Comments on: Roadside Shopping for Produce

By: Vennis Jean

Vennis Jean — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:29:48 +0000

MM here in davao Norte kids and adults alike would vend their fresh veggies anywhere…they’d knock at our gate at home and sell orange hued kalabasa,upo,sitaw,talong and its very cheap…sometimes kids would come inside my shop and sell me pako fern for only 5pesos a bundle…and some people from the province would sell live native chickens at only 80-100 pesos per piece….I like living in manila but coming home here in the province made me healthier and eat better.

By: lee

lee — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:55:19 +0000

dip them in tea. haha. you are cruel

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:48:41 +0000

goodtimer, thanks for that tip, maybe I can check it out in the weeks ahead... And for those that are curious, check out this link to an earlier post I did on regular vs. organic eggs, the difference should be visually and tactile-y very apparent... bummer on folks faking organic eggs, I'd like to dip them in tea for a while...

By: goodtimer

goodtimer — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:03:26 +0000

A friend just opened a produce store selling organic mangoes, lettuce,coffee, free range chicken eggs, biodymanic vegetables from Baguio, red, black and brown rice from Davao. It’s called ISIP center Palma cor Manalac Sts, Poblacion Makati, 2 blocks from Ateneo Rockwell. I haven’t checked it out but it might have a lot of authentic organic stuff. The “organic” eggs I’ve bought in Salcedo were fake (dipped in tea I suppose). Organic eggs should have almost orange color yolks.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:56:27 +0000

annette, the english word for malunggay and a link to an earlier post on it are in the post above… And no, I haven’t even heard of malunggay ice cream prior to this post…

By: annette

annette — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 23:18:48 +0000

Millet, not only malunggay capsules but malunggay ice cream too, MM do you make malunggay ice cream too? What is malunggay in english?

By: Cherrie

Cherrie — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:05:26 +0000

Great. I’m sure that they are organic. You’re lucky (am very envious). It’s hard to find cheap organic stuff. Lucky lucky lucky…

By: zena

zena — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:20:37 +0000

Nang and Myra P., thanks for the tips. Will check them out.

By: Myra P.

Myra P. — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:17:30 +0000

Zena, if you do buy “native” eggs at the salcedo market, or any other market for that matter, ask the other vendors and regular buyers who they recommend. One market regular I know who only cooks organic swears that one egg vendor dips the eggs in tea to make them look “farm-fresh”. So god knows if they’re truly organic/free-range…

I do have another source of extra large organic eggs; will post the contact info when I get home.

By: noemi

noemi — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:21:57 +0000

we use malunggay for tinola back home (isabela). that’s what people do in the province. ladies carrying large baskets on their head and they go house to house.