Kalabasa, Sayote, atbp.
How old are you when you started eating veggies? What was the first vegetable you ate? Were you forced by your parents to eat veggies?
We were having dinner at F Word resto in Makati when Mica started the conversation about kalabasa. We were served with Pakbet Soup which reminded us on how we, when we were still in our childhood, started eating the child-friendly kalabasa.
You see, when I was still a kid, the only veggie I eat is kalabasa. My aunt would always force me to eat that eeeww green malunggay. I started eating the yellow veggie when I was 4-years old. They promised me a 20-20 vision when I eat yellow fruits and vegetables. Since kalabasa is not as awful as the malunggay, I gave it a try.
Kalabasa became my favorite vegetable since then. Everytime my lola cooks veggies, I always see to it that all the kalabasa in our dish goes to me. Also, when my teachers ask the class if we eat vegetables, I always raise my hand and proudly declare to the class that I eat kalabasa. It’s love at first taste I guess.
When I was in high school, my appetite for vegetable improved. I started eating sayote, potatoes and carrots. Later, I became so adventurous that I tried eating ampalaya and lettuce. My lola said ampalaya helps in preventing anemia. I’m not even sure if I have one but when I was in grade school, my other Lola, who’s a doctor, would regularly send me some ferric sulfate, an anti-anemia medicine.
At present, i have not completed my Bahay Kubo yet. There are still a few veggies that I don’t eat, labanos and patola are among them.
Bahay Kubo
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Nyok, ako rin ganyan din sabi sa akin lalo na nung grade 1 hehe ang Kalabasa ay pampalinaw ng mata
Sayote ulam ko nung isang araw hehe. Inuulam ko din yun sa opis
Ampalaya masarap kapag may egg, pero kung may choice pa talaga di ko siya kayang kainin ng mabilisan.
Sa malunggay lang tayo nagkatalo lolz
oo. pati papaya. hahaha
talagah.. di nga…
I still don’t eat veggies.
oh noes. the doctor doesn’t eat veggies.
Labanos is radish babes. It’s yummy in kinilaw and in sinigang. Patola is sometimes used in some Filipino dishes. Eeez yummy.
ang sama ng lasa eh. :-&
and mabaho. T__T
ako gulay lang kinakain ko mula bata kasi vegetarian ako…
joke lang
di ko matandaan mga nakain kong gulay. basta lahat ng nasa sisar salad yun paborito ko… hehe
sabi nila ma-arty daw ako, kasi di me kumakain ng gulay… leafy vegetables lng nman d ko kina kain.. haha.. sarap ng gulay..pampalinaw ng mata ang kalabasa… kaso bt lumalabo paningin ko? ? waaaa..
uu nga pala, i think 5 years old me kumakain ng gulay… kinder ata ako nun?
Ako lahat ng gulay kinakain except sa alugbati. Lagkit kasi tsaka di ko gusto ang lasa parang ano, yung ano lol
Ako kalabasa. Wala pa kaayo ko sa mga dahon2x sauna kay wai lami. Kalabasa ra jud kay mapislat man sa rice.
uu. lami pud bitaw sa rice. tam-is tam-is. hehehe
hi. classmate naku kani-adto! ehehe. im so proud of you.
thanks shiela.
kamusta ka na?
ME love veggies much. Hehe.
Links ex?
im currently looking for a job. am here in cebu. Good luck to you and God bless you.
I find patola and labanos yummy. hehe
I hate veggies. Bow. I eat labanos and patola though.
hi honey.
i’m doing good. thanks. 