Having Ube the Hard Way
We usually have ube or ube halaya (purple yam) on our Noche Buena (night of 24th) and Medya Noche (new years’ eve) but my mom gets them from a friend that sells merienda (snacks) every afternoon. About P50 a piece, you can enjoy its ube-goodness, but it’s different for us this year. We received about a half-sack full of raw ube and my mom did not want to let it go to waste. And just this afternoon, we finished making a really yummy batch of our own ube.
Making ube involves a lot of work and my aching back and arms with freshly callused and a bit swollen hands are proof of it. The first part was dead easy; dump everything on a wok and after that, countless stirring until you can’t stir it anymore. It thickens as it cooks. It took about an hour and a half of non-stop stirring with that small wooden spoon until it was finally done.
So is it worth all the work? No doubt about it! You can come to our house and have a taste but you have to check with me first if it’s OK to come, we might run out of it. LOL 
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Lhen, may ube kami!!! Gusto mo? 
December 24th, 2005 at 4:13 am
hehhehehe nice one salamat sa pang iinggit … well marami ring tindang ube dito pero mas masarap ung gawa nyo dyan hehehehhe padalan mo na lang ako lol …. san kayo mag xxmas??? have a nice one!
December 24th, 2005 at 2:01 pm
Hehehe:))
Sa bahay lang. Pero baka naggagala sa gabi. Nag-aaya sila Tere. Ikaw? San ka magpapasko?
March 5th, 2006 at 10:29 am
[...] This explains why I haven’t finished all the things that I lined up and needs to be done. Of course, we were given ube again, but this time, I think they conned us. We gave them our made ube before and now they gave us raw ube and said we should make more because it was really good the last time. You see where I am going at? LOL No, I’m just kidding. Who doesn’t love ube? We made a small batch so it’s easier this time, less pain and sores. [...]