Showing posts with label fruits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruits. Show all posts

Monday, July 21, 2008

Jackfruit

Popularly known as "langka" or "nangka," this fruit has a sweet smelling odor and very sweet taste when ripe. A popular ingredient for halo-halo.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Plantains

"Saba" in tagalog and "kardaba" in Visayan. We cook this kind of banana in different ways: steamed (eaten with bagoong), fried and coated with melted brown sugar or wrapped in a lumpia wrapper, caramelized, and more.

Sweet bananas

In Visayan dialect we call this kind of banana "lakatan." The color is light orange and is very sweet. It can be eaten even if the peel is still a little bit of greenish.

World class mangoes

The Philippines is known to have the best mangoes in the world. I have not tried mangoes from other countries yet, but, I would say that my country produced the most delectable mangoes. During mango season, per kilo only costs 40 to 45Php.