I’ve been having luck finding stuff these past few days and one of them is my favorite ice cream….Magnolia’s Ube Ice Cream.
I’ve been having ice cream for dessert since Friday night and I can’t get enough of it. I’ve missed this ice cream so much and I’m glad I found this at the Asian supermarket near our place (it wasn’t always available). Hope it will be available for a long time.
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Mr. New Dilemma
What is Ube?
Ibyang
hi Mr. New Dilemma,
Ube (or ubi) is the Filipino word for purple yam (Dioscorea alata). It contains pigments that gives its violet color.
In India, this vegetable is known as ratalu or Kand or violet yam or the Moraga Surprise. In Marathi this is known as KondFal (कोंदफळ). In other parts of the Malay world, the word ubi refers to any yam or tuber. In Tonga: ʻufi (and is considered there as a royal food), in Hawaiʻi: uhi, in Tahiti: ufi. In the Philippines, ube is cooked with sugar and eaten as a sweetened dessert or jam called ube halaya which is a bright violet color. Ube is also an ingredient in the fruity dessert halo halo, another popular Filipino dessert.
In botany, this species is also known by the names “water yam” and “winged yam.”
source: wikipedia
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Meikah
Wow, you have Magnolia there?