safflower

By: Olivia

Olivia — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:50:34 +0000

I am visiting with my brother in PhilAm , Quezon City. Where can I find your product, KASUBHA?

By: farida

farida — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:35:57 +0000

Hi, MM. Yes, please let me know if she got through customs okay. I will see if I can get any info on this as I plan to bring more next time. My relatives from other States do not seem to have any problems either. Thank you.

By: millet

millet — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 13:42:49 +0000

oh, i learned something new today…i always thought kasubha grew in the neighborhood, and have always wondered how they looked in their plant form. now i know. i googled safflower, and the pictures show something I’ve never seen hereabouts. thanks, MM!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 14:35:06 +0000

farida, no, I had not heard about the banana leaves. Sister brings them all the time. If asked, she probably says they have been steamed for long enough to kill anything dubious. Technically, I always thought bringing in baked goods or cakes was okay, but you are correct, the banana leaves could be a potential roadblock. Another reader just ordered 200 pcs for pickup on her trip home in another month or so… I hope we are not violating any laws. :)

By: farida

farida — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:53:28 +0000

Hi MM. I agree with footloose on any food products that are artificially colored. It just turns me off. Pink bagoong alamang! footloose did you mean magenta color? just a typo.
I just want to thank you for the budbud kabug which were really nicely vacuum packed. I was surprised. Anyways, I almost lost them to customs as the officer was asking if anyone was bringing in rice cakes wrapped in banana leaves. Well, I did not have rice cakes, I had the kabug. Yikes. I was warned about the banana leaves earlier on. Have you heard of this? Seattle might be more strict than other ports of entry.
Oh the budbud are really delicious. My family are just savoring them little by little. Everyone who have access to Zubuchon should buy/try it. You won’t regret it.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 07:55:10 +0000

FD&C Red #4, also known as Scarlet GN, was banned as a food additive in 1960. Today it is banned in Europe; though in the US it is allowed only in externally applied drugs and cosmetics. It is not allowed in products that are applied near the eye. Despite this, Red #4 is added to Maraschino cherries. This has been happening because the US government considers the cherries decorations, not food.

I like golden brown baked products which means they have been fully baked. Turns out there’s a high fructose corn syrup infused wash/spray they use now to achieve that effect easily and uniformly. In spite of the alarm raised by food activists against pervasive use of HFCS, I would still use that product if I were baking commercially. Other artificially coloured products such as pink pistachio or yellow Japanese pickled radish seem benign and just leave me wondering while others such as mauve or even magenda inappropriately tinted bagoong alamang and tocino actually rile me up so I simply shun them.