My mom had that big smile when she saw my brother at the gate.
He was with their driver, my sis-in law and my niece. We just had lunch then they left again to travel back to our place in the province, a five-hour trip going back. The car was full. They brought with them two bags of green Indian mangoes, fresh corn, pineapple fruits, santol and fresh bamboo shoots for my older brother and me.
I sliced the bamboo shoots into thin strips and put it in the freezer. It will last for more than a month without changing its taste. I am planning to cook the santol fruits into a yummy dish. Thinking of ginataang santol at the moment. Several years ago, I tried it for the first time and posted the recipe here. Some of my friends who came and visited me liked it.
Two days ago, we harvested one of our ripe jackfruit. The remaining ones are still so small to make into a dish. Josef liked it, he almost ate all in one sitting.
I boiled the seeds and they tasted like chestnuts. Mom just loved it. We call jackfruit langka in Tagalog. Next year, I need to save some seeds so I could grow them again. The two fruit trees we have now are getting old after several years of giving us something for the table as veggies and ripe jackfruit for dessert. You can eat the latter fresh or mixed it with our local turon or ginataan.
Blessings come aplenty.
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