Comments on: Unusual Produce from Kitchen Herbs Farm…

By: MinQ

MinQ — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:34:56 +0000

HI MM! I saw these tiny cucumbers in the Sidcor Centris Sunday Market. The vendor said they were called Wild Cordillera Cucumbers and sold PHP10.00 per takal (the size of a styrofoam coffee cup). They’re quite crunchy and refreshing and a nice addition to salads. I managed to eat them like peanuts since it’s so easy to pop them in your mouth and munch away. A bit of a hassle to remove the thin stalks specially since they’re so tiny, you can’t just pull them out. Snipping the stalks with a pair of scissors worked better!

By: Nacho

Nacho — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:05:53 +0000

MM, Gej, I have a similar radish I dabble with, but it is round and is called watermelon radish. The seeds are from the US, so supply is not easy to come by. It looks and tastes great, but scaling it up to commercial quantity becomes a problem.

By: krizteene

krizteene — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:07:27 +0000

thanks Betty Q! I’ll try to search for it. Calling Wisdom Tooth…hehehe. i miss too much of our food in the phils. that’s why my project here in kuwait is to try to make the most out of the available resources and tweak them to come up with similar filipino dishes.

By: Gej

Gej — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:50:48 +0000

Betty Q! Just got the seeds! They’re fantastic1 Can’t wait to try them out. Maraming salamat! Hope the “Bahay Kubo” seeds push through.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:12:46 +0000

Kristeene> maybe I can help! I have already share the radish cake or taro recipe before. However, I cannot recall where or which post it was in. Maybe someone copied it? I know that Wisdom Tooth has a file. I prefer to make my own for I can control the texture of the finished product the way I want it to be. I even have used grated rutabagas in place of the radish which I much prefer for it has that hint of sweetness.

You’re welcome, MM! I hope you get to try it…here is a tip…use a piping bag if you have to make lots of this spinach lined fish mousse in filling the muffin tins or ramekins….less messy!

By: krizteene

krizteene — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:28:07 +0000

Mr. MM, this may be out of line with your post but i thought of this when i read about the radish that you mentioned in your post. have you or anyone here tried the radish cake sold in chinese restaurants like hap chan? Do you know how to make it? Thanks!

By: Mimi

Mimi — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:54:18 +0000

BettyQ: Spanakopita, first thing that came to my mind when I read spinach! I’ve been wanting to DIY this recipe and found a link to even make your own phyllo! Here it is: https://www.kalofagas.ca/2008/02/09/spanakopita-2/ . This will be my next project.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:41:56 +0000

joey, I think these are just in experimental stage… but eventually I hope some of these experiments will go commercial. bettyq, thanks for that recipe!

By: millet

millet — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:07:05 +0000

love the cukes!

By: Botchok

Botchok — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:51:54 +0000

I remember back when I still live there, my Grandpa planted those small cucumbers in our backyard. We just wash it after picking and eat it straight with some salt but it is very good too when pickled. Too bad one of my relatives killed that plant, i guess she hates veggies.