filipino food that you truly miss

[Doc Alan]

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That looks like lemon to me? i know lemon and calamansi has a similar taste but i still prefer calamansi and also it's color green[/QUOTE]

Thanks LadyJ, I understand the fruits of calamansi (lime in UK) are usually green but if left to ripen become yellow. I've only had it a few months and I'm hoping there will be more fruit next summer when we will know if it's calamansi or lemon....you may be right ! Either way, they're both good for Vitamin C and treating the common cold

[alicat]

itlog na maalat,red ribbon,palabok,argentina corned beef,banana q,max restaurant,buko pandan,dunkin donuts
real mango,fish ball@kickyam,halaya,bilo bilo,at mrmi pang iba..
hay,i really miss pinoy foods.

[LadyJ]

LADYJ how did you manage to cook pinakbet and tinola here in the UK? are the ingredients readily available?

Hi mhynne im not really good cooking pinakbet but i have my own version
for pinakbet i just use squash or kalabasa from asian store, okra, aubergine, ampalaya from my local town market or asda or asian shops, green beans etc.
sometimes if i dont have ampalaya i still cook pinakbet..

for sahog - sometimes i use pork, dried fish or squid etc.

for seasoning-fish sauce and anchovy sauce or sauteed shrimpsoning mix or knorr veg cube, sea etc.

for tinola- same above, i just buy the sayote in the asian shop the rest like chicken green beans, ginger etc you can find them anywhere, then add fish sauce and some seasoning

Thanks LadyJ, I understand the fruits of calamansi (lime in UK) are usually green but if left to ripen become yellow. I've only had it a few months and I'm hoping there will be more fruit next summer when we will know if it's calamansi or lemon....you may be right ! Either way, they're both good for Vitamin C and treating the common cold

I'd love to grow lemon as well, is't easy though?

[Doc Alan]

I'd love to grow lemon as well, is't easy though?

It's not easy
They need sunlight and I really believe they're best indoors or in a heated greenhouse, minimum 16 degrees.
If you're patient you can grow citrus fruit from seeds but best to buy a carefully chosen healthy plant at least a few inches tall, use correct compost and "Baby Bio" citrus food; don't over water; you will get perfumed white flowers and hopefully fruit
Mango : clean the stone ("seed"), carefully take a slice off the coating with a sharp knife, put it (cut edge downwards) in compost, you will get a beautiful plant but no fruit.
Avocado : suspend the stone ("seed") over water in a narrow-necked jar until it roots. Transfer to compost ; you will again get a beautiful plant but no fruit.
Papaya : plant the black seeds individually ; some will grow into plants looking like palm trees ...but again no fruit
Pineapple : you can grow a plant from the sliced top of the fruit; it may take several weeks to root, another nice plant, but .. you've guessed it! no fruit
All of this is good fun especially if you like the fruit , and you know it's good for you!

[Arthur Little]

Hi Arthur, well balut is a one of the Phils delicacy. It's a baby chick inside. well ask your wifey if you want to know more

Yeah ... thanks, Anne ... have done! And now that I've been acquainted with the [main] "ingredient(s)" in gory detail I can well-understand why you've developed an aversion to it!

[fred]

I could never understand how Filipino`s could miss stuff like Red ribbon cakes and Dunkin Donuts!! Just go to any high street bakery in the UK and buy some real cream pastries and real bread,proper donuts etc...Take them home and add half a bag of sugar!!
I would wager they still taste better than some of the mush they serve up here in P.I!!
Apart from that I cant really think of Filipino dishes that cannot be prepared in the U.K after shopping around a bit.. Except perhaps balut thank goodness!!

[jane2009]

LADYJ how did you manage to cook pinakbet and tinola here in the UK? are the ingredients readily available?

hey sis,
u can buy pakbet ingredients in the market( here in our place every saturday) u can buy, ampalaya,kalabasa,okra,sitaw and more...and if u have filipino store u can buy suited bagoong....and its perpect for penakbet...hehehhe...anyway..i saw u came from hampshire where about? because in porchester its loads there....

[mhynne]

jane2009 i live in bordon hampshire. where in porchester sis?

[Doc Alan]

The more I look at my "calamansi" tree , the more I think I've been sold a "lemon" You can buy limes and lemons cheaply enough in UK but it's more fun to grow your own ! especially if you don't know what the fruit is going to be

[Stuana]

Lapid's chicharon
Andok's lechong manok
rootbeer...

[mhynne]

Stuana i have seen a&w rootbeers being sold here.. look out for them on the big asian stores.. i got mine from Wing Yip croydon

[abbygirl]

I miss lots of Filipino food, and it's not only the lack of ingredients, it's also because his mom and dad make all of the food, so I don't really have an option at all. So, it's the same stuff, every day of the week. Ay nako! I can't wait until I can cook for us! And I can't wait until we don't eat so many potatoes!

[aryM]

... Not exactly sure what it IS ... and don't want to disturb my good lady who's presently fast asleep in bed ... but it doesn't sound as though it's likely to set the old taste buds a-tingling with mouth-watering delight!

I remember my fiances' face after eating balut with my father he really doesn't like it. But He wants me to bring one this April for her mum.