My story part one

[Dave H]

... in response to Re: Sounds Gross!, posted by Ray on Aug 27, 2002

Hi Ray,

No fish heads or balut yet. Worse than fish eyes??? Yep...fish balls sounds pretty bad!!! =8oQ My wife brought back a suitcase full of Chippy's and Filipino food. She knows how much I like it and couldn't see me paying so much here. San Miguel is $11.99 for a 12pak at the Cuban grocery store. My wife finds it hard to believe that it costs more than the Colt45. LOL

I think I'd better leave Kevin's O-ring to the professionals. LOL I no longer have access to a SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus) and Haz-Mat suit. I'll limit my surgical practice to myself and my dogs.

Dave H.

[Ray]

... in response to Got plenty of Chippy's..., posted by Dave H on Aug 27, 2002

A suitcase full of Chippy's! Now that's true love... :-)

Dave, do you know what that junk does to your arteries? Oh, who cares...

How about Tanduay Rum? Did she bring you bottle?

Wait a sec... I'm getting a idea for a new business venture. How about a "Two-way Bakikbayan Box"?

1. The customer loads it up with the usual crap plus a gift certificate good at any of our company-owned sari-sari stores in the Phils.

2. We pick it up and ship it to the recipient in the Phils.

3. The recipient dumps out the goodies and then re-packs the empty box with Chippy’s, dried mangoes, Tanduay Rum, Cream Silk conditioner, San Miguel beer, etc., that they purchase from our stores with the gift certificate.

4. Our agent in the Phils picks up the box and ships it back to the U.S. and we deliver it to the original sender.

5. Original sender opens box and pigs out.

6. We get filthy rich while we provide employment in our sari-sari stores for the in-laws back home.

What do you think? Anybody else in? :-)

Ray

[NoNamePinay]

... in response to Wow!, posted by Ray on Aug 28, 2002

Hi Ray,
that's a cool idea! don't forget to include to your list the *tabo* (water dipper) and *walis-tambo* (philippine made broom-stick)

NNP

[Ray]

... in response to Re: Wow!, posted by NoNamePinay on Aug 28, 2002

Oh no, here we go again on the tabo topic! (LOL)

Are you having trouble finding a tabo here in the States NNP? I guess We're lucky here in San Diego because we have lots of tabos and walis available. Plastic tabos in choice of colors are $.99 in the local Filipino super market. But I still haven't found a purple one for Dave yet.

So, what do you use for a substitute for a tabo?

Ray

[NoNamePinay]

... in response to Tabos..., posted by Ray on Aug 29, 2002


Hi Ray,
Wow! they have tabos in choice of colors? lucky you! I like purple too I wish we had that here in the State
where I live, We have a few Filipino Stores here but they don't carry *tabos & walis-tambo* so I just use a big plastic measuring cup as a substitute, it does work but it don't hold that much water I think this is a great business venture online what do you think?

NNP

[kevin]

... in response to Re: Tabos..., posted by NoNamePinay on Aug 30, 2002


An excellent idea for Tuppeware.  If Tuppeware was to manufacture and market them, they would last a life-time too.  An excellent addition to their product line, I think.
If any of you pinays attend Tupperware parties, you ought to float such an idea up the organizational hierarchy.

- Kevin

[kevin]

... in response to Re: Wow!, posted by NoNamePinay on Aug 28, 2002


How about Bean-O and Rolaids too.

- Kevin

[Dave H]

... in response to Wow!, posted by Ray on Aug 28, 2002

Hey Ray,

The Tanduay Rum cleans out the arteries from eating all of the Chippy and lechon. ) I'm sure your idea would work like a charm. LOL I'm still looking for a flat chested girl to smuggle me in some fresh carabao mangoes. ))) I didn't think about that when I married my wife. he he he  No complaints though!!!

Dave H.

[Ray]

... in response to Got Tanduay! :oD, posted by Dave H on Aug 28, 2002

Well Dave, that sounds like a good place to hide a couple of mangoes from customs, as long as they aren't too big. I guess it would be best to start out with green ones because they might ripen pretty fast in that environment. She wouldn't want to go through customs with a swarm of fruit flies buzzing around her bosom :-)

You know, I tried to convince my wife about the Tanduay neutralizing the Chippy fat in your arteries, but she ain't buying it. Oh well, I tried...

Ray

[Dave H]

... in response to Re: Tanduay & Mango Boobs, posted by Ray on Aug 29, 2002

..and good for you!

Hey Ray,

That's what I like best about Philippine food and beverages...they're all healthy, which makes them that much more fun to eat. Even junk food! ))) It says so right on the packages. "Fortified with vitamins, nutrients,and minerals, made from fresh fruits and vegetables, full of lycopene..." No Worries!!! :oP

Al Berta's Special Chicharon - "Fried Pork Skin Original since 1950 . Made with pork innards, salt and cooked in natural Filipino traditional way."

Conching Rosquillios Biscuits - "Totally different, nothing even been made as good."

Conching Special Otap Biscuits - "Quality of yesterday taste … today. Made with enriched wheat flour, sugar, fresh farm eggs, leavening & vegetable shortening."

Cornik - "Made with corn kernels."

Jack & Jill Chippy - "Nothing goes better with fun than Jack 'n Jill Chippy ! The All - Time Favorite Fun Snack made from select corn kernels ground and processed to you that palate- tickling crunch."

Jack & Jill Chocolate Pretzels - "The better half of fun.
With Lecithin."

Jack & Jill V-Cut Potato Chips - "Spicy Barbecue Flavor adjusted for Filipino tastes. And made from 100% fresh natural potatoes. Relish the goodness of large fresh potatoes in ridge- sliced chips"

Leslie's Clover Chips - "With vitamins and Minerals." " Simut-Sarap Na, May Vitamins Pa!"

Nestle Nesvita Apple Cinnamon Flavor - "Natural Cereal drink. The luscious fruity taste of apples and the rich flavor of cinnamon. Enjoy them in new flavor rich NESVITA Apple Cinnamon. Fiber helps sweep away digestive waste before they can cause the body harm."

Oishi Pizza Squares - "Beer Match" "series snacks are cut in big, big bite size, pieces to give more fun in biting. Flavors in combination with its fried snack base were selected specifically for a beer drinker's enjoyment!"

White King Champorado Mix - "Chocolate Rice Porridge. Gives you energy you need to play, sing, run and jump! It also makes your body strong and your mind sharp!"

Where's that lechon? I want some more chicharon!

Dave H.

[Ray]

... in response to Fun fun fun..., posted by Dave H on Aug 29, 2002

You're killing me!

White King Champorado Mix - "Chocolate Rice Porridge. Gives you energy you need to play, sing, run and jump! It also makes your body strong and your mind sharp!"

Check the ingredients on that stuff and see if it contains any Viagra.

Ray

[Dave H]

... in response to Stop It!, posted by Ray on Aug 29, 2002

Hi Ray,

We've got all kinds of crazy stuff (some of which I bought LOL):

Sustagen Premium Powder (Mead-Johnson Philippines) -"Sustagen Powder is a great tasting, nourishing snack for the active adult who wants to get more out of life."
What the heck does that mean? The main ingredients are glucose polymers and sucrose...no Viagra. I'm still looking for the Filipino snack food or beverage that "pumps you up and lasts all night. ))) The Filipino at the sari-sari told me balut. :oQ

We have Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton, "fortified with vitamins and minerals, plus BETA-CAROTENE." We also have it in the Kalamansi flavor, which is "Rich in vitamin C and BETA-CAROTENE." Perhaps my favorite flavor of Lucky Me! Instant Pancit Canton is the Hot Chili Flavor, which of course has all of the vitamins and "BETA-CAROTENE." I think only the Kanos and the occasional Mexican eat that one. =8oO

We've have a few bags of Quickchow Instant Bichon Guisado, "with REAL VEGETABLES added."

Let's not forget the Hello Kitty Nissan Cup Noodles in both chicken and shrimp flavor. A "good source of CALCIUM."  

I have a couple of jars of atsara (pickled papaya) and pickled ginger strips in the ref, which don't claim to do anything or have any added nutrients. Hmmm?

Dave H.

[kevin]

... in response to I cant!, posted by Dave H on Aug 29, 2002


I eat the Lucky Me pancit about once a week that I buy at the Chinese-American Mini Mart.  I guess the "Hello Kitty" whatever it is is big in Asia.  Hello Kitty minidiscs are marketed by Sony.  On Philippine personal sites, I saw a girl wearing a "Hello Kitty" T-shirt.

Well, about fermenting, pickled stuff.  I remember that my ex-wife, back in the Philippines, kept fish guts in a jar fermenting with soy sauce (or other sauce?) for an extended period of time.  Although I thought it was gross, she wouldn't offer it to me anyway (at least at that point in time) because she knew I'd get sick.  Just imagine the impact on utots.  These certainly weren't "kosher" pickles, but in the end (or our relationship) she was super kosher in everything she believed in (like how she judged people).  When I think back, in the end, she scorned handicaps or people with physical disfigurements, yet when she was a child, at one time or another, she had live worms (round worms or nematodes) that lived in her body.  I guess herbal therapy expelled the worms.

- Kevin

[kevin]

... in response to Re: Sounds Gross!, posted by Ray on Aug 27, 2002


buying fresh sashimi with live nematodes intact,only to be tickled on the lip after swallowing a bite.

- Kevin

[Stephen]

... in response to J?y......, posted by Stephen on Aug 27, 2002

"Take care.....do stay away."

I meant "DON'T stay away."

Sorry about that.