Comments on: Macapuno Preserves a la Marketman

By: thereal

thereal — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 06:18:30 +0000

may alam po kyo na bilihan ng macapuno dito sa cebu?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:09:05 +0000

sophia, jars purchased wholesale in quiapo, at sin kiang heng.

By: sophia marinucci

sophia marinucci — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:13:09 +0000

may i pls know where you got your jar? and for how much. i need it for my christmas jam give away sana. THANKSSSSSSSS!!!!**

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 23:40:16 +0000

alysziie, I bought the macapuno at the FTI Saturday market at FTI, Taguig.

By: Alysziie

Alysziie — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 12:16:42 +0000

can I ask where did you buy your macapuno?

By: Kikay

Kikay — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:08:19 +0000

difference between macapuno and coconut?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:08:20 +0000

Riza, it should be sweet w distinct macapuno flavor. If it tastes off in any way pls discard it. I would be happy to replace it or send a different preserve if you prefer. Not sure what could have caused this, but I will check other bottles in that batch to see if they are affected. Thank you for pointing this out, we shall look into this. Thanks.

By: Riza

Riza — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:58:21 +0000

Hi, sir. Good day! I was in cebu last week for a corporate event. During one of our breaks, our team went to your branch in Mango Square to have lunch. We ordered the staples: zubuchon, sisig, dinuguan, lechon mami, kamias shake, etc. We were so full and satisfied!!! While at the counter, ordering frozen lechon for pick up the following day, I saw several bottles of macapuno preserves. It is one of my favorite desserts! I got a bottle to share with my daughter who also happens to like it. When I got to back to Manila, I opened d bottle and sampled it. To my surprise, it doesn’t taste quite the way I expected it. I don’t know if you know the term ma-anta in Tagalog or lanag in ilonggo, but those words came to my mind after I tasted the macapuno strands. I checked the expiration and it says 021114, so it’s far from being expired. I’m just wondering, what could’ve caused it to taste like that? Sayang…

By: ONJ

ONJ — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:15:44 +0000

We have a lot of coconut trees that bear macapuno in our farm in Laguna. The last harvest on the1st week of Dec 2012, we sold about 100kg at P24/kg to a food processor and cooked some. Our alalay in the farm usually propagates mature coconuts from the trees that bear macapuno so over the years the number of trees had increased substantially.
I used to cook and then sell sweet macapuno in jars in the 1980s to workmates. When I had my annual visit to the Philippines in August 2012, I cooked macapuno again and failed – the texture wasn’t right – I forgot how to cook it. My mother’s advice was: Boil water and sugar to make sugar syrup. Separate the macapuno strings as much as possible and slowly, a few strings at a time, add them to the sugar syrup. Don’t stir (so the strings will not disintegrate and become a big blob of mess like I did) until the mixture boils. It is cooked when the strings become translucent/transparent, or maligat.

Efrell is right – some bottled macapuno being sold are not 100% macapuno. I can attest that a particular brand of macapuno has 100% macapuno – we are one of suppliers and they export to North America, Europe and Australia.

By: Efrell

Efrell — Sat, 12 May 2012 19:25:41 +0000

I grew up in the province and macapuno was abundant, which is why I am familiar with it especially its taste. Once in a while, I buy a jar of macapuno string here in California; I’m pretty sure that those jars of macapuno (different brands) are mixed with the regular young coconut. :)