Credit for introducing ice cream to the Philippines goes to M. A. Clarke.

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Maruyang Saging by Angie Pastor. For orders in Manila, 09369815475.

Maruya is a type of fritter that's enjoyed by Filipino as a snack. The most commonly used main ingredient is saba, the fat banana variety that's widely used for cooking in the Philippines.

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Kaong is the fruit of the sugar palm tree whose scientific name is Arenga pinnata. Translucently white in color and chewy in texture, the cute-sized fruits of the kaong are a popular ingredient in haluhalo, together with macapuno and nata de coco.

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The bewildered natives and Spaniards lamented as Thomasites preached “everyday right living” through sanitation, nutrition and tablecloths.

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A root crop used mainly in sweet preparations, ube is a favorite flavor of ice cream and for cakes and pastries. It is also added to halo-halo. The plant that bears ube has the scientific name Dioscorea alata. It has heart-shaped leaves.

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Featured photo by Mayette Garcia of Banana-Que.

"Bananakyu...banana Q...banana cue. I honestly don't know which is the correct spelling, basta masarap!"

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Puso ng saging literally means “heart of banana” in the Tagalog language. It has been called “banana bell” in English.

As you can see in the photo, a banana heart is reddish-purple on the outside.

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In the provinces, a sure sign that some very serious grand-style cooking is about to be done is the arrival of folded banana leaves (dahon ng saging).

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SAMPALOK -- sweet / sour / salty :razz:

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Upo is called a bottle gourd in English. It's a very popular vegetable in the Philippines.

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Reputedly the smallest fish in the world, sinarapan measure half a centimeter and are found in Lake Buhi, Camarines Sur, in large thick schools.

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