Makopa…or…

Makopa

(what i ate yesterday.)

the blog is using the Filipino name, makopa. (or, if you want to amuse people, you can exaggerate your fake  Americanized tongue and say, “mackow–ppa”. Like when i say, “ow–ckrah”, for okra, to make the vendor smile.).

      The search engines show that it is also known as Malay apple; one site even provides several alternate English names: Malay rose-apple, mountain apple, water apple, etc.

     the blog is using the Filipino name because the English names are obviously from the point of view of “discoverers” who, instead of adopting the local name where the fruit is endemic, just named it after the fruit that it looks like, the apple.

     Have you ever tasted a makopa? it is infinitely more subtle in taste than an apple. The red skin cannot be separated from the white, succulent flesh inside, the small fruit being more delicately crunchier. And when you sink your teeth into it, there’s a primary note (scent) of small, fresh leaves, then a woodsy scent, and finally just a hint of slightly sweet flower sap in the end, the sap-taste clinging to your teeth and tongue for a few seconds.  

make me invisible make me invisible (updated with the frozen)

(photo: Organic pacó fern and cherry tomatoes from “Eli’s Organic Farms Batangas” at the Sunday Organic Market. but not all the stalls that say “organic” sell certifiedly organic produce; buy only from those endorsed by OPTA)

quietly slipping out incognito before any of our perfectly vegan friends wake up — don’t tell anyone! (if i write this is in cream-colored font, nobody can see it)

xxx

and…i’m back…got my fix, don’t need to stop  just a little seafood here and there; just different kinds; some cook them right there, and they’d smell nice when you get out of there. and you can freeze some of them later (cooked) so they’d keep fresh; except the lettuce! don’t freeze the fruits and vegetables unless you’re serving….sherbet. The rest, they keep fresh longer if you seal the cooked food (seal them well so they won’t dry up) and freeze them. As long as you eat fresh fruits and vegetables the entire week, you have enough enzymes, the rest of your food, you can freeze for two to three days.

After that, at midweek, the only time you have is for… speed-cooking; throwing pots and pans — use an Olympic-recognized stopwatch; there should be a show on speed-cooking. Inside of ten minutes —  fire on the right and running water on the left, rinsing  and dicing and chopping at the same time…in big pieces. All of your fingers should be covered by an insurance policy, individually.

(most or many restaurants freeze the cooked food; they even freeze the soup; they freeze even the pizzas.)

and that’s easy.

now… i can take my time.

for three days.(“sometimes i run. sometimes i…” )