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Back from my parents house. I spent this weekend going to my younger cousin's baby's 2nd b-day party. If that wasn't a mouth full, I don't know what is.
I love going to parties in San Diego. The kids in my neighborhood used to call them fob parties. I guess that's kind of racist, but really we were re-appropriating the word into a post-post-modernist way and utilizing it for self-empowerment. Hm, or something.
I was born in the Philippines and moved to Hawaii when I was around 2. I guess that is who most people would define as a "fob." Of course, if someone who isn't a fob called me one, I think I'd scratch their eyes out and kick butt. Or just give them the bitch-look. People tell me it's really cold.
Anyway, on to dessert.
My favorite Filipino sweet treat is halo-halo. Like Taiwanese Shaved Ice, it has several layers of sweet preserved fruits with ice and a dairy liquid that = love. The difference is the Filipino one uses evaporated milk instead of condensed milk and the goal is to mix everything up. Oh, I didn't mention that Halo-Halo means mixed, did I?
BUT that was not at the party. It's really a summer thing anyway.
What I ended up savoring some very tasty puto. Puto is a rice bread/muffin. It's slightly sweet and can be topped with yummy stuff like coconut.
Wild and crazy girl I am, I do like to eat it with savory things. Although there was a tasty Dinuguan at the party, I kept thinking about cholesterol. And that I'd rather just eat more dessert than have the blood stew kill my calorie count.
I mean, saving calories for dessert is the best reason to not drink soda or juice. Really! That's 100 calories A CAN! Just water for me.
And dessert.
Oh, my other much loved dessert was a jack-fruit, taro root, and mochi ginataan. Ginataan is anything stewed with coconut milk. You can have ginataan shrimp, fish, chicken, anything really. But the lovely dessert ginataan can be made with sweet fresh corn just cut from the cob and slow cooked over low heat (my special favorite).
On a cool autumn night, the sweet stew really hits the spot.
Then you can just go to sleep, warm and safe in the knowledge that you have tasted heaven.
I love going to parties in San Diego. The kids in my neighborhood used to call them fob parties. I guess that's kind of racist, but really we were re-appropriating the word into a post-post-modernist way and utilizing it for self-empowerment. Hm, or something.
I was born in the Philippines and moved to Hawaii when I was around 2. I guess that is who most people would define as a "fob." Of course, if someone who isn't a fob called me one, I think I'd scratch their eyes out and kick butt. Or just give them the bitch-look. People tell me it's really cold.
Anyway, on to dessert.
My favorite Filipino sweet treat is halo-halo. Like Taiwanese Shaved Ice, it has several layers of sweet preserved fruits with ice and a dairy liquid that = love. The difference is the Filipino one uses evaporated milk instead of condensed milk and the goal is to mix everything up. Oh, I didn't mention that Halo-Halo means mixed, did I?
BUT that was not at the party. It's really a summer thing anyway.
What I ended up savoring some very tasty puto. Puto is a rice bread/muffin. It's slightly sweet and can be topped with yummy stuff like coconut.
Wild and crazy girl I am, I do like to eat it with savory things. Although there was a tasty Dinuguan at the party, I kept thinking about cholesterol. And that I'd rather just eat more dessert than have the blood stew kill my calorie count.
I mean, saving calories for dessert is the best reason to not drink soda or juice. Really! That's 100 calories A CAN! Just water for me.
And dessert.
Oh, my other much loved dessert was a jack-fruit, taro root, and mochi ginataan. Ginataan is anything stewed with coconut milk. You can have ginataan shrimp, fish, chicken, anything really. But the lovely dessert ginataan can be made with sweet fresh corn just cut from the cob and slow cooked over low heat (my special favorite).
On a cool autumn night, the sweet stew really hits the spot.
Then you can just go to sleep, warm and safe in the knowledge that you have tasted heaven.