Comments on: Unusual Finds at the Saturday Markets…

By: miles

miles — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:04:55 +0000

we have the ternitea here at home and have been experimenting with it. it makes a good colorant for juices and rice. only it turns violet when added to acidic ingredients. added to salad and crystallized it is a nice addition or garnish to prepared food. :)

By: cj

cj — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 02:33:46 +0000

hi MM,

Can you recommend a place where i can find the best mandarin oranges here in manila?

thank you!

By: Dulce

Dulce — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:21:14 +0000

Wow! How I wish I can get that for 30/kilo. I would buy loads more. Hoping my tree would start flowering soon (didn’t get so much harvest last time but my kaffir & calamansi are loaded with flowers). We use it so much for Asian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, and of course dessert and need it as a staple ingredient at home. My daughter is already asking for lime curd. A tip that we do at home since we try to go natural as much as possible is use vodka (cheaper kind) and steep it in loads of the lime (lemon or calamansi) zest for a few weeks. We use it for cleaning at home, instead of alcogel, etc. Scents can differ for what we need it for or as with my daughter who loves vanilla scent, we use with vanilla pods. Some zest we also put in the freezer for use with steaming or roasting fish, etc., in oils or if grated to flavor desserts.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:22:21 +0000

Dulce, yes, he gave it for PHP80 a kilo as well, I think anyone who bought a couple of kilos or more got the better price. I hear it is just PHP30 a kilo up North in Isabela or Cagayan valley… :)

By: Dulce

Dulce — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:46:44 +0000

Hey Su. I’m always on the look out for dayap and normally buy 5 kilos or even buy the entire stock when I see it. I normally freeze the juice when I have loads and I use the zest separately. Let me know in advance if you or your sisters will be heading to Cebu and I can always share my stash with you or buy for you. I just asked Caring to dry the seeds for planting and can always send some your way or smuggle in a small plant for you when I ever get to you or send it through your sisters. It needs to be a small plant though to go inside the luggage.
MM, I think I bought all the rest that you had from Joey last Sunday at Sidcor. He only sold it to me at 80/kilo instead of the 100/kilo you got it for.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:15:22 +0000

Ging, according to Teresa Orchard, citrus from Luzon cannot be shipped to Visayas and Mindanao because of some sort of pest issue. Boo. MM, will attempt to grow from seed..have instructed the troops to keep the dayap away from the ravaging tendencies of our calamansi plants :-) Thanks for the tip!

By: lee

lee — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 06:15:14 +0000

the pea flower has an interesting scientific name, and i will try my very best to stop at that. We have sauteed marrow, the gourd, in our dining facilities even though i wish for the more unctuous shank-sourced marrow from cansi.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:00:46 +0000

Susie, grow them from seed, but if like the limes I brought back from Vietnam, they might get raped by local lemons or kalamansi and the result is rock hard large limes with no juice but incredible fragrance — like irish spring soap. :)

By: Ging

Ging — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:35:03 +0000

Susie, citrus ban in Cebu? Would you know the reason?

By: Susie

Susie — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 08:37:08 +0000

MM, I would love some! I got the name of a nursery near Antipolo( Terersa Orchard) that sells dayap trees aside from other intriguing plants (indian pomegranate, for example) but they cannot ship to Cebu.Citrus ban… Boo!