![]() ![]() Batangas lies north of the Bicol Region, about 600 kilometers from the southern tip of Luzon, Sorsogon Province (the southern end of the Bicol Region). It was logical to assume, in the absence of primary historical data, that these traders from China, Annam (now Vietnam) and Siam (now Thailand) traded with other areas of the Philippines, especially on the Island of Luzon, where Batangas is found. What Professor Janse found what that the Calatagan excavations revealed extensive Philippine trades with China, Annam and Siam in ceramics during the 5th century. ![]() Janse made the first systematic excavation in Calatagan in 1940. The burial sites yielded beads, bracelets, gold objects and earthenware. The archaeological dig yielded some 1,135 pieces of trade pottery of Chinese, Annamese and Siamese make going back to the late 14th and early 16th centuries. Patanne in his book, " The Philippines in the 6th to 16th Centuries ," reported that a Robert Fox-led Philippine National Museum team found in 1959 in Calatagan, Batangas, pre-Spanish burial sites with more than 500 graves. Rossi died, I started a quest to find historical data to prove his assertion. What is interesting is when one guesses which country has this cu linary tendency, judging from the raw products it exports.the answer - Thailand, which incidentally is home to coconut milk based foods AND desserts!Īfter Mr. Now, I do not think there is another region in the Philippines that uses the Jackfruit as vegetable except the Bicol region where my Father came from and grew up. Going back to the Jackfruit, the fruit is treated as a vegetable when raw. Now, Halo-Halo is another concoction worthy of great discussion because it s individual components are unusual to the western palat e and likewise the concoction itself is somewhat related to the shaved ice desserts of Asian countries especially Thailand, but I reserve this for another blog post. macapuno ) all in shaved ice with evaporated or condensed milk and even topped with ice cream and pinipig (crunchy rice krispies ). It is great on that milky concoction called Halo-Halo (Literally translated as "Mix-Mix" pertaining to the mix of sweetened things like mung and azuki beans and purple yam ( ube ) with gelatin, leche flan, sweetened langka, sweetened mutant coconut (i.e. " Langka " in Tagalog) when ripe can be eaten fresh but can also be cooked in syrup or coconut milk favored with other spice essences like anise. The fruit that I am going to discuss here with similar qualities is jackfruit. ![]()
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