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Originally Posted by saging
Hello again Mr. Chong,
What a nice experience you've had before! Ako rin(me, too), I was able to experience that trip to Divisoria para bumili ng mga paninda(to shop for store goods) with my aunt.
By the way, I am not sure what varieties of bananas my grandpa plant in his farm. He is traditional farmer and as what I've heard from him, di niya pinipitas and saging kapag hindi niya nakikitang my hinog sa puno, kasi iba daw ang pagkahinog ng saging kapag sa puno ito kukunin(He doesn't pick the banana unless he sees that it is ripe at the tree, because the banana is superior when it is tree ripened). His not just planting bananas in farm, he also plant coconuts, and we also have cacao plantation and I think there were 300 or more cacao tree in his farm as of now. He owns 6.5 hectares farm land and he used to visit his farm everyday. It also one way of his exercise, he walks 4 kilometers away from our home in town down to his farm.
Have you been to Tacloban before? You still here in our country or your now living abroad? Great if you could come here in Tacloban. You are very much welcome here.
Saging
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Greetings Miss Saging,
I'm glad that you're familiar with Divisoria. So, you know how crowded and complicated the place is. Oh! and the smell! (Whew!) Be that as it may, that was indeed an experience. All, the good and the bad, is something that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I know that I am richer for it.
Next time you see your Lolo, you might want to ask him what kinds of bananas he has in his farm. You need to familiarize yourself now so you can enjoy the plantation with him. The more you learn about them, the more you'll love it. I wish I had the same opportunity as you have now, when I was there.
I agree with your Lolo that a tree ripened banana has superior taste to ones that are picked green. However in commerce, they need to be picked green so that they can withstand the rigors of packing and shipping to their final destinations. You can only pick tree ripened bananas if you have them for your own consumption, or for a local market.
With all your Cacao trees, you probably do not run short of the large Cacao-sugar tablets used to make Champorado. As kids we didn't wait for the Champorado, we just ate the tablets. That was our chocolate bar.
No, I haven't been to Tacloban before. But I learned so much from our close family friends who are from there that it's as if I've been there. For example, much of the Pili nut (
Canarium Ovatum) products are now being processed in the Leyte-Samar areas, when before, the Bicol region, my Mom's home region, had produced and processed this almost exclusively. I spent my primary school and high school in Bicol, so I'm quite familiar with the Pili nut.
I think Leyte and Samar are places that I would want to visit. I'll just stow-away in Mr. Scot's luggage! LOL.
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