Don’t ask me why they're known as this unusual name, literally converted as &"lewdly&" instead of &"artistically&" NAKED. All I understand is, these were unusual and different in my experience&... My assistant, whose legalities which i was in Palawan to solve, understood which i were built with a huge liking for sampaloc/tamarind chocolate and that i had eaten a lot of the stuff since childhood. So word should have been sent ahead to Palawan and that i was given an enormous plastic container full of possibly 1.5-2. kilos of the sampaloc chocolate shortly before I had been to return home. Created into huge balls, exponentially increase the standard sized tamarind chocolate, these were incredibly round and smooth and coated with sugar. Before I arrived at in to the container to test one, I had been trying to puzzle out that which was striking concerning the &"bomba&" balls&... I believe my first clue was their abnormally dense and smooth consistency&...
Biting into one, these were certainly not the same as another sampaloc candies I'd sampled. The pulp was smoother and creamier, the sampaloc flavor modulated and never as sharp and acidic. I had been battling to discern the main difference if somebody finally explained these were sampaloc and kamote candies. The tamarind pulp was initially prepared, with large fibers in the fruit removed, it was in some way combined with cooked yams (kamote) and combined with sugar, etc. I observed the pulp was really a little orangey but when they hadn’t explained it had been kamote, I could have been guessing for hrs longer. There is virtually no method in which I would finish 1.5 kilos of the wonderful stuff, so in Manila, I split the sampaloc bounty into several bags and sent them buddies and staff introduced them home too. If you're a big sampaloc fan, remember to do this version when you are getting an opportunity&... it's unusual and surprisingly different.
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I Really Like sampaloc! My young boy has additionally acquired the flavour for this and try to requests sampaloc chocolate whenever we visit the Asian stores. The type we usually find come from Thailand, ok noise however i like that relating to the Phils better. )
February 16, 2008 1:41 am
Innovative idea! Kamote may mankind instrumental in passing intestinal gas and tamarind naturally includes a laxative effect €“ combined the 2 together not just fixed your sugary tartness craving may also make sure you are way in front of schedule!
February 16, 2008 2:14 am
i loooove sampaloc. hahaha! i love the sourness using the sweet then sudden bursts of salt. D
maybe it ought to be converted as explosive device?
February 18, 2008 11:54 am
this entry jogs my memory of my 5 peso/day allowance in grade school. before I possibly could achieve the college grounds I'd have previously spent 2 pesos for any little bag of sampaloc-the type that's sweet but additionally dotted with ocean salt. Within Dallas I recieve my sampaloc fix from the client who's a distributor of Mexican Snacks. the tamarindo they offer though is folded in some type of chile mixture. it's still sweet but surprisingly, it's not as spicy because the sampaloc chocolate from thailand.
February 18, 2008 1:45 pm
Yup, Silly Lolo, like Gloria Q I'd go to your blog in my daily dose of belly gas&...which may also induce the bombs known within this thread&....and that i miss it when creating singit that Martha Matute is hot.
February 18, 2008 3:39 pm
Can anybody PLEASE give a good recipe for candied sampaloc? My father likes the stuff but is doubtful about how exactly sanitary the manufacturers are once they process them then sell them commercially.
February 18, 2008 10:06 pm