Versatile Coconut: An Oil or A Vodka
So here is my take to this cultural blog exchange. This is cute, actually, and I like it. So what do I foresee in this - an opportunity to promote our local Philippine products that don't normally get's noticed to the international market.
Perhaps blogger could really tell the world that they make a difference and I hope this will make difference - this cultural exchange through blogs.
So what I am up to - I can exchange products from the versatile coconut, famously and alternatively known as the tree of life; with either, a virgin coconut oil or coco vodka.
Just check around the healtful benefits of virgin coconut oil, some would even claim that it can be used to cure AIDS, that is yet to be widely proven, but I was told by a balding friend that he's growing his denuded head-forest cover with the coco oil. There are lots of other health and beauty benefits of the oil - check and google the web.
As for the coco vodka locally known as lambanog - well there's an art of drinking the vodka especially in Tayabas, Quezon (South of Luzon)and it is such a very polite way to social drinking. Men and women alike love to drink this spirit and they said they never get hang-over no matter how much they drink.Read more article by searching the web - coco vodka or lambanog.
So what to exchange with:
my virgin coconut oil = your virgin olive oil
my coco vodka = any red or white wine
so let us begin the exchange!
gpx sources:
http://www.coconut.com/
http://www.alibaba.com/productsearch/Virgin_Coconut_Oil.html
http://www.discoverquezon.com/lambanog.htm
Comments
Rikki
Aussie Ambassador for Gimme Your Stuff
http://gimmeyourstuff.blogspot.com
Well, although I could find you virgin olive oil made right here in Texas, I've tried it and didn't really like it much (maybe the tress have to get older or something, it's a new agribizness here.)
And Texas is very restrictive about alcohol, although Tito's Handmade vodka is excellent and local (and of course there's mescal for true local firewater.)
So...go see my GimmeSwap post, and see if there's anything you'd like, and let's "chat"!
am soooo sorry for not responding to your comments, as you can see I have not updated this blog for ages, fermenting good as vintage, ughhhh... anyway I am caught up with our political conditions here and it seems I'll keep you wait to celebrate and toast the cheers when we have a president impeached and ousted, sorry for not so ambassodorially diplomatic comments here, but I am wanting to get out of this hang-over of our political dillema. I hope you understand and I hope to fulfill a more cultural (not so political exchange soon. My apoligies for not keeping up with my commitments to all of you! good wishes and we need also your good wishes that soon we have a new government worthy of celebrations!
Let me know what we can arrange!
<3 Chrissy