Comments on: Pako – Fresh or Blanched?

By: joyce

joyce — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:23:32 +0000

pako salad reminds me of fiestas and hanging out at my lola’s house. they usually serve it raw with slices of salted egg, tomatoes and a vinegar dressing with sugar. will try it blanched next time.

By: Gener

Gener — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:54:03 +0000

If in case that you lost in the jungles in the philippines and you got hungry, look for pako on the shaded areas of the forest or the riverbanks or streams, they are always abundant and can be eaten raw but watchful as not all pako are edible, check the familiar pako you normally eats, they are always triving in any jungles in the far east,easiest form of survival technique…

By: millet

millet — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:48:26 +0000

moni,
the pako in oyster sauce was good! i added some previously fried tofu cubes,and the tofu absorbed the flavor of the garlicky sauce. sarap and healthy!

By: chris

chris — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:16:10 +0000

pako is a plenty along the cityhall road near the riles in calamba. they used to sell it at 10.00 per bundle of around 3″.

By: zerho

zerho — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:41:16 +0000

At our house we usually blanch the paco’s but it usually loses color. And thanks by the way for the trivia about dog nipples… I thought my dog was a abnormal or something.

By: connie

connie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:12:56 +0000

I’ve never had pako raw, I must admit I’ve had it prepared many different ways, blanched, cooked with coco milk and sauted, but never raw. I guess my family was never into the “raw movement” *laughs*
My mom grew them, and if we want them, we just get them, my only beef when I was growing, there was never enough young ones because we harvest them so often. :)
And know I haven’t have them in ages. :(

By: kongwi

kongwi — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:49:56 +0000

if you happen to be in pampanga (san fernando or angeles), pako salad is readily available at cely’s (lazatin ave, CSF and nepo mart, AC)… their dressing is really good… pair it with their lechon kawali…

By: rodle

rodle — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:49:01 +0000

Pako salad is one of my favorite starter and side dish for fried fish. It is good with tomatoes, salted eggs and white onions tossed in viagrette. My daughter loves it just blancing it and dipped in soy-calamansi, I prefer bagoong-calamansi mix. In our province in Laguna, we gathered in fresh and make it a filler of our omelet for breakfast and for lunch try our ginataan pako (Pako in coconut milk) serve either plain or with snail.

By: anna.banana

anna.banana — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:58:57 +0000

I’ve always thought you eat pako raw like lettuce! Haha. I love pako, I never knew they could be really expensive as they are so cheap and ever available in Pinas(at least in Davao)! That and some inihaw na tuna…Yummy!

By: corrine

corrine — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:17:32 +0000

hmm…I’ve never tried pako. After all the discussions, I am going to have pako salad tomorrow and see what the fuss is all about.