Comments on: Saturday Herbs and Flowers…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:20:30 +0000

Until I wrote this post, I had honestly never heard of or come across pansit-pansitan and some of the other stuff…it amazes me how many people are familiar with it! Just shows you how much there is to learn about in food and related topics! Thanks everyone…

By: Bubut

Bubut — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 08:53:08 +0000

The taste of pansit-pansitan when boiled as tea is just like a refreshing gulaman with sago drink. Just boil a cup or two, and then turn off the stove and put the pansit-pansitan without the roots.
For the ‘isang dakot na bigas’, it usually grows in our garden but my late Mom would ask us to remove those at they have a supertitious belief that if you grow that in your garden, it will be easier for you to run out of rice in your ‘cavan’. But now i’m interested on that as a part of my salad. :-)

By: DAN

DAN — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 06:19:53 +0000

I thought pansit-pansitan is wild plants which grow elsewhere. I can”t even imagine that it has good use, all i knew is that it is not a food then i found out that it is now use as herbal medicine. Wow, i just got amazed.

By: CecileJ

CecileJ — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:01:25 +0000

MM, you have a good eye for pictures and food presentation. The “lowly” garden herbs such as pansit-pansitan & isang dakot na bigas look so chic when placed in a long stemmed glass and set against a woodgrain backdrop. Nice!!!

By: Mila

Mila — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:39:03 +0000

I picked up a very healthy aloe plant from Gil’s stand a couple of weeks ago. The compost he uses is also healthy for other plants in the garden.

Interesting stuff you bartered for. Good to know it’s available if you come across a recipe that asks for it.

By: Bay_leaf

Bay_leaf — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:33:26 +0000

i ate pansit-pansitan while vacationing in Port Barton in Palawan a few years ago. my friend told told me they were good for your health so i picked a few from her garden and gobbled those. nice taste!

By: connie

connie — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:21:07 +0000

I didn’t know that pansit-pansitan can be added to your salad. As a child we just used this weed whenever we wanted to have something in our pots when playing bahay-bahayan. Same with isang dakot ne bigas, didn’t even know that’s what they are called and some puple looking leaves from a vine, which I do not the name. LOL.

By: erleen

erleen — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 03:26:28 +0000

pansit-pansitan can be commonly seen growing on pots around our house. After picking and washing it, my lola would eat it as a salad with vinegar and pepper dressing. much like how a pipino is eaten.

By: Wilson Cariaga

Wilson Cariaga — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:44:09 +0000

Waaaaaahhhh!!!. . . .I really have to go and see the Saturday Market in Salcedo. . . I really love experimemting in salads and it has been a long time that i am looking for some edible flowers and different herbs. . . I am looking for edible plants found in rural areas here in the Phil. and actually, I learn a lot from the people there, some of the salad ingredients that are used are young mango leaves, caviar looking moss that grow in ricefeilds called “tabtaba”, and even curly hairlike flower “balaiba”. . . they are all good, and a nice variety for salad instead of getting expensive imported ones. . .

By: kulasa

kulasa — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:20:57 +0000

Our yaya used to make her own “herbal tea” concoction out of pansit-pansitan. As kids we were ask to gather “just enough” for her daily does.

I recall she’d cut wash then boil it, roots and all. Then she would add some honey and drink it like tea. She said it was good for hypertension, helped her with her daily bathroom calls, and also gave her energy to look after us kids.

I still haven’t found out it it works or what it’s really used for but my yaya (though she’s not working for us anymore) is almost 90 now and and going strong.