Comments on: What was in my basket last Saturday…

By: des

des — Tue, 31 May 2011 10:48:45 +0000

The local blueberries are not really blueberries but huckleberries or Vaccinium membranaceum. They have more anti-oxidant properties than regular blueberries

By: lettucedude

lettucedude — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 07:45:43 +0000

Hi Sir,

Have you noticed the price increase of onions now it is unbelievable. Low supply resulted to high pricing of the staple vegetable.

By: LocoFoodie

LocoFoodie — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:34:56 +0000

Hi Mr. Market Man,

Would you please feature all the chili peppers (sili) that could be found here in the Philippines, if possible.

Thanks,

LocoFoodie

By: ana5678

ana5678 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:31:47 +0000

Hi MM! I seem to recall an episode of Bourdain’s No Reservations where he got together with other chefs late at night (when all their restaurants had already cloded) and the first course they had was radishes with butter, salt and pepper. No bread though. Then they had roasted bone marrow afterwards.

By: Bubut

Bubut — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:12:24 +0000

we put patani in pinakbet! love it….

By: shiko

shiko — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:40:08 +0000

i will never forget a jar of blueberry jam i bought the one time i went to Sagada, in 2004. i just found it at some random sidewalk stall by the main street. it was only very subtly sweet, and was a bit chunky (maybe the tough skins you mention?) but was just all the more delicious for that texture. i’ve searched for something like it in the Baguio market since but to no avail. so maybe there’s hope for our local blueberries from the Cordilleras still. :)

as for the radishes, i don’t know if you have time to surf around, but i know the blogger at https://teaandcookies.blogspot.com/ loves exactly that kind of radish and has posted one or two recipes with them (if i recall correctly, mostly salads). she has lots of other good recipes by the way, though i’ve only tried a few yet.

By: denise

denise — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:32:19 +0000

blueberries! i remember buying a bottle of blueberry jam from Good Shepherd …we couldn’t eat it as it was too sour…i tried to thin it down to sort of like a compote but to no avail :(

By: GJO

GJO — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:20:42 +0000

Here i just wash the radishes and sliced in half then mix it with salad greens, with a bit of vinegar dressing yum…

By: piterpol

piterpol — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:19:46 +0000

we have a patani plant at the backyard, so big!, 1 foot long..

By: shane

shane — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:15:22 +0000

when I get a hold of fresh raw veggies such as the peppery radish and even just fresh carrots, I make Bagna Cauda, a warm dipping sauce with anchovies. This sauce is great with veggies and warm french bread. It even goes well with pasta. Try it, it is very simple to make.
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Bagna-Cauda-2827