Luncheon and Dragons

This particular Sunday was extra special. It was a day of collating all the pictures, IMovies and such from our recent Kota Kinabalu trip. Tita Socky volunteered her house to host all the chaos.

My mom prepared her Cadios beans with pork and this time she added ham bone from last Christmas, yummy. The ultimate in comfort food for our family. She also prepared her most requested Roast Pork. My husband was very excited indeed. I prepared my Maja Blanca. One of the simplest desserts to prepare. Here's the recipe:

Combine and mix well in a bowl:
2 cups (or 250 ml) coconut cream (there's no shame in using the canned variety)
1 cup cornstarch
1 big can of evaporated milk
1 can of condensed milk (you can use the low fat kind)
1/4 cup sugar
1 can cream style corn

Mix mix mix. Until the cornstarch and the sugar are dissolved.
Transfer to a non-stick pot over low heat. Continue mixing so that it doesn't stick to the pot, keep an eye on it or it will burn. I like to use a heat-proof spatula when mixing (Available at SM for P100). When it's almost gelled together (about 15-20 minutes), immediately transfer to a greased container. Let cool and refrigerate. That's it. No muss, no fuss. Dessert making for dummies.

Poch also prepared Fettuccine with aligue (crab fat) Oh, my arteries will forever be damaged. Pero masarap eh :-) She also made salad with mango poppy dressing. My husband launched a discussion about eating poppy seeds. Per Mythbusters, eating poppy seeds two days (?) prior to a drug test will render you positive for narcotics. Better stay away from poppy seed cake when renewing your driver's license. You know, just to be sure.

Merienda is a cornucopia of lunch left overs, Australian chocolates with wine, Colombelle white wine and buttered toast with matamis na bao (coco jam) from Pan de Manila. First time I tried it. Good eats. No wonder my pamankins were lapping it up. Who cares if our stomachs were a jumble of foods not meant to be eaten together?!


We had an added bonus of dragon dancers complete with drums and cymbals making rounds within the subdivision. It turned out that it was Fiesta time. What a treat! The kids were screaming with excitement.

Ah, Sunday is the best day of the week. A day full of food, family and dragons. What could be better?